Casio 2999 Stopwatch, Countdown Timer, Illumination, Alarms, Alarm Operation, Illumination Precautions

Operation Guide 2998/2999

Stopwatch

Alarm Operation

Minutes

1/100 second 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.

The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total of seven times, every five minutes, or until you turn the alarm off.

•To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.

•Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.

Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen
Displaying the	setting screen
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
To turn an alarm on and off
	1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select an alarm.
Snooze alarm indicator 2. Press A to toggle it on (		displayed) and off

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.

Countdown Timer

Alarm on indicator	(	displayed).
	• Turning on a one-time alarm (		through	)
	displays the alarm on indicator on its Alarm Mode
	screen.
	• Turning on the snooze alarm (		) displays the alarm

	on indicator and snooze alarm indicator on the Alarm
	Mode snooze alarm screen.
	• In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any
	alarm that is turned on currently.
	• The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm is
On/Off status	sounding.
	• The snooze alarm indicator flashes during the 5-minute
	intervals between alarms.

To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use Dto select the Hourly Time

Hourly time signal	Signal (		).
on indicator	2. Press A to toggle it on (			displayed) and off
	(	displayed).
	• The Hourly Time Signal on indicator is shown on the
	display in all modes while the Hourly Time Signal is

Hours

Seconds Minutes

The countdown timer can be set within a range of one minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown reaches zero.

•The countdown operation continues even if you exit the Countdown Timer Mode.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing

C.

To use the countdown timer

Press Dwhile in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.

•When the end of the countdown is reached, the alarm sounds for 10 seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is reset automatically to its starting value after the alarm stops.

turned on.

On/Off status

Illumination

This watch has an EL (electro-luminescent) panel that causes the entire display to glow for easy reading in the dark.

Illumination Precautions

• The electro-luminescent panel that provides illumination

•Press Dwhile a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press Dagain to resume the countdown.

•To completely stop a countdown operation, first pause it (by pressing D), and then press A. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.

To set the countdown start time

1. In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down Auntil the hours of the countdown start time start to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press Cto move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.

3. While a setting is flashing, use D(+) and B(–) to change it.

•To set the starting value of the countdown time to

24 hours, set .

4.Press Ato exit the setting screen.

Alarms

loses power after very long use.

•Illumination may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.

•The watch may emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This is due to vibration of the EL panel used for illumination, and does not indicate malfunction.

•Illumination turns off automatically whenever an alarm sounds.

•Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.

To illuminate the display

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

•You can use the procedure below to select either 1.5 seconds or 3 seconds as the illumination duration. When you press B, the illumination will remain on for about 1.5 seconds or 3 seconds, depending on the current setting.

To specify the illumination duration

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

Alarm number

Alarm time (Hour)

On/Off status

Alarm time (Minutes)

To set an alarm time

You can set five independent Daily Alarms. When an alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the other four are one-time alarms.

You can turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.

•There are six screens in the Alarm Mode. Four are for one-time alarms (indicated by numbers from

through		), one is for a snooze alarm (indicated by
by	), and one is for the Hourly Time Signal (indicated
	).

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

1.In the Alarm Mode, use Dto scroll through the alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed.

screen.

2. While the seconds are flashing, press Bto toggle the illumination duration between 1.5 seconds ( ) and 3 seconds ( ).

3. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

•To set a one-time alarm, display one of the screens indicated by an alarm number

from through . To set the snooze alarm, display the screen indicated by

.

•The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.

2.After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour setting of the alarm time starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

•This operation turns on the alarm automatically.

3.Press Cto move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.

4.While a setting is flashing, use D(+) and B(–) to change it.

•When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time correctly as a.m. or p.m. (indicator).

5.Press A to exit the setting screen.

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