Casio 2996 manual

MA0510-EA

Operation Guide 2996

About This Manual

•All of the displays in this manual show black on white.

•Button operations are indicated using the letters shown in the illustration.

• Each section of this manual provides you with the information you need to perform operations in each mode. Further details and technical information can be found in the “Reference” section.

General Guide

•Press Cto change from mode to mode.

•In any mode, press Lto illuminate the display.

Timekeeping Mode World Time Mode Stopwatch Mode Countdown Timer Mode Alarm Mode

Press .

Timekeeping

World Time

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current

Day of weektime and date.

Day

City code

World Time shows the current time in 48 cities (29 time zones) around the world.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

PM indicator

Hour : Minutes Seconds

To set the time and date

Read this before you set the time and date !

The times displayed in the Timekeeping Mode and World Time Mode are linked. Because of this, make sure you select a city code for your Home City (the city where you normally use the watch) before you set the time and date.

•To view the current Home City code setting, press A while in the Timekeeping Mode.

•For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table”.

Current time in the zone of the selected city code

World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

To view the time for another city code

In the World Time Mode, press Dto scroll eastwardly through city codes or B to scroll westwardly.

•For full information about city codes, see the “City Code Table”.

•If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings and make the necessary changes.

1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil the seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2.Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

1.In the World Time Mode, use Dand Bto display the

DST indicator city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight

Saving Time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down Afor about one second to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (DST indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST indicator not displayed).

Seconds	City Code	DST	Hour	Minutes
Day	Month	Year	12/24-Hour Format

3.When the setting you want to change is flashing, use Dand Bto change it as described below.

Screen To do this:		Do this:
	Reset the seconds to	Press D.
	Change the city code	Use D(east) and B(west).
	Toggle between Daylight Saving Time ( )	Press D.
	and Standard Time ( )

• The DST indicator is on the display whenever you display a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

•Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not affected.

•In the World Time Mode, you can switch the city code you currently have selected as your Timekeeping Mode Home City between Standard Time and DST. The setting you select in the World Time Mode will also be applied in the Timekeeping Mode.

Stopwatch

Change the hour or minutes			Use D(+) and B(–).
Toggle between 12-hour (		) and 24-hour	Press D.
(	) timekeeping
Change the year, month, or day			Use D(+) and B(–).

• See “Daylight Saving Time (DST)” for details about the DST setting.

4.Press A to exit the setting screen.

• Resetting the seconds to while the current count is in the range of 30 to 59

causes the minutes to be increased by 1. In the range of 00 to 29, the seconds are

reset to without changing the minutes.

• With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears on the display for times in the

range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears for times in the range of

1/100 second

Minutes Seconds

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times, and two finishes.

•The display range of the stopwatch is 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.

midnight to 11:59 a.m.

• With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without

any indicator.

• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is

applied in all modes.

• The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.

• The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar makes allowances for different month

lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change

it except after you have the watch’s battery replaced.

• The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year,

month, and day) settings.

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from Standard Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.

To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time

DST indicator	1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil the
	seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
	screen.
	2. Press Ctwice to display the DST setting screen.
	3. Press Dto toggle between Daylight Saving Time ( )
	and Standard Time ( ).
	4. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

•The DST indicator is displayed on the Timekeeping

On/Off status	Mode and Alarm Mode screens while Daylight Saving
	Time is turned on.

To measure times with the stopwatch

Elapsed Time

Start	Stop		Re-start	Stop	Clear
Split Time
Start	Split		Split release	Stop	Clear
	(	displayed)
Two Finishes
Start	Split		Stop	Split release	Clear
	First runner		Second runner	Display time of
	finishes.		finishes.	second runner.
	Display time of
	first runner.

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