GROMATIDE
Model FS81246
Model FS81247
Model FS81248
FEATURES
• Tide data for 75 beaches worldwide
• 180 minute offset
• Displays present and future tide data
• 9 programmable favorite locations
• Optional big time with shark fin animation
• 100 meters H20
CONTROL BUTTONS
S1: Start Button
S2: Stop/Reset Button
S3: Mode Button
S4: Set Button
S5: Light Button
S4
S5
S3
S2
S1
DISPLAY MODE
The watch has six display modes:
NORMAL TIME, TIDE, CHRONO,
TIMER, HEAT TIMER and ALARM.
To change from one display mode to another, press S3 button once
NOTE: In any setting mode, if there is no manipulation for about 120 seconds, the watch will automatically exit the setting procedure.
TO SET THE TIME AND
CALENDAR
1. Press S3 button to select NORMAL TIME mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for two seconds until the “SET” message appears and the Time Zone blinks on the display.
3. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between Time Zone 1 and Time Zone 2.
4. Press S3 button once, the Hour digits (including AM/PM for
5. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit, or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
6. Press S3 button once, the Minute
TRIM
digits will blink.
7.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the Minute digits.
8.Press S3 button once, the Second digits will blink.9. Press either S1 button or S2 button to set the Second digits to zero.
10.Press S3 button once, the Month digits will blink.
11.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the Month digits.
12.Press S3 button once, the Date digits will blink.
13.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the Date digits.
14.Press S3 button once, the Year digits will blink.
15.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the Year digits.
16.Press S3 button once, the Time Format will blink.
17.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between
18.Press S3 button once, the Date Format will blink.
19.Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle among
20.Press S3 button once, the Day (of the week) Language will blink.
21.Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle among English, French, Portuguese and Spanish to set the Day Language.
22.Press S3 button once, the Hourly Chime status will blink.
23.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between ON and OFF of Hourly Chime.
24.Press S3 button once, the Button Beep status will blink.
25.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between ON and OFF of Button Beep.
26.Press S3 button once, the Big Time Option status will blink.
27.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between ON and OFF of Big Time Option.
28.Press S3 button once, the Tide Height unit will blink.
29.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between feet and meters for Tide Height unit.
30.After finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm the settings.
NOTE: The date is displayed in the current Date Format, but the setting sequence shall always be month, date, and then year, regardless of the Date Format chosen.
NOTE: The available days of the month shall be determined by the month setting. If February is set, the available days of the month shall be 1 to 29. If February 29 is set for a year that is not a leap year, the date shall be corrected to February 28 upon exit from the setting procedure.
NOTE: For Big Time Option, if OFF is
.
selected, only date/time and tide/time formats will be available in NORMAL TIME mode; if ON is selected, the Big Time display format shall also be available in NORMAL TIME mode
NOTE: The Time Format and Date Format settings apply only to the selected Time Zone; while the settings of Day Language, Hourly Chime, Button Beep, Big Time Option and Tide Height unit apply to both Time Zones.
DIFFERENT DISPLAY FORMATS IN NORMAL TIME MODE
There are three display formats in each Time Zone in NORMAL TIME mode: date/time, tide/time and big time.
To change from one Time Zone to another, press S2 button once.
To change from one display format to another, press S1 button once.
In date/time display format,
the primary time day and date are shown in the top of the display; the time in hours, minutes and seconds is shown in the bottom of the display. The data is shown in the Date and Time Formats of the displayed Time Zone, which are set in this mode along with the date and time.
If there is previous and upcoming tide data, the
In tide/time display format,
the display is identical to the date/time format except that the next tide (high or low) for the currently selected tide location, the time of the next tide, and its height are shown in place of the day and the date. The tide time is shown in the same format as the primary time. The Tide Height is shown in the current Tide Height unit selected.
If no previous or upcoming tide data is available, this format shall be unavailable and the format shall revert to date/time.
In big time display format,
only the hours and minutes of the primary time are shown, no AM/PM indication.
A shark fin animation shall occur once per minutes. For even minutes, the fin shall move from left to right one dot column at a time, and for odd minutes, the fin shall move from right to left.
The big time display format is included only if the Big Time Option is on.
NOTE: The current tide level and direction (rising or falling) shall be presented by a tide status graphic, which is represented by an arrow head two dots high and three dots wide. The steps shall appear as follows:
In displays 1 through 10, the tide is rising; while in display s 11 through 20, the tide is falling. When the time of day advances to the minute after the time of high tide, display 11 is shown; when the time of day advances to the minute after the time of low tide, the sequence repeats beginning with display 1.
TO USE TIDE DATA
For displaying tide information of current time and location,
1.Press S3 button to select TIDE mode. The favorite number and the name of current tide location will appear.
2.After two seconds, the next upcoming tide (high or low), base on the primary time, for the current tide location will be displayed. The date will be displayed in the top line, the next tide will be displayed in the middle line followed by the time of that tide (with a superscript A/P representing AM/PM in
3.Press S1 or S2 button to display the previous and next tide respectively.
4.Press and hold S1 button or S2 button until the “SCAN” message appears to initiate date scanning in the forward or backward direction respectively.
5.Release either button when the desired date is displayed.
6.After abandoning the date scanning procedure, while the “SCAN” message is still displayed, press S1 button or S2 button to move forward or backward respectively the displayed date by one day. Press and hold the corresponding buttons to
NOTE: If no previous or upcoming tide data is available, the sentence “NO TIDE DATA FOR DATE” will be displayed.
NOTE: The date, time and tide height unit will be displayed in the formats of the primary time set in NORMAL TIME mode.
NOTE: If the displayed time represents DST (daylight savings time), which means that the time was adjusted from the stored tide data, the DST flag will appear.
NOTE: Scanning shall stop automatically if the last date for which there is tide data is reached.
For setting tide location,
1. Press S3 button to select TIDE mode. The favorite number and the name of current tide location will appear.
2. Press S4 button, the “SET” message appears and the FAV (favorite) number blinks on the display. The default favorite number is the one for the current location.
3. Press S1 button or S2 button to move forward or backward respectively the favorite number and therefore the corresponding location name to be selected.
4. Press S3 button, the geographical REGION will blink.
5. Press S1 button or S2 button to move forward or backward respectively the REGION to be selected.
6. Press S3 button, the geographical LOCATION will blink.
7. Press S1 button or S2 button to move forward or backward respectively the LOCATION to be selected.
8. Press S3 button, the DST (daylight savings time) status will blink.
9. Press S1 button or S2 button to move forward or backward respectively the DST status to be selected. If AUTO is selected, the watch shall determine when the location is on DST; if OFF or ON is selected, the DST status is forced to the selected status all the time. Please note that the current DST status is shown with the DST flag.
10.Press S3 button, the custom location selection will blink.
11.Press S1 or S2 button to toggle between YES and NO. If NO is selected, that step is the end of the setting sequence. Otherwise, the sequence continues to allow setting the time offset to the tide data and the 16 characters of the custom location name.
12.Press S3 button, the time offset (in the unit of minutes) to the tide data for the custom location will blink.
13.Press S1 button or S2 button to increase or decrease respectively the time offset (the available offsets are
14.Press S3 button, the first character of the
15. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle forward or backward respectively the selected character. Press S3 button to proceed to the next character.
16.After finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm the settings.
TO USE THE CHRONOGRAPH For the measurement of elapsed time, 1. Press S3 button to select
CHRONOGRAPH mode.
2. Press S1 button to start counting.
3. To stop counting, press S2 button. Press S1 button to resume from where it left off.
4. To reset to zero, press S2 button once to stop counting and then press S2 button again.
NOTE: For the first hour, the CHRONO time is displayed in the MM.SS hh (minutes.second hundredths) format. After one hour, the CHRONO time is displayed in HH:MM SS (hours:minutes.seconds) format.
NOTE: The CHRONO can count up to a maximum time of 99:59.59 (99hours:59minutes.59seconds).
TO SET THE TIMER
1. Press S3 button to select TIMER mode.
2. Press S4 button, the “SET” message appears and the Hour digits blink on the display.
3. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit, or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
4. Press S3 button once, the Minute digits will blink on the display.
5. Press S1 button or S2 button to set the Minute digits.
6. Press S3 button once, the Second digits will blink on the display.
7. Press S1 button or S2 button to set the Second digits.
8. Press S3 button once, the action to be taken at the end of a countdown will blink.
9. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between STOP and REPEAT. If STOP is selected, the TIMER stops; if REPEAT is selected, the TIMER repasts its countdown for 99 times.
10.After finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm the settings.
NOTE: The TIMER can count up to a maximum time of 23:59.99 (23hours:59minutes.59seconds).
TO USE THE TIMER
1. Press S3 button to select TIMER mode.
2. Press S1 button to start a countdown.
3. To stop counting, press S2 button once. Press S1 button to resume from where it left off.
4. To reset the TIMER, press S2 button