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TO USE THE STOPWATCH 
(COUNT-UP TIMER)

1. 

Press the 

COUNT-UP

button. The beeper will sound,

COUNT UP

will appear in the upper right corner, and

the display will read 

0:00:00

.

2. 

Press the 

START/STOP

button to start counting up

from 0:00:00. The beeper will sound. Press the
button again to pause the counter, sounding the
beeper again. Press the 

START/STOP

button again 

to resume counting up.

3. 

To reset the counter to 

0:00:00

, pause the counter

and press the 

CLEAR

button.

4. 

The count-up timer “rolls over” to 

0:00:00

one

second past 9:59:59.

TO USE THE COUNTDOWN TIMER

1. 

Press the 

TIMER

button. The beeper will sound, 

TIMER

will appear in the upper right corner, and the

display will read 

0:00:00

.

2. 

Press, in order, the five number keys corresponding
to the desired countdown duration. For example: 
To enter a duration of 3 hours, 48 minutes and 30
seconds, press 

3 4 8 3 0

. You can enter any

duration—including numbers larger than 60 for
minutes or seconds—but you must enter exactly
five digits. This feature can come in handy. For
example, you can enter a duration of 90 minutes
simply by keying in 

0 9 0 0 0

.

3. 

Press the 

START/STOP

button to begin the

countdown. The beeper will sound. Press the button
again to pause the countdown, sounding the beeper
again. Press the 

START/STOP

button again to

resume the countdown.

4. 

The alarm will sound when the countdown reaches
0:00:00. To cancel the alarm, press the 

START/STOP

button. The display will reset to the last duration
entered. To count down from this value again, press
the 

START/STOP

button again.

5. 

To reset the countdown counter to 

0:00:00

, pause

the countdown and press the 

CLEAR

button.

OPERATING NOTE

• In clock mode, the terms 

COUNT UP

or 

TIMER

will

appear in the upper right corner of the display to
remind you that either the Count-Up timer
(Stopwatch) or Count-Down timer is working. 
If both are working, both terms will appear.

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TI899B User’s Manual

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