“ ” not displayed

Operation Guide 2696/2832(B)

❚To view the last reception date and time

In the Timekeeping Mode, press the Dbutton.

• This displays the date and time

 

when signal reception was last

 

successful, and the current time

 

and date were adjusted.

2-second

• To return to the timekeeping

interval

screen, press the D button again.

 

Signal Reception Settings

•Home City

Specify the city code of your “Home City”, which is the location where you will normally use the watch.

•Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time)

Use this setting to specify whether summer time (Daylight Saving Time) settings should be made automatically by the watch.

•Auto Receive

This settings is used to select either auto receive or manual receive.

❚Selecting Your Home City

Note that time calibration signal reception is performed only when one of the city codes shown below is selected as the Home City.

•Select TYO (Tokyo) as you Home City if you plan to use the watch in Japan.

Home City

Transmitter

 

 

TYO

Either the Mt. Otakadoya signal (40kHz) or the Mt. Hagane signal (60kHz)

 

 

LAX, DEN, CHI, NYC

Fort Collins, Colorado signal

 

 

• The display will return to the normal timekeeping screen automatically if you do not perform any operation for about one or two minutes.

Important!

•The calibration signals received by this watch include two data groups: an hour-minute-second group and a year-month-day group.

•The “ ” icon is displayed only

when both the hour-minute- second group and year-month- day group were received. It will not remain on the display if only the hour-minute-second group was received.

Hour-minute-second group

and year-month-day group received: “” displayed

Hour-minute-second group only received: “ ” not displayed

•If only hour, minute, and second data (no date data) is received, the last reception date shows the date that the receive operation was performed (as kept in the Timekeeping Mode).

•Transmitter Selection Mode

This setting is used to specify which transmitter's signal should be used for time calibration in Japan.

•Auto receive can be selected only when TYO, LAX, DEN, CHI, or NYC is currently selected as the Home City.

•The transmitter selection mode setting can be changed only when TYO is currently selected as the Home City.

The initial factory default configuration of signal reception settings are shown below. You do not need to change these settings if you use the watch in Japan.

•Check the signal reception settings whenever you have problems with signal reception or when the time setting produced by signal reception is incorrect.

Home City

TYO

Tokyo

 

 

 

Summer Time

DST A

Auto switching in

accordance with signal data

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Receive

AUTO On

ON

 

 

 

Transmitter

FREQ.A

Auto Japan transmitter

select (40kHz/ 60kHz)

 

 

 

 

 

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down the Abutton for about two seconds.

•This will cause the watch to beep and display the transmitter selection mode setting screen.

AButton

•Enters/exits the setting mode.

BButton

•Scrolls back through the options at the flashing (selected) setting.

CButton

•Moves the flashing between settings.

DButton

•Scrolls forward through the options at the flashing (selected) setting.

Timekeeping Mode

FREQUENCY (Frequency)

2. Press the C button once to select the Home City setting.

•

The currently selected city

 

 

code will be flashing on the

City Code

 

screen.

3.

Use the D (+) and B(–)

(Back)

 

 

buttons to scroll through

 

 

the city codes until the

 

 

one you want to select is

 

 

displayed.

 

(Forward)

•Holding down either button scrolls at high speed.

•See the “World Time City Code List” for information about city codes.

4. When the city code you

(Twice)

want is displayed, press

 

the Abutton twice.

 

• This will exit the setting screen and

Configuring Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) Settings

•When using this watch in Japan, it is recommended that you use the “DST A” (Auto) summer time setting.

3. Press the D button to

cycle through the summer

time settings in the

sequence shown below.

4.

(Twice)

When the summer time

setting is the way you want, press the Abutton twice.

return to the Timekeeping Mode screen.

•The display also will exit the setting screen automatically if you do not perform any operation for about two or three minutes.

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down the A button for about two seconds.

•This will cause the watch to beep and display the transmitter selection mode setting screen.

AButton

•Enters/exits the setting mode.

CButton

•Moves the flashing between settings.

DButton

•Scrolls through the available settings.

Timekeeping Mode

FREQUENCY (Frequency)

• Turning on summer time (DST

(Setting

On) causes the current time

 

Selection)

setting to advance one hour.

 

 

DST A

DST OF

DST On

 

•DST A

This setting enables the auto summer time setting, which turns summer time on or off in accordance with the received time calibration signal.

•This setting uses Japan summer time data when TYO is selected as the Home City, and U.S. summer time data when NYC, CHI, DEN, or LAX is selected as the Home City.

•Note that “DST A” can be selected only when TYO, LAX, DEN, CHI, or NYC is selected as the Home City.

•DST OF

• This will exit the setting screen and return to the Timekeeping Mode screen.

•The display also will exit the setting screen automatically if you do not perform any operation for about two or three minutes.

Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time (DST) as is it is called in some areas, calls for setting clocks ahead one hour during the summer season. Note that the use of summer time depends on the country and even the local area.

2. Press the Cbutton twice to select the Summer Time setting.

• The current DST setting will

be flashing on the display.

(Twice)

This setting turns off summer time and returns to normal timekeeping.

•DST On

This setting turns on summer time and advances the current time by one hour.

•The DST indicator appears on the display while summer time is turned on.

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