Casio 2495 manual User’S Guide, General Guide, Timekeeping, World Time, Day Counter

Home time (Hour : Minutes)

City code type indicator

USER’S GUIDE 2495

General Guide

•Press C to change from mode to mode.

•In any mode, press B to illuminate the display.

Timekeeping Mode World Time Mode Day Counter Mode

Press .

Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date. You can also select the color of the “Multi Illuminator” backlight, which uses LEDs to illuminate the display in different colors.

•In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to toggle the lower part of the display between the date and world time.

Hour : Minutes

Day of week

AM/PM	Press .
indicator

Seconds

Month – Day City code type indicator World time

Important!

•World Time Mode times will not be correct unless you set the correct current date and time in the Timekeeping Mode. See “To set the time and date” for more information.

•Always use standard time when setting the Timekeeping Mode time and date, even if the area where your Home Time city (the city where you normally use the watch) is located is currently in Daylight Saving Time (summer time). After setting the time, turn DST on or off as required. See “Daylight Saving Time (DST)” for more information.

To set the time and date

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.

Seconds DST on/off City code Hour Minutes

Backlight color Day Month Year

3.When the setting you want to change is flashing, use D to change it as described below.

To change this setting	Perform this button operation
Seconds	Press D to reset to 00.
DST on/off	Press D to toggle between DST on (ON displayed)
	and off (OF displayed).
City code	Use D to scroll through the available codes until the
	one you want to use as your Home Time city is
	displayed.
Hour, Minutes, Year, Month, Day	Use D to increase the setting.
Backlight color	Use D to cycle through the available color settings.

•Pressing D while the seconds are in the range of 30 to 59 resets them to 00 and adds 1 to the minutes. In the range of 00 to 29, the minutes are unchanged.

•For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table” at the back of this manual.

•See “To change the backlight color” for information about backlight color settings.

4.Press A to exit the setting screen.

•The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year, month, and day) settings.

To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping

In the Timekeeping mode, hold down D for about two seconds to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping and 24-hour timekeeping.

•With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and the A (AM) 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 any indicator.

•The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is also applied in all other modes.

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.

To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time

DST indicator	1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
	seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
	screen.
	2. Press C to move the flashing to the DST On/Off
	setting.
	3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
	(ON displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
	4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
	• The DST indicator appears on the display when
	Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

Telememo Mode Stopwatch Mode Countdown Timer		Alarm Mode
	Mode

To change the backlight color

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press C eight times until the backlight color setting screen appears, and then use D to cycle through the available color settings as shown below.

Backlight color

•The following shows how the available color settings affects the backlight color of the display in each mode.

	Countdown Timer	Green		...........................................	Yellow
	Color Setting
	Number	1	2		3
	Mode
	Timekeeping	Pure Red	Tangerine		Forest
	Telememo		Yellow		Green
	Alarm
	World Time	Tangerine	Forest		Pure Red
	Stopwatch	Yellow	Green
	Day Counter	Forest	Pure Red		Tangerine
3. Press A to exit the setting screen.

World Time

Hour : Minutes		The World Time shows the current time in 40 cities
		(27 time zones) around the world.
City code	Seconds • The basic time settings of the Timekeeping Mode
		and the World Time Mode are synchronized. The
		Daylight Saving Time (summer time) settings of the
		two modes, however, are independent of each
		other.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in

the World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing

C.

To view the time in another city code

In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll city codes (time zones).

• For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table” at the back of this manual.

•If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings and make the necessary changes.

To switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

In the World Time Mode, hold down A to toggle between Daylight Saving Time and Standard Time.

DST indicator

Hold down .

DST OFF DST ON

•The above operation toggles all World Time city codes between Daylight Saving Time and Standard Time. Note that you cannot make settings for individual city codes.

Day Counter

The Day Counter lets you count the number of days from the Timekeeping Mode’s current date to a specific target date.

Alternates at	Text area
the 1-second
interval
	Number of
Year Month – Day	days
Target date	DAYS indicator

•Whenever the date specified by any one of the Day Counters matches the date of the Timekeeping Mode (regardless of the Day Counter’s year setting), the DAYS indicator flashes in the Timekeeping Mode and Day Counter Mode screens.

•There are five Day Counter records, each of which can be set with its own text and target date (year, month, and day).

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Day Counter Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

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