Auto-repeat on indicator
Stopwatch

USER’S GUIDE 2551

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

1. In the World Time Mode, display the city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down Afor about two seconds to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (DST displayed) and Standard Time (DST not displayed).

•The DST indicator is on the display whenever you display a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

•Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not affected.

•Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while GMT is selected as the city code.

Alarms

Alarm Operation

The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 20 seconds, regardless of the mode the watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off.

•Pressing any button or key stops the alarm tone operation.

•Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.

Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen Displaying the Alarm Sn setting screen

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.

To turn an alarm on and off

1.In the Alarm Mode, use [=] and [1] to select an alarm.

2.Press Ato toggle it on and off.

• Turning on a one-time alarm (1 through 4) displays the one-time alarm on indicator

Alarm date (Month – Day)

Alarm number

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the other four are one-time alarms. You can also input reminder text.

You can turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.

•There are five alarm screens numbered 1 through 4 for the one-time alarm, a snooze alarm screen indicated by Sn. The Hourly Time Signal screen is indicated by :00.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing [5] while the Mode Menu is on the display.

•Holding down the [7] keypad key in the Alarm Mode displays the Timekeeping Mode time in the top line of the screen.

(x) on its Alarm Mode screen. Turning on the snooze alarm displays the snooze

alarm on indicator ( ) on its Alarm Mode screen.

• The applicable alarm on indicator (xor

) is displayed in all modes when an

alarm is turned on.

 

• The applicable alarm on indicator (xor

) flashes while the alarm is sounding.

• The SNZ indicator flashes during the 5-minute intervals between alarms.

To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use [=] and [1] to select the Hourly Time Signal (:00).

2. Press Ato toggle it on (ydisplayed) and off (ynot displayed).

• The Hourly Time Signal on indicator (y) is shown on the display in all modes while this function is turned on.

Countdown Timer

You can set the countdown timer within a range of one minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown

Alarm Types

The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.

•Daily alarm

Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound everyday at the time you set.

•Date alarm

Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound at the specific time, on the specific date you set.

•1-Month alarm

Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.

•Monthly alarm

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reaches zero.

•You can also select auto-repeat, which automatically restarts the countdown from the original value you set whenever zero is reached.

•The countdown timer measurement operation continues even if you exit the Countdown Timer Mode.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing [6] while the Mode Menu is on the display.

•Holding down the [7] keypad key in the Countdown Timer Mode displays the Timekeeping Mode time in the top line of the screen.

Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound every month at the time you set, on the day you set.

To set an alarm time

1. In the Alarm Mode, use [=] and [1] to scroll through the alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed.

Press . Press .

•To set a one-time alarm, display one of the screens indicated by an alarm number from x1 through x4. To set the snooze alarm, display the screen indicated by Sn.

2.After you select an alarm, hold down Auntil the left hour digit of the alarm time starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

•This operation automatically turns on the alarm.

3.Use C and D to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hour

 

Minutes

 

 

Month

 

 

Day

 

Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•Selecting the text causes the text input cursor (#) to appear. There are eight spaces in the text, so you have to press Ceight times to move to the Hour setting.

4.While a setting is flashing, use the keys and buttons to change it as described below.

Screen

To do this:

Do this:

 

Change the hour and minutes

Use the keypad to input values.

 

 

• To set an alarm that does not include a

 

 

month and/or day, leave the month or

 

Change the month and day

day settings as xx, or press [pm] to

 

 

input xx. Next, press Cto advance

 

 

to the next setting.

 

Input reminder text

• Use keypad keys to input characters.

 

 

• Use Cand Dto move the cursor.

To set the countdown start time

1.In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the left hour digit of the countdown start time starts to flash,

which indicates the setting screen.

2. Use the keypad keys to input the countdown start time.

• You can also use Cand D to move the flashing between the digits.

• To set the start time to 24 hours, set 00:00.

3.Press Ato exit the setting screen.

To use the countdown timer

Press Dwhile in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.

•When the end of the countdown is reached and auto-repeat is turned off, the alarm sounds for 10 seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is automatically reset to its starting value after the alarm stops.

•Press Dwhile a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press Dagain to resume the countdown.

•To completely stop a countdown operation, first pause it (by pressing D), and then press A. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.

To turn auto-repeat on and off

1. In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the left hour digit of the countdown start time starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press B to toggle auto-repeat on ( displayed) and off ( TMR displayed).

3. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

• When auto-repeat is turned on, the alarm sounds and countdown starts again whenever the countdown reaches zero. You can stop the countdown by pressing D, and manually reset to the countdown start time by pressing A.

•Frequent use of auto-repeat and the alarm shortens the battery life.

• See “Inputting Text”.

•You must input separate values for each of the two digits of the hour, minutes, month, and day settings.

•While hour or minutes is flashing, press [pm] to toggle between AM (A indicator appears) and PM (P indicator appears).

•Holding down Bfor about one second while inputting reminder text clears the currently input reminder text.

One-time alarm

5. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

on indicator

• Pressing D toggles the top line of the alarm screen

 

between the alarm date and the reminder text.

•Reminder text appears on the Alarm Mode screen only.

If the reminder text is more than five characters long, it scrolls from right to left when displayed.

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Hours Seconds

Minutes

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times, and two finishes.

•The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.

•The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.

•The stopwatch measurement operation continues even if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.

•Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen on the display clears the split time and returns to elapsed time measurement.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing [pm] while the Mode Menu is on the display.

•Holding down the [7] keypad key in the Stopwatch Mode displays the Timekeeping Mode time in the top line of the screen.

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