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Operation Guide 3254
MA1008-EA
About This Manual
Depending on the model of your watch, display text appears
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either as dark figures on a light background or light figures
on a dark background. All sample displays in this manual are
shown using dark figures on a light background.
Button operations are indicated using the letters shown
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in the illustration.
Each section of this manual provides you with the
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information you need to perform operations in each
mode. Further details and technical information can be
found in the “Reference” section.
General Guide
Press
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C
to change from mode to mode.
In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press
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B
to illuminate
the display.
Timekeeping Mode
World Time Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Countdown Timer Mode
Alarm Mode
Press
C
.
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
time and date.
Read this before you set the time and date !
The times displayed in the Timekeeping Mode and World
Time Mode are linked. Because of this, make sure you
select a city code for your Home City (the city where you
normally use the watch) before you set the time and date.
To view the current Home City code setting, press
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A
while in the Timekeeping Mode.
For full information on city codes, see the “City Code
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Table”.
To set the time and date
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
1.
A
until the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
Press
2.
C
to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
Seconds
Minutes
Hour
DST
City Code
Day
12/24-Hour Format
Year
Month
When the setting you want to change is flashing, use
3.
D
and
B
to change it as
described below.
Screen
To do this:
Do this:
Reset the seconds to
Press
D
.
Change the city code
Use
D
(east) and
B
(west).
Toggle between Daylight Saving Time ( ) and
Standard Time ( )
Press
D
.
Change the hour or minutes
Use
D
(+) and
B
(–).
Toggle between 12-hour (
) and 24-hour
(
) timekeeping
Press
D
.
Change the year, month, or day
Use
D
(+) and
B
(–).
See “Daylight Saving Time (DST)” for details about the DST setting.
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Press
4.
A
to exit the setting screen.
Resetting the seconds to
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while the current count is in the range of 30 to 59
causes the minutes to be increased by 1. In the range of 00 to 29, the seconds are
reset to without changing the minutes.
With the 12-hour format, the
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P (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for
times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears to the left of the
hour digits for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
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any indicator.
The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
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applied in all modes.
The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.
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The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar makes allowances for different month
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lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change
it except after you have the watch’s battery replaced.
The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
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month, and day) settings.
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from
Standard Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight
Saving Time.
PM indicator
Day of week
Day
Seconds
Hour : Minutes
To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
1.
A
until the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
Press
2.
C
twice to display the DST setting screen.
Press
3.
D
to toggle between Daylight Saving Time ( )
and Standard Time ( ).
Press
4.
A
to exit the setting screen.
The
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DST indicator is displayed on the Timekeeping Mode
and Alarm Mode screen while Daylight Saving Time is
turned on.
World Time
World Time shows the current time in 48 cities (29 time
zones) around the world.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
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World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing
C
.
To view the time in another city code
In the World Time Mode, press
D
(eastward) to scroll
through the available city codes. Holding down the button
scrolls at high speed.
For full information about city codes, see the “City Code
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Table”.
If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your
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Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings
and make the necessary changes.
To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
In the World Time Mode, use
1.
D
to display the city code
(time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time
setting you want to change.
Hold down
2.
A
for about one second to toggle between
Daylight Saving Time (DST indicator displayed) and
Standard Time (DST indicator not displayed).
The DST indicator is on the display whenever you display
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a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only
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the currently displayed city code. Other city codes are
not affected.
In the World Time Mode, you can switch the city code you currently have selected
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as your Timekeeping Mode Home City between Standard Time and DST. The
setting you select in the World Time Mode will also be applied in the Timekeeping
Mode.
DST indicator
On/Off status
City code
Current time in the zone of
the selected city code
DST indicator
