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5.While any other setting is selected, press D to increase it or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.

•Pressing D and B at the same time while the flashing is located within the text area clears any input text and resets the date setting to the current date. At this time the message “CLEAR” appears on the display.

•Pressing D and B at the same time while the flashing is located within the date

area resets the date setting to the current date without affecting the text. 6. After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the input screen.

•The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1940 to December 31, 2039.

Alarm Mode

Mode indicator

Melody name

Alarm indicator 1

Alarm indicator 3 Alarm indicator 2

•Alarm indicator 1 is displayed in the Alarm Mode only. It indicates the on/off status of the currently displayed alarm only. Note that this indicator is used for different purposes in other modes.

•Alarm indicator 2 is displayed in all modes when any of the five alarms is turned on.

•Alarm indicator 3 is displayed in the Alarm Mode only. It shows on when the currently displayed alarm is on, and OF when the currently displayed alarm is off.

Current time

Alarm number

Hour Minutes

You can set up to five melody alarms. When a daily alarm is turned on, its melody alarm sounds for about 20 seconds at the preset time each day. In the Timekeeping Mode, press any button (except E) to stop the melody alarm after it starts to sound. Pressing Ewhile a melody is playing toggles the display between an animated character and the name of the melody that is playing. When the Hourly Time Signal is turned on, the watch beeps every hour on the hour.

Hourly Time Signal indicator 1

Hourly Time Signal indicator 3

Hourly Time Signal indicator 2

•Hourly Time Signal indicator 1 is displayed in the Alarm Mode only when the Hourly Time Signal is turned on. Note that this indicator is used for different purposes in other modes.

•Hourly Time Signal indicator 2 is displayed in all modes when the Hourly Time Signal is turned on.

•Hourly Time Signal indicator 3 is displayed in the Alarm Mode only. It shows on when the Hourly Time Signal is on, and OF when the Hourly Time Signal is off.

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, display the alarm you want to sound, and then press E to play its melody or beep. You can also press E to play an alarm’s melody while setting the alarm time.

•To stop a playing melody or beep, press any button.

Special melodies play on January 1 and December 25, regardless of the current alarm sound setting (beep or melody), and cannot be played by setting the watch ahead or back to these dates.

Stopwatch Mode

Normally, the following events occur at midnight on January 1 and December 25, your local time. Note however that these events do not occur in area or countries (for example, parts of Australia) located in time zones that come before (east of) Japan’s time zone.

•The time signal sounds, regardless of whether the hourly time signal is turned on or off.

•The backlight lights for three seconds.

•The special melodies play automatically. There is no way to disable play of the spe- cial melodies. To stop a melody when it starts to play, press any button besides E.

To set the alarm time for January 1 and December 25

1.While in the Alarm Mode, press D to display the alarm number you want to set.

Alarm 1 Alarm 2 Alarm 3 Alarm 4 Alarm 5

SIG: 00 (Hourly Time Signal)

Mode indicator

Current time

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

1/100 second

The Stopwatch Mode lets you measure elapsed time, split times, and two finishes. The range of the stopwatch is 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.99 seconds. You can use the EL backlight by pressing E at any time while the stopwatch is operating.

2.Hold down Auntil the hour digits start to flash on the display, indicating the setting screen. The alarm is automatically turned on at this time.

3.Press C to change the selection in the sequence shown below.

Hour Minutes

4.Press D to increase it or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.

5.After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the setting screen.

To set the alarm time for other days

1.While in the Alarm Mode, press D to display the alarm number you want to set.

Alarm 1 Alarm 2 Alarm 3 Alarm 4 Alarm 5

SIG: 00 (Hourly Time Signal)

2. Hold down A until the melody setting starts to flash on the display, indicating the

setting screen. The alarm is automatically turned on at this time.

3. Press C to change the selection in the sequence shown below.

Elapsed time measurement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start

Stop

Re-start

Stop

Clear

Split time measurement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start

Split

Split release

Stop

Clear

Split time and 1st-2nd place times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start

Split

Stop

Split release

Clear

 

 

First runner

Second runner

Record time of

 

 

 

finishes.

finishes.

second runner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record time of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first runner.

 

 

 

Memo Mode

Melody Setting Hour Minutes

4.While melody setting is selected, press D or B to toggle it between BEEP and melody.

•While any other setting is selected, press D to increase it or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.

5. After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the setting screen.

Mode indicator

Title

The Memo Mode lets you store up to five memos, each with an eight-character title and 16 characters of data.

Recalling a Memo

In the Memo Mode, press D to scroll through the Memo titles. When you find the title you want, press B, and the screen alternates between the title and data.

•The display can show only five characters at a time.

Longer text scrolls continuously from right to left. The symbol “ ” indicates that the character or digit to the left is the last, and the character or digit to the right is the first.

•A series of hyphens “ – – – – – ” is displayed for a memo that does not contain any data.

•The format (12-hour and 24-hour) of the alarm time matches the format you select for normal timekeeping.

•When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time correctly as morning or afternoon.

To stop the alarm

•Press any button to stop the alarm after it starts to sound. Pressing Ewhile in the Timekeeping Mode displays the name of the melody, alternating with animated char- acters.

To turn a daily alarm or the Hourly Time Signal on and off

1.Use D to display the alarm you want to turn on or off, or the screen for turning the Hourly Time Signal on or off.

2.Press B to toggle the displayed alarm or Hourly Time Signal on and off.

Memo number

To input a memo

1.In the Memo Mode, press D to display the memo number you want to set.

2.Hold down A until the first (leftmost) character of the memo title starts to flash on the display. This indicates the input screen.

3.Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press E to move the flashing in the opposite direction.

Press . Press .

 

Title Character 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title Character 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Character 16

 

 

 

Data Character 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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