USER’S GUIDE 2578
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World Time
The World Time shows the current time in 30 cities (29
time zones) around the world.
• If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your
Home City time settings and make the necessary
changes.
• You can use the Time Setting Mode to change the DST
(summer time)/Standard Time settings for each city
code.
• The watch will perform a signal receive operation even if
it is in the World Time Mode when a calibration time is
reached. If this happens, the World Time Mode time
settings will be adjusted in accordance with the
Timekeeping Mode’s Home City time.
• The World Time Mode always displays times using 24-
hour format, regardless of the 12-hour/24-hour format
setting in the Timekeeping Mode.
Home city
time
DST
indicator
City Code
Current time in the
selected city code
To view the time in another city
1. From the Timekeeping Mode, use
C
and
A
to display
WT
(World Time Mode)
in the text area.
2. Press
B
to enter the World Time Mode.
3. Press
C
to scroll the city codes (time zones) in the text area to the east or
A
to
scroll to the west.
• For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table.”
To exit the World Time Mode
In the World Time Mode, press
B
and the text area shows the World Time Mode
indicator (
WT
).
• After returning to the World Time Mode indicator (
WT
), you can use
C
and
A
to
change to another mode.
Alarms
The Alarm Mode gives you a choice of four one-time
alarms and one snooze alarm. One of the one-time
alarms functions as a “target alarm,” which counts the time
remaining from the current Home City time to the target
alarm time.
Also use the Alarm Mode to turn the Hourly Time Signal
on and off.
• There are five alarms named
AL1
,
AL2
,
AL3
,
TAL
(target alarm), and
SNZ
. The alarm names appear in
the text area of the display.
• You can configure
SNZ
as a snooze alarm only.
Alarms
AL1
,
AL2
,
AL3
, and
TAL
can be used as
one-time alarms only.
To enter the Alarm Mode
1. From the Timekeeping Mode, use
C
and
A
to display
ALM
(Alarm Mode) in the text area.
2. Press
B
to enter the Alarm Mode.
Home
city time
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
Text area
(Alarm name)
To set an alarm time
1. Enter the Alarm Mode.
2. Use
C
and
A
to scroll through the alarm name
screens until the name of one whose time you want to
set is shown in the text area.
3. After you select an alarm, press
B
. This causes the
alarm’s on (
ON
) /off (
OF
) setting to flash, which
indicates the setting screen.
4. Press
C
or
A
to turn the alarm on.
• Note that the above step is necessary when you want
to set the alarm time. You cannot change the alarm
time setting while an alarm is turned off.
AL1
AL2
AL3
SIG
SNZ
TAL
Press
C
.
/Press
A
.
On/off status
5. Use
B
to move the flashing between settings as
shown below.
• Note that the hour and minutes do not appear if the
alarm is turned off.
6. While the on/off setting is flashing, press
C
or
A
to
toggle it on (
ON
) and off (
OF
).
7. While the hour or minute setting is flashing, use
C
(+)
and
A
(–) to change it.
8. After setting the minutes, press
B
twice to return to the
alarm name screen.
• With the target alarm (
TAL
), the time starts to
countdown as soon as you set the alarm time.
Countdown
(Hours : Minutes Seconds)
Target Alarm Screen
Minutes
On/Off Setting
Hour
Alarm Mode
(
ALM
) Screen
Alarm Name Screen
Note
• When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
correctly as a.m. (no indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the
watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total
of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off.
The target alarm counts the time remaining from the current Home City time to the
target alarm time.
• Pressing any button stops the alarm tone operation.
• Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the time setting screen
Displaying the alarm setting screen
To test the alarm
• In the Alarm Mode, hold down
C
to sound the alarm.
To turn an alarm on and off
1. Enter the Alarm Mode, and then use
C
and
A
to
display the alarm name screen of the alarm you want.
2. After you select an alarm, press
B
and the alarm’s on/
off setting (
ON
or
OF
) starts to flash, which indicates
the setting screen.
3. While the on/off setting is flashing, use
C
or
A
to
toggle it on (
ON
) and off (
OF
).
4. Press
B
to return to the alarm name screen.
• If the alarm is on, press
B
four times. If the alarm is off,
press
B
twice.
• The snooze on indicator (
) flashes during the 5-
minute interval between alarms.
• The alarm on indicator (
) and snooze on indicator
(
) are displayed in all modes.
• In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any
alarm (
AL1
,
AL2
,
AL3
,
TAL
,
SNZ
) that is
currently turned on.
Snooze on
indicator
Alarm on
indicator
On/off status
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off
1. Enter the Alarm Mode, and then use
C
and
A
to
display Hourly Time Signal setting screen (
SIG
).
2. Press
B
. This causes the on (
ON
) /off (
OF
) start to
flash, which indicates the setting screen.
3. While the on/off setting is flashing, use
C
or
A
to
toggle it on (
ON
) and off (
OF
).
4. Press
B
twice to return to the alarm name screen.
• The Hourly Time Signal on indicator (
) is displayed
in all modes when the Hourly Time Signal is turned on.
To exit an Alarm Name Screen
To get from an alarm name screen to the initial Alarm Mode (
ALM
) screen, you need
to press
B
to cycle through the alarm settings.
How many times depends on whether the currently displayed alarm is on or off as
shown below.
Hourly time signal
on indicator
On/off status
• Alarms (
AL1
,
AL2
,
AL3
,
TAL
,
SNZ
)
Alarm On:
Alarm Name
Screen
Alarm Mode
(
ALM
) Screen
Alarm On
(
ON
)
Hour
Minutes
Alarm Off:
Alarm Name
Screen
Alarm Mode
(
ALM
) Screen
Alarm Off
(
OF
)
• Hourly Time Signal (
SIG
)
Signal On or Off:
Alarm Name
Screen
Alarm Mode
(
ALM
) Screen
Signal
On (
ON
) /Off (
OF
)
• After returning to the Alarm Mode (
ALM
) screen, you can use
C
and
A
to change
to another mode.
Date Alert
Date Alert helps you to remember an important date. After you set an alert date
(month and day), a date alert indicator (!) and the current date flash for 24 hours after
the alert date arrives in the Timekeeping Mode. You can set up to five different date
alerts.
To enter the Date Alert Mode
1. From the Timekeeping Mode, use
C
and
A
to display
D/A
(Date Alert Mode) in
the text area.
2. Press
B
to enter the Date Alert Mode.
Alert Date
(Month-Day)
Home city
time
On/off status
Text area
(Alert name)
▲
Current date
(Month-Day)
Date alert on
indicator
Date Alert Mode Screen
Timekeeping Mode Screen
To set the alert date
1. Enter the Date Alert Mode, and then use
C
and
A
to
scroll through the alert name screens until the one
whose date you want to set is displayed.
2. After you set an alert, press
B
. This causes the on
(
ON
) /off (
OF
) setting to start to flash, which indicates
the setting screen.
3. Press
B
to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below.
On/off status
DA1
DA2
DA3
DA5
DA4
Press
C
.
/Press
A
.
• Note that the month and day do not appear if the alert is turned off.
4. While the on/off setting is flashing, press
C
or
A
to toggle it on (
ON
) and off (
OF
).
5. While the month or day setting is flashing, use
C
(+) and
A
(–) to change it.
6. After setting the day, press
B
twice to return to the alert name screen.
To exit an Alert Name Screen
To get from an alert name screen to the initial Date Alert Mode (
D/A
) screen, you
need to press
B
to cycle through the date alert settings.
How many times depends on whether the currently displayed date alert is on or off as
shown below.
Day
Alert On/Off
Month
Date Alert Mode
(
D/A
) Screen
Alert Name
Screen
Alert date