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2. OPERATION CHART: MODULE QW-3334
Power saving causes the watch to automatically enter a sleep state to save power whenever the watch is left in the dark.
The Po
wer
Saving feature of the watch is turned on at the factory
.
•
Note that the watch may also enter the sleep state if its face is blocked from light by your sleeve.
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How the sleep state works
There are actually two sleep state levels, a
“display sleep state
”
and a
“function sleep state
”.
•
Display sleep state
The display sleep state is triggered whenever the watch is left in
the dark for about one hour between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6
a.m.
The display sleep state causes the display to go blank.
•
Alarms and the Hourly
T
ime Signal continue to operate
normally while the watch is in the display sleep state.
Even when the watch is in the display sleep state, analog time
timekeeping and auto signal receive are both performed.
•
The watch does not enter the display sleep state if it is in the
T
imer Mode or Stopwatch Mode.
•
Function sleep state
The function sleep state is triggered whenever the watch is left in
the dark for six or seven days.
•
Alarms and the Hourly
T
ime Signal are also disabled while the
watch is in the function sleep state.
Analog time timekeeping and auto signal receive are not
performed while the watch is in the function sleep state.
•
T
imekeeping functions continue to operate normally in the
function sleep state.
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T
o
recover from the sleep mode
Place the watch in an area that is well-lit, press any button, or
angle the watch towards your face to illuminate the display using
the auto light.
•
It can take up to two seconds before the display re-appears after
you place the watch in a well-lit area.
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T
o
turn power saving on and off
See the procedure under
“Manually Setting the
T
ime and Date
”.
Leaving the watch in a drawer or anywhere else it is dark can
cause the power saving mode to trigger in order to conserve
battery power
.
Power Saving
Each press of the
CCCCC
button sounds a confirmation tone and cycles through available modes in the sequence shown below
.
•
The watch will automatically revert to the
T
imekeeping Mode if you leave it in the
Alarm Mode or Hand Setting Mode without perf
orming any
operation for about two or three minutes.
Timekeeping Mode
•
The segments around the seconds value in the left
dial turn on and off to indicate the seconds count.
•
For information about the battery indicator
, see
“Battery Indicator
”. For information about the
receive icon and receive indicator
, see
“Receive
Icon and Indicator
”.
Hand Setting Mode
PM Indicator (no indicator for
AM)
M
onth and Day
Day
Seconds
Day of the W
eek
Day of the W
eek
Hour and Minute
S
econds
Seconds
Graph Screen
Mode Indicator
Receive Icon
Receive Indicator
Battery Level Indicator
(Switches display screen.)
(Changes mode)
(Illuminates display)
Mode Indicator
Mode Name
Seconds
Days of the W
eek
SUN : Sunday
MON : Monday
TUE :
T
uesday
WED
: W
ednesday
T
H
U
:
Thursday
FRI
: Friday
SA
T
: Saturday
Switching Between Screens
Each press of the
button cycles the middle dials in the
sequence shown below
.
button
button
button
button
button
Modes and Display Screens
This watch is available with either of two dif
ferent LCD types: light
background with dark figures (black-on-white) or dark background
with light figures (white-on-black).
Note that all of the samples in this manual show the
black-on-white type LCD.
Black indicates
“ON
”.
Black-On-White Display
White indicates
“ON
”.
White-On-Black Display
LCD Types
World Time Mode
Alarm Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Timer Mode
W
orld T
ime
Measured V
alue
Mode Indicator
Alarm Number
City Code
•
When alarm is of
f
Alarm Number Graph
Alarm T
ime
T
imer T
ime
Mode Indicator
Number of
Repeats
Mode Indicator
Mode Indicator
Mode Indicator
•
Auto Repeat
Power Saving
Indicator