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ASTRON 8X53 GPS SOLAR
TROUBLESHOOTING
CONTENTS
7
At trouble
Possible causes
Solutions
Reference
pages
GPS signal
reception
The reception result is
displayed as “Y,” but the
time and date are gained
or lost (when the reception
result of time zone
adjustment is displayed)
DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting does not correspond
to the addition conditions of DST (Daylight Saving
Time).
Check DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting.
P. 21
The position of the hands is misaligned due to external
factors.
The preliminary position of the hands is misaligned.
Preliminary position
P. 44
①
<Hour/minute hand misalignment> The automatic hand position adjustment
function is activated to automatically adjust the positions. Please use the
watch as it is. The automatic hand position alignment function is activated
once a minute for the second hand and at 12:00 AM and PM for the hour and
minute hands.
<Date misalignment> Since the preliminary position is not automatically
adjusted, manually adjust the position.
②
When misalignment of the hand is not adjusted, refer to the “Adjust the
preliminary position of the sub dial, day hand, date, indicator hand, and
hour/minute hands” to carry out operation.
③
When misalignment of the hand is not adjusted even with operation of
②
,
consult the retailer from whom the watch was purchased.
P. 44
P. 45
The reception result is
displayed as “Y,” but the
time is gained or lost by
one to two seconds.
The automatic time adjustment function has not been
activated for a few days.
If the energy stored in the watch is insufficient, the automatic time adjustment
function may be activated once in 3 days.
P. 27
The automatic time
adjustment function is not
activated every day
Conditions to activate the automatic time adjustment
function are not prepared.
Sufficient energy is necessary to activate the automatic time adjustment
function. The time adjustment function is automatically activated by exposure
to bright light.
P. 27
Automatic reception is not
activated.
The watch is not in an environment where GPS signals
can be received at the moment when light is exposed.
Cancel the function that reception is automatically started by light so that the
watch only carries out the fixed time reception. The fixed time in this case
means the last time when manual time adjustment was successful.
<How to turn the automatic light reception function on or off>
1. Continue to press Buttons A and B simultaneously (3 seconds)
The second hand indicates ON or OFF of the function, Y (8-second position:
ON) and N (22-second position: OFF).
2. Continue to press Button A (3 seconds) to turn the function on/off.
P. 49
