Operation Guide 3063

Signal Reception Troubleshooting

Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.

Problem

Probable Cause

What you should do

Cannot perform

The watch is not in the Timekeeping Mode.

Enter the Timekeeping Mode

manual receive.

Your current Home City is not one of the

and try again.

 

following:

Select one of the city codes

 

LIS, LON, MAD, PAR, ROM, BER, STO,

shown to the left as your

 

ATH, MOW, HKG, BJS, TPE, SEL, TYO,

Home City.

 

HNL, ANC, YVR, LAX, YEA, DEN, MEX,

 

 

YWG, CHI, MIA, YTO, NYC, YHZ, or

 

 

YYT

 

Time setting is

If the time is one hour off, the DST

Change the DST setting to

incorrect

setting may be incorrect.

Auto DST.

following signal

The Home City code setting is not

Select the correct Home City

reception.

correct for the area where you are using

code.

 

the watch.

 

For further information, see “Important!” under “Time Calibration Signal Reception” and “Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping Precautions”.

World Time

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

If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your

Home City time settings and make the necessary

changes.

All of the operations in this section are performed in the

World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

Countdown Timer

You can set the countdown timer within a range of one to Timekeeping Mode time 60 minutes. An alarm sounds when the countdown

reaches zero.

All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing

C.

To set the countdown start time

1.While the countdown start time is on the display in the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the current

Minutes 1/10 second

countdown start time starts to flash, which indicates the

Seconds

setting screen.

If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the procedure under “To use the countdown timer” to display it.

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

3.Press Ato exit the setting screen.

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.

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

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

Alarms

 

City code To view the time in another city

Current time in

While in the World Time Mode, press Dto scroll

selected city

eastward through the city codes (time zones).

 

For full information on city codes, see the “City Code

 

Table”.

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

1.In the World Time Mode, press D(eastward) to scroll through city codes until the one that you want to switch

is displayed.

2. Hold down Ato toggle between Daylight Saving Time

 

 

(DST indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST

 

 

indicator not displayed).

 

 

The DST indicator will appear whenever you display a

 

 

city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

DST indicator

Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the

currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not

 

 

 

 

affected.

Alarm number

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

Timekeeping

Mode time

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 can be configured as a snooze alarm or a one-time alarm, while the other four are one-time alarms.

You also can turn on an hourly time signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.

There are five alarm screens numbered 1 through 5. The hourly time signal screen is indicated by :00

When you enter the Alarm Mode, the screen you were viewing when you last exited the mode appears first.

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.

Stopwatch

x1 x2 x3

Hours

Minutes 1/100 second

Seconds

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times, and two finishes. It also includes Auto-Start.

The display range of the stopwatch is 999 hours, 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.

:00 x5 x4

You can configure Alarm1 as a snooze alarm or a one-time alarm. Alarms 2 through 5 can be used as one-time alarms only.

The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.

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

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. (no indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).

5.Press Ato exit the setting screen.

To measure times with the stopwatch

Elapsed Time

D

D

D

D

A

Start

Stop

Re-start

Stop

Clear

Split Time

 

 

 

 

D

A

A

D

A

Start

Split

Split release

Stop

Clear

 

(SPL displayed)

 

 

 

Two Finishes

 

 

 

 

D

A

D

A

A

Start

Split

Stop

Split release

Clear

 

First runner finishes.

Second runner

Display time of

 

 

Display time of first

finishes.

second runner.

 

 

runner.

 

 

 

About Auto-Start

With Auto-Start, the watch performs a 5-second countdown, and stopwatch operation starts automatically when the countdown reaches zero.

During the final three seconds of the countdown, a beeper sounds with each second.

To use Auto-Start

Alarm Operation

The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 10 seconds. 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 or change it to a one-time alarm.

Note

Pressing any button stops the alarm tone operation.

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 Alarm1 setting screen

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down Dto sound the alarm.

To turn Alarms 2 through 5 on and off

1.In the Alarm Mode, use Dto select a one-time alarm (alarm number 2 through 5).

2. Press Ato toggle the displayed alarm on and off.

Turning on a one-time alarm (2 through 5) displays the one-time alarm on indicator on its screen.

The one-time alarm on indicator is displayed in all modes.

If any alarm is on, the one-time alarm on indicator is

1.While the stopwatch screen is showing all zeros in the Stopwatch Mode, press A.

One-time alarm on indicator

shown on the display in all modes.

This displays a 5-second countdown screen.

To return to the all zeros screen, press Aagain.

2. Press Dto start the countdown.

When the countdown reaches zero, a tone sounds and a stopwatch timing operation starts automatically.

Pressing Dwhile the Auto-Start countdown is in progress starts the stopwatch immediately.

To select the operation of Alarm1

1.In the Alarm Mode, use D to select Alarm1.

2.Press Ato cycle through the available settings in the sequence shown below.

Snooze alarm on indicator and one-time alarm on indicator

One-time alarm on

Snooze alarm on

Alarm off

The applicable indicator is displayed in all modes when an alarm is turned on.

The snooze alarm on indicator flashes during the 5-minute intervals between alarms.

Displaying the Alarm1 setting screen while the snooze alarm is turned on turns off the snooze alarm automatically (making Alarm1 a one-time alarm).

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