USER’S GUIDE 2566

About This Manual

•Button operations are indicated using the letters shown

(Light) in the illustration.

• Each section of this manual provides you with the

information you need to perform operations in each

mode. Further details and technical information can be found in the “Reference” section.

General Guide

•Press B to change from mode to mode.

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

Timekeeping Mode

World Time Mode

Day Counter Mode

Alarm Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Press .

Timekeeping

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

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

Hour : Minutes

Day of week

AM/PM

Press .

indicator

 

Month – Day Seconds

World Time

City code type

 

Mode time

indicator

 

(Hour : Minutes)

 

Important!

•World Time Mode times will not be correct unless you set the correct current date, time, and city code in the Timekeeping Mode. See “To set the time and date” 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 B to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.

Seconds

 

 

 

12/24-Hour

 

 

 

DST

 

 

 

 

City

 

 

 

Hour

 

 

 

Format

 

 

 

on/off

 

 

 

 

code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backlight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day

 

 

 

 

Month

 

 

 

 

Year

 

 

 

Minutes

 

color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

To change this setting

Perform this button operation

Seconds

Press C to reset to 00.

12/24-Hour Format

Press C to toggle between 12-hour (12H) and 24-

 

hour (24H) timekeeping.

DST on/off

Press C to toggle between DST on (ON displayed)

 

and off (OFF displayed).

City code

Use C 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 C to increase the setting.

Backlight color

Use C to cycle through the available color settings.

•Pressing C 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”.

•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.

•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.

•The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 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 you have the watch’s battery replaced.

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

 

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the

DST indicator

seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting

 

screen.

 

 

2. Press B twice to move the flashing to the DST On/Off

 

setting.

 

 

3. Press C to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (ON

 

displayed) and standard time (OFF displayed).

 

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

 

• The DST indicator appears on the display when Daylight

 

Saving Time is turned on.

 

To change the backlight color

 

 

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the

Backlight color

seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting

 

screen.

 

 

2. Press B nine times until the backlight color setting

 

screen appears, and then use C to cycle through the

 

available color settings as shown below.

 

RBW

TIM

 

SEL

SEL

 

x7x

x1x

For this type of backlight:

 

Select this setting:

Ramdom selection among three gradation patterns

RBW

(Aurora, Sunset, Ocean)

 

 

Change to one of 12 different colors every hour.

TIM

Always use one of seven colors

SEL x1x through x7x

SEL x1x : Juicy Red

 

 

SEL x2x : Tangerine Orange

 

SEL x3x : Natural

 

 

SEL x4x : Pure Green

 

 

SEL x5x : Aqua Blue

 

 

SEL x6x : Silky Violet

 

 

SEL x7x : Passion Pink

 

 

• In the case of TIM, the same color is used for corresponding AM and PM time.

3.Press A to exit the setting screen.

•A preset special backlight color pattern is used in place of the current backlight color setting during December 24 and December 25 each year.

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