Operation Guide 2696/2832(B)

Auto receive is turned on, but the receive icon “ ” is not on the display.

• The receive icon appears when a signal is received successfully

and the time is updated. It is not displayed if there is no

successful signal reception throughout the day. Also note that the

icon disappears from the display each day at 3:00 a.m. Make sure

What time is auto receive performed?

•Auto receive is performed in the middle of the night, when reception conditions are best. Before going to bed at night, place the watch near a window, with its 12 o’clock position facing in the general direction of the transmitter.

World Time Mode

World time lets you display the current time in any one of 30 cities (29 time zones) around the world.

that you are using the watch in an area that is within the reception

range of a transmitter, and make sure that the watch is in the

Timekeeping Mode or World Time Mode when it is time for auto

signal reception.

The current auto receive on (AUTO On)/off (AUTO OF) setting does not appear on the setting screen.

•The auto receive on/off setting is not displayed unless TYO (Japan), NYC (New York), CHI (Chicago), DEN (Denver), or LAX (Los Angeles) is selected as the Home City. Select the correct Home City code using the procedure under “Selecting Your Home City”.

The A, 40, and 60 options do not appear for the transmitter selection mode setting.

•The A, 40, and 60 transmitter selection mode options are available only when TYO (Tokyo) is selected as the Home City code. Select the correct Home City code using the procedure under “Selecting Your Home City”.

How can I perform manual receive?

•Hold down the lower right Dbutton for about two seconds. The watch will beep to indicate that manual receive has started. Place it near a window, with its 12 o’clock position facing in the general direction of the transmitter.

How can I view the last reception date and time?

•In the Timekeeping Mode, press the lower right D button. This will display the date and time that the time calibration signal was last received successfully. To return to the Timekeeping Mode, press the D button again.

When you enter the World Time Mode, the screen for the city that was displayed when you last exited the mode appears first.

Timekeeping Mode

Standard Time in

Displayed City

(Once)

Mode Indicator

City Code

•After you set the current time for the Home City in the Timekeeping Mode, the World Time Mode calculates the current time in other cities around the world using the GMT differential for each time zone.

•The seconds count in the World Time Mode is linked with the Timekeeping Mode seconds count.

If a World Time Mode time is incorrect, check the time setting and time zone setting of the Timekeeping Mode, and correct them if necessary.

•See “Selecting Your Home City” for information about selecting your Home City.

City Code Search

In the World Time Mode, press the D button to scroll through city codes.

• Holding down the Dbutton scrolls at high speed.

• See the “World Time City Code

(Forward)

 

List” for information about the

 

display sequence of the city

 

codes.

 

D Button

 

• Scrolls through city codes.

 

Turning Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) On and Off

You can turn summer time on or off individually for each World Time city.

1. In the World Time Mode, use the D button to scroll through the city codes until the one you want is displayed.

•Holding down the D button scrolls at high speed.

2.

DST indicator

While the city code you

 

want is displayed, hold

 

down the Abutton for

 

about one second to turn

 

summer time on (DST

 

indicator displayed) or off

 

(DST indicator not

 

displayed).

•The watch beeps whenever you change the summer time setting.

AButton

•Hold down to turn summer time (Daylight Saving Time) on and off.

Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time (DST) as is it is called in some countries, 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.

World Time City Code List

City Code

City Name

GMT Differential

– – –

 

–11

HNL

Honolulu

–10

ANC

Anchorage

–9

LAX

Los Angeles

–8

DEN

Denver

–7

CHI

Chicago

–6

NYC

New York

–5

CCS

Caracas

–4

 

 

 

RIO

Rio de Janeiro

–3

 

 

 

– – –

 

–2

– – –

 

–1

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

+0

LON

London

+0

PAR

Paris

+1

BER

Berlin

+1

ATH

Athens

+2

 

 

 

CAI

Cairo

+2

•The contents of the above table are current as of June 2003.

City Code

City Name

GMT Differential

JRS

Jerusalem

+2

JED

Jeddah

+3

THR

Teheran

+3.5

DXB

Dubai

+4

KBL

Kabul

+4.5

KHI

Karachi

+5

DEL

Delhi

+5.5

DAC

Dakar

+6

 

 

 

RGN

Yangon

+6.5

 

 

 

BKK

Bangkok

+7

HKG

Hong Kong

+8

SEL

Seoul

+9

 

 

 

TYO

Tokyo

+9

ADL

Adelaide

+9.5

SYD

Sydney

+10

NOU

Noumea

+11

 

 

 

WLG

Wellington

+12

•Time differentials in the above table are in accordance with Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).

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