— 2 —
2. OPERATION CHART: QW-2461
•
If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes while a setting screen
(with flashing digits) is on the display, the watch automatically exits the setting
screen.
•
If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes in any mode besides
stopwatch mode, the watch automatically reverts to the normal timekeeping
screen.
Alarm Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Memo Mode
General Guide
•
Press
C
to change from mode to mode.
•
Pressing
E
in any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates to the display
for about three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is
on the display.
Timekeeping Mode
Day Counter Mode
Press
C
.
Timekeeping Mode
Press
D
to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour
timekeeping.
•
With 12-hour timekeeping, times between midnight
and noon are indicated by A (am), while times
between noon and midnight are indicated by P
(pm).
•
The A and P indicators do not appear for 24-hour
timekeeping.
•
Pressing
B
plays a melody. To stop a playing
melody, press any button besides
E
.
•
Special melodies play each year on January 1 and
December 25.
•
Pressing
E
while a melody is playing toggles the
display between an animated character and the
name of the melody.
•
Press
E
to illuminate the display for about three
seconds.
Timekeeping Mode Settings
In addition to settings for the current time and date, the Timekeeping Mode
setting screen also lets you turn button tones and melody play on and off,
adjust tones and melody volume, and adjust display contrast.
To make Timekeeping Mode settings
1. While in the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
A
until the second’s digits flash
on the display, indicating the setting screen.
2. Press
C
to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press
E
to
move the flashing in the opposite direction.
Seconds
DST
Hour
Minutes
Year
Contrast
(CNT)
Volume
(VOL)
Sound
(SOUND)
Month
Day
Press .
Press .
Month
Day of week
Day
PM indicator
Hour
Minutes
Seconds
DST indicator 2
3. While the second’s setting is selected (flashing),
press
D
or
B
to reset it to 00.
•
If you press
D
or
B
while the seconds setting is in
the range of 30 to 59, the seconds are reset to 00
and 1 is added to the minutes. If the seconds
setting is in the range of 00 to 29, the minutes
count is unchanged.
•
While the DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting is
selected, press
D
or
B
to toggle it on and off.
•
DST indicator 1 is displayed in the Timekeeping
Mode setting screen only when the DST setting is
selected. It shows ON when the DST setting is on,
and OFF when the DST setting is off.
•
DST indicator 2 is displayed in the Timekeeping
Mode, Day Counter Mode and Alarm Mode when
the DST setting is turned on.
Daylight Saving Time (DST), which is also
sometimes called “summer time” advances the time
for one hour, as is the custom in some areas during
the summer. Remember that not all countries or
even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.
•
While the SOUND (button tones) setting is selected, press
D
or
B
to turn
the beep and musical tone on and off, as shown below.
•
Changing the SOUND also changes the Hourly Time Signal tones.
Beep
Musical tone
Off
Press .
Press .
•
While the VOL setting is selected, press
D
or
B
to toggle it between loud
and soft.
Loud
Soft
Press
or .
DST
indicator 2
DST indicator 1
•
With some models, changing the volume setting affects volume very little.
•
While the CNT setting is selected, press
D
to make the display darker, or
B
to make it lighter.
•
While any other setting is selected (flashing), press
D
to increase it or
B
to
decrease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
About the Backlight
Pressing
E
in any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates the display for
about three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the
display.
•
The backlight of this watch employs an electro-luminescent (EL) light, which
loses its illumination power after very long term use.
•
Frequent use of the backlight shortens battery life.
•
The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed
under direct sunlight.
•
The backlight automatically turns off an alarm sounds.
•
The watch emits an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This
does not indicate malfunction.
About the animated character
An animated character appears on the display of the watch any time you turn
on the EL backlight after December 25 (2000 for Module 2255; 2001 for
Module 2461). No animated character appears before then.
Day Counter Mode
Mode indicator
Day counter
record number
Text
Number of days
DAYS indicator
Year
Month
Day
Target Date
The Day Counter Mode lets you count the number of days from the
Timekeeping Mode’s current date to a specific target date.
•
There are five Day Counter records, each of which can be assigned up to 12
characters of text and a target date.
•
When a target date is reached, the DAYS indicator flashes on the display in
the Timekeeping Mode. The DAYS indicator also flashes in the Day Counter
Mode when the screen for the target date is on the display.
•
The DAYS indicator flashes on the target date each year, regardless of the
year setting of the target date.
•
The initial default date for a Day Counter record is 2001/1/1, and the text area
contains all spaces. (All spaces for the text display a series of hyphens “ – – –
– – ”.)
Recalling Day Counter Data
In the Day Counter Mode, press
D
to scroll through the Day Counter record
screens.
•
The day count is a negative value whenever the target date comes before the
current date.
4. After you make the settings you want, press
A
to exit the setting screen.
•
The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date.
•
The date can be set within the range of January 1, 2000 to December 31,
2039.
•
The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances
for different month lengths and leap years.
Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change it except after
the replacement of the watch’s battery.
