USER’S GUIDE 2495
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Alarm
Reference
This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch operation. It also contains important precautions and notes about the various features and functions of this watch.
Auto return features
•If you leave a screen with a flashing setting or a cursor for two or three minutes without performing any operation, the watch automatically saves any settings you have made up to that point and exits the setting screen.
•If you leave the watch in the Day Counter Mode or Telememo Mode for two or three minutes without performing any operation, it automatically changes to the Timekeeping Mode.
Data and Setting Scrolling
The D button is used in various modes and setting screens to scroll through data on the display. In most cases, holding down this button during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at high speed.
Initial Screens
Alarm indicator
Hourly time signal indicator
Hour : Minutes
The alarm sounds at the preset time each day while the Daily Alarm is turned on. When the Hourly Time Signal is turned on, the watch beeps every hour on the hour.
•You can configure the alarm so it sounds when the alarm time setting matches the time either in your current Home Time city or the city currently selected in the World Time Mode.
•The Hourly Time Signal also sounds in accordance with the city you specify in the Alarm Mode.
•If you are planning to specify a World Time city in the Alarm Mode, enter the World Time Mode, display the city zone you want to use (to select it), and then enter the Alarm Mode to set the alarm.
When you enter the World Time, Day Counter or Telememo Mode, the data you were viewing when you last exited the mode appears first.
World Time
•The current time in all World Time Mode cities is calculated in accordance with the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) differential for each city, based on the current Home City time setting in the Timekeeping Mode.
•The GMT differential is the time difference between the time zone where the city is located and Greenwich Mean Time.
•GMT differential is calculated by this watch based on Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) data.
Backlight Precautions
The backlight uses an LED (light emitting diode) and a light guide panel that
•If the DST indicator is on the display in the Alarm Mode, it means that Daylight Saving Time (summer time) is turned on for the city that is specified in the Alarm Mode.
•Alarm setting (and Hourly Time Signal setting) is available in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
To set the alarm time
1.In the Alarm Mode, hold down A until the city Alarm on indicator code flashes on the display, which indicates the
setting screen.
City code• At this time, the alarm is turned on automatically. 2. Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown
below.
City code | Hour | Minutes |
3. While the city code is flashing, press D to toggle between your Home Time city (which you selected in the Timekeeping Mode) and the city that is currently selected in the World Time Mode.
• The city code type indicator (
) shows whether the alarm setting is based on your Home Time city (HOME) or a World Time Mode city (WORLD).
4.While the hour or minute setting of the alarm time is flashing, press D to increase it.
5.Press A to exit the setting screen.
•When setting the alarm time using the
•Changing the city code for the time (Home City time or World Time Mode time) also causes the Alarm Mode city code to change.
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for about 20 seconds.
•Pressing any button stops the alarm tone.
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
•Note that pressing D to test the alarm also cycles through the Daily Alarm and Hourly Time Signal settings described below.
To turn the Daily Alarm and Hourly Time Signal on and off
In the Alarm Mode, press D to cycle through the Daily Alarm and Hourly Time Signal settings shown below.
Alarm On Indicator / Hourly Time Signal On Indicator
Both ON | Both OFF | Daily Alarm | Hourly Time |
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cause the entire display to glow for easy reading in the dark. In any mode, press B to illuminate the display for about three seconds.
•The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.
•The backlight automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
•Frequent use of the backlight shortens the battery life.
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