Operation Guide 2891

Setting the Home City Time and Date

You can use the following procedure to set the current time and date of the Home City that you have selected in the Timekeeping Mode.

Always use the Timekeeping Mode to set and adjust the current time and date settings.

You can also turn Power Saving on and off while setting the time and date.

4. Press the C button to

5. From here you can use the

cycle through the summer

D button to select the

time settings until the one

settings shown below.

you want is displayed.

Each press of the D

 

button causes the

 

applicable setting to flash.

To configure Home City settings

1. In the Timekeeping Mode

City Code

hold down the Ebutton

 

for about two seconds

 

until the current city code

 

flashes on the display.

 

(2 seconds)

2. Use the C (Eastward) and

A(Westward) buttons to scroll through the city codes until the one you want to use as your Home City is displayed.

See “World Time City Code List” for a complete list of city codes.

Holding down either button scrolls at high speed.

3.Press the Dbutton to change to the summer time setting.

TYO = Tokyo

(Westward)

(Eastward)

AT (Auto)

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

When TYO (Tokyo) is selected at the Home City, this setting changes the time in accordance with Japanese summer time.

OFF

This setting turns off summer time, and displays the current time normally.

On

This setting turns on summer time.

Selecting this setting displays the DST indicator, and advances the current time setting by one hour.

Note that the above setting toggles between “OFF” and “On” when any city code other than HKG, TYO, or SEL is selected as the Home City.

Home City

Summer Time

12/24-hour

Power Saving

 

Seconds

Day Month Year Minutes Hour

You can change the illumination duration setting while the seconds are flashing.

6. While the 12/24-hour setting is selected, press the C button to toggle the timekeeping format between 12-hour (“12H” indicator) and 24-hour (24H indicator).

12/24-hour Timekeeping

8. While the Hour, Minutes, Year, Month, or Day setting is flashing, use the

C(+) and A(–) buttons to change it.

Holding down either button scrolls at high speed.

Minutes

Month, Day

(–)

(+)

Hour Seconds

10. When all of the settings are the way you want, press the E button to 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.

7. While the seconds are selected, press the C button to reset them to 00 in accordance with the time signal on the radio, TV, etc.

Pressing the Cbutton while the seconds count is in the range of 30 to 59 resets it to 00 and also adds 1 to the minutes. Pressing the C button in the range of 00 to 29 resets the seconds count without changing the minutes. In Japan, you can obtain the current time by dialing 117 on the telephone.

While the seconds are flashing, you can also press the A button to change the illumination duration. See “To specify the illumination duration” for more information.

Resets to 00.

9. While the Power Saving

setting is selected, press

the Cbutton to toggle it

On and OFF.

Turning on Power Saving causes the Power Saving indicator to appear on the setting screen.

Repeat the above steps as many times as necessary to select each setting and change it as required.

When setting the hour, make sure you specify AM (no indicator) or PM (P) correctly when using 12-hour timekeeping, or that you specify the correct 24-hour time.

You can set the year within the range of 2000 to 2099. The day of the week is set automatically in accordance with the date you set.

The watch makes adjustments for leap years and month lengths automatically.

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