USER’S GUIDE 2568
To test the alarm
•In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
To turn Alarms 2 through 5 and the Hourly Time Signal on and off
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| • The on/off status of Alarms 2 through 5 and the Hourly |
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| • The alarm on indicators and Hourly Time Signal on |
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Alarm on |
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To delete a Day Counter record
1.In the Day Counter Mode, scroll through the records and display the one you want to delete.
2.Hold down Auntil the flashing cursor appears on the display.
3.Press Band D at the same time to delete the record.
•The message CLR appears to indicate that the record is being deleted. After the record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display and Timekeeping Mode current date is set as the target date, ready for input.
4.Input data or press Ato exit the setting screen.
Stopwatch
indicator | indicator flashes on the display. |
Hourly time signal |
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To select the operation of Alarm1
1.In the Alarm Mode, use D to select Alarm1.
2.Press A to cycle through the available settings in the sequence shown below.
Snooze on indicator and Alarm1 on indicator
Press A.
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Timekeeping 1/100 second Mode time
Hours Minutes Seconds
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 C.
•The snooze on indicator and Alarm1 on indicator are displayed in all modes.
•The snooze on indicator flashes during the
•The alarm indicator (Alarm1 on and/or snooze on) flashes while the alarm is sounding.
Day Counter
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| • There are five Day Counter records, each of which can |
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| be set with its own text and target date (year, month, |
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Number of days
DAYS indicator
•The initial default target date when you purchase the watch, after you have its battery replaced, or when battery power drops to Level 5 is January 1, 2001.
•The characters you can input for the text depend on the language you select in the Timekeeping Mode. See “To set the time and date” for more information. Changing the language setting does not affect texts that are already stored.
•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Day Counter Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
To create a new Day Counter record
1. In the Day Counter Mode, use Dto scroll through the Day Counter records until the one you want is on the display.
2. Hold down Auntil the flashing cursor appears in the text area of the display, which indicates the setting screen.
3.Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown below.
Text area
Character 1
Character 2 
Character 8
Target date
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4.While the cursor is in the text area, use Band Dto cycle through characters at the cursor position. The characters cycle in the sequence shown below.
Press D.
(space) 
A to Z 
@ to - 
0 to 9
To measure times with the stopwatch
Elapsed Time
D | ➤D | ➤D | ➤D | ➤A |
Start | Stop |
| Stop | Clear |
Split Time |
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Start | Split | Split release | Stop | Clear |
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D | ➤A | ➤D | ➤A | ➤A |
| Split | Stop | Split release | Clear |
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Countdown Timer
Timekeeping | The countdown timer can be set within a range of 1 | ||||
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| Hours | Minutes | 1. In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down Auntil the | ||
Seconds | hour setting of the countdown start time starts to flash, | |
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2.Press Cto move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
3.While a setting is flashing, use D(+) and
• To set the starting value of the countdown time to 24 hours, set 0:00.
4.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, 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.
•The countdown timer measurement operation continues even if you exit the Countdown Timer Mode.
Backlight
The backlight uses an EL
Press B.
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(symbol) 
(number)
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•The above character sequence is for English input. See “Character List” for the character sequences of other languages.
5.When the character you want is at the cursor position, press Cto move the cursor to the right.
6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the name is complete.
•You can input up to eight characters for the text.
7.After you input the text, press Cas many times as necessary to move the cursor to the target date.
•When the cursor is located at the eighth space of the text area, moving the cursor
to the right causes it to jump to the year setting. When the cursor is at the day setting, moving it to the right (by pressing C) causes it to jump to the first character in the text.
8.While the year, month, or day setting is flashing, use D(+) and B
•You can set a target date in the range of January 1, 1940 to December 31, 2039.
9.After everything is the way you want, press Ato exit the setting screen.
•The text can show only three characters at a time, so longer text scrolls continuously from right to left. The last character is indicated by the symbol 
after it.
Note
•Use the above procedure to edit Day Counter records, too.
To recall Day Counter records
In the Day Counter Mode, use D to scroll through the Day Counter records.
Auto light switch | the auto light switch on indicator) for it to operate. |
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To turn on the backlight manually
In any mode, press Bto illuminate the display for about one second.
•The above operation turns on the backlight regardless of the current auto light switch setting.
About the Auto Light Switch
Turning on the auto light switch causes the backlight to turn on for about one second, whenever you position your wrist as described below in any mode. Note that this watch features a “Full Auto EL Light,” so the auto light switch operates only when available light is below a certain level. It does not turn on the backlight under bright light.
Moving the watch to a position that is parallel to the ground and then tilting it towards you more than 40 degrees causes the backlight to turn on.
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