Operation Guide 5262
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Auto Correction of Hand Home Positions
Strong magnetism or impact can cause the hands and/or day setting to be off, even
if the watch is able to perform the signal receive operation. Auto correction of hand
home positions correct the hand position automatically.
Auto correction is performed in the Timekeeping Mode only.
x
Auto correction corrects the positions of the
x
z
Hour Hand
,
c
Minute Hand
, and
x
Second Hand
. For the dial hands and day, you must perform the manual adjustment
procedure under “Adjusting Home Positions Manually” (page E-62).
Each hour, the watch performs automatic correction of the hand positions from
x
–55 minutes to +5 minutes.
You also can trigger auto correction of hand home positions manually, if you want.
x
See “To trigger auto correction of hand home positions” (page E-60) for more
information.
Auto correction of hand home positions can take up to three and a half minutes to
x
complete.
If hand positions are off by one hour or more, correct them using the procedure
x
under “To trigger auto correction of hand home positions” (page E-60) or “Adjusting
Home Positions Manually” (page E-62).
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To change the alarm time setting
Use
1.
C
to move the
v
Left Dial Hand
to
ALM
.
Use
2.
D
(+) and
B
(–) to change the alarm time setting.
Each press of either button will move the
x
n
Right Dial Hands
one minute.
Holding down
x
D
or
B
will start high-speed hand movement in the applicable
direction. To stop high-speed hand movement, press any button.
The alarm always works based on the time kept in the Timekeeping Mode.
x
The watch will return to the Timekeeping Mode automatically if you do not
x
perform any operation in the Alarm Mode for about two or three minutes.
To turn the alarm on or off
In the Alarm Mode, press
A
to toggle the alarm on and off. The
x
Second Hand
will
indicate the current ON/OFF setting.
To stop the alarm
Press any button.
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Using the Alarm
When the alarm is turned on, an alarm will sound for about 10 seconds each day
when the time in the Timekeeping Mode reaches the preset alarm time. This is true
even if the watch is not in the Timekeeping Mode.
Hand Functions
x
Second Hand:
Indicates the current alarm ON/OFF
setting.
v
Left Dial Hand:
Points to
ALM
.
n
Right Dial Hands:
Indicate the current alarm time
setting in 24-hour format.
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Hold down
2.
B
for about three seconds until the watch
beeps.
This will make the World Time City (
x
NYC
in this
example) your new Home City. At the same time, it
will change the Home City you had selected prior to
step 2 (
TYO
in this example) to your World Time City.
After swapping the Home City and World Time City,
x
the watch will stay in the World Time Mode. The
x
Second Hand
will point to your new World Time City
(
TYO
in this example).
The
x
n
Right Dial Hands
will indicate the current time
in your new World Time City.
Note
If your current World Time City supports time calibration signal reception, making it
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your Home City enables calibration signal reception for that city.
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To swap your Home City and World Time City
In the World Time Mode, use
1.
D
to select the World
Time City you want.
In this example, you would move the
x
x
Second Hand
to
NYC
in order to select New York as the World
Time City.
Wait until the
x
n
Right Dial Hands
complete their
move to the time in the currently selected World Time
City. You will not be able to perform step 2 of this
procedure until the hands stop moving.
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Swapping your Home City and World Time City
You can use the procedure below to swap your Home City and World Time City. This
capability can come in handy when you frequently travel between two locations in
different time zones.
The following example shows what happens when the Home City and World Time
City are swapped while the Home City originally is
TYO
(Tokyo) and the World Time
City is
NYC
(New York).
Home City
World Time City
Before swapping
Tokyo
10:08 p.m.
(Standard time)
New York
9:08 a.m.
(Daylight saving time)
After swapping
New York
9:08 a.m.
(Daylight saving time)
Tokyo
10:08 p.m.
(Standard time)
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To specify standard time or daylight saving time (DST) for a city
Hold down
A
for two
seconds
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In the World Time Mode, use
1.
D
to select the city code
whose setting you want to change.
Wait until the
x
n
Right Dial Hands
complete their
move to the time in the currently selected World Time
City. You will not be able to perform step 2 of this
procedure until the hands stop moving.
Hold down
2.
A
for about two seconds until the watch
beeps. This will cause the
v
Left Dial Hand
to toggle
between
DST
(daylight saving time) and
STD
(standard
time).
Note that you cannot switch between
x
STD
(standard
time)/
DST
(daylight saving/summer time) while
UTC
is
selected as the World Time City.
Note that the
x
STD
(standard time)/
DST
(daylight
saving/summer time) setting affects only the currently
selected time zone. Other time zones are not affected.
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To view the time in another time zone
Use
1.
C
to move the
v
Left Dial Hand
to
STD
or
DST
.
The
x
x
Second Hand
will move to the city code of the currently selected World
Time City.
Use
2.
D
to move the
x
Second Hand
to the city code you want to select as the
World Time City.
The
x
n
Right Dial Hands
will move to the current time in the currently selected
World Time City. At this time, the
z
Hour Hand
and
c
Minute Hand
will continue
to indicate the current time in the Home City.
For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table” at the back of this
x
manual.
If you think that the time indicated for the selected World Time City is not correct,
x
it probably means that there is something wrong with your Home City settings.
Use the procedure under “To confi gure Home City settings” (page E-33) to
correct the Home City settings.
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Checking the Current Time in a Different Time Zone
You can use the World Time Mode to view the current time in one of 29 time
zones around the globe. Each time zone has a “city code”, which is a three-letter
abbreviation of a representative city in the zone. The representative city of the time
zone that is currently selected in the World Time Mode is called the “World Time City”.
Hand Functions
x
Second Hand:
Indicates the currently selected World
Time City.
v
Left Dial Hand:
Indicates the current
STD
(standard
time) or
DST
(daylight saving time)
setting of the currently selected World
Time City.
n
Right Dial Hands:
Indicate the current time in the
selected World Time City in 24-hour
format.
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Though the
x
v
Left Dial Hand
is stopped while an elapsed time measurement
operation is in progress, the watch keeps track of the 1/100-second count
internally. The
v
Left Dial Hand
will jump to the current 1/100-second reading
whenever you stop the stopwatch or perform a split time operation (page E-48).