MA0511-EA

Operation Guide 2998/2999

About This Manual

•The operational procedures for Modules 2998 and 2999 are identical. All of the illustrations in this manual show

Module 2998.

 

• Depending on the model of your watch, display text

 

appears either as dark figures on a light background or

 

light figures on a dark background. All sample displays

 

in this manual are shown using dark figures on a light

Module 2998

background.
• 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.

Module 2999

General Guide

•Press Cto change from mode to mode.

•In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press B to illuminate the display.

Timekeeping Mode

World Time Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Countdown Timer Mode

Alarm Mode

Press .

Timekeeping

PM indicator Hour
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
time and date.

 

 

 

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

Seconds Minutes
Day
Day of week

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”.

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.

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

• The DST indicator is displayed on the Timekeeping Mode and Alarm Mode screens while Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

On/Off status

World Time

City code

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

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.

Current time in the zone of the selected city code

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

Change the city code

 

 

 

 

Use D(east) and B(west).

Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (

 

)

Press D.

 

and Standard Time (

 

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 (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 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.

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

1.In the World Time Mode, use D to display the city code
DST indicator (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).

• 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.

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