Operation Guide 3063

Timekeeping

•Resetting the seconds to 00 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 00 without changing the minutes.

•The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year, month, and day) settings.

•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 or when battery power drops to Level 5.

•The times for the Timekeeping Mode and all the city codes of the World Time Mode are calculated in accordance with each city’s UTC differential.

•The UTC differential is a value that indicates the time difference between a reference point in Greenwich, England and the time zone where a city is located.

•“UTC” is the abbreviation for “Universal Time Coordinated”, which is the world-wide scientific standard of timekeeping. It is based upon carefully maintained atomic (cesium) clocks that keep time accurately to within microseconds. Leap seconds are added or subtracted as necessary to keep UTC in sync with the Earth’s rotation.

12-hour/24-hour Timekeeping Formats

The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is also applied in all other modes.

•With the 12-hour format, the PM indicator (P) 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.

Illumination Precautions

•The electro-luminescent panel that provides illumination 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.

Auto light switch precautions

•The auto light switch is turned off automatically whenever battery power is at Level 4.

•Wearing the watch on the inside of your wrist, movement of your arm, or vibration of your arm can cause frequent activation of the auto light switch and illumination of the display. To avoid running down the battery, turn off the auto light switch whenever engaging in activities that might cause frequent illumination.

•Note that wearing the watch under your sleeve while the auto light switch is turned on can cause frequent illumination of the display and can run down the battery.

•Illumination may not turn on if the face of the watch is more than 15 degrees above or below parallel. Make sure that the back of your hand is parallel to the ground.

•Illumination turns off in about one second, even if you

keep the watch pointed towards your face.

• Static electricity or magnetic force can interfere with proper operation of the auto light switch. If illumination does not turn on, try moving the watch back to the starting position (parallel with the ground) and then tilt it back towards you again. If this does not work, drop your arm all the way down so it hangs at your side, and then bring it back up again.

•Under certain conditions, illumination may not turn on until about one second after you turn the face of the watch towards you. This does not necessarily indicate malfunction of the auto light switch.

•You may notice a very faint clicking sound coming from the watch when it is shaken back and forth. This sound is caused by mechanical operation of the auto light switch, and does not indicate a problem with the watch.

City Code Table

City

City

GMT

Other major cities in same time zone

Code

Differential

 

 

PPG

Pago Pago

–11.0

 

HNL

Honolulu

–10.0

Papeete

ANC

Anchorage

–09.0

Nome

YVR

Vancouver

–08.0

San Francisco, Las Vegas,

LAX

Los Angeles

Seattle/Tacoma, Dawson City, Tijuana

 

YEA

Edmonton

–07.0

El Paso, Edmonton, Culiacan

DEN

Denver

 

 

MEX

Mexico City

–06.0

Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, New Orleans

YWG

Winnipeg

CHI

Chicago

 

 

MIA

Miami

 

Montreal, Detroit, Miami, Boston,

YTO

Toronto

–05.0

Panama City, Havana, Lima, Bogota

NYC

New York

 

 

 

CCS

Caracas

–04.0

La Paz, Santiago, Port Of Spain

YHZ

Halifax

 

 

YYT

St. Johns

–03.5

 

RIO

Rio De Janeiro

–03.0

Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo

RAI

Praia

–01.0

 

LIS

Lisbon

+00.0

Dublin, Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan

LON

London

 

 

MAD

Madrid

 

 

PAR

Paris

+01.0

Milan, Amsterdam, Algiers, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna

ROM

Rome

BER

Berlin

 

 

STO

Stockholm

 

 

ATH

Athens

 

Helsinki, Istanbul, Beirut, Damascus,

CAI

Cairo

+02.0

Cape Town

JRS

Jerusalem

 

 

 

MOW

Moscow

+03.0

Kuwait, Riyadh, Aden, Addis Ababa, Nairobi

JED

Jeddah

 

 

THR

Tehran

+03.5

Shiraz

DXB

Dubai

+04.0

Abu Dhabi, Muscat

KBL

Kabul

+04.5

 

KHI

Karachi

+05.0

Male

DEL

Delhi

+05.5

Mumbai, Kolkata, Colombo

DAC

Dhaka

+06.0

 

RGN

Yangon

+06.5

 

BKK

Bangkok

+07.0

Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Vientiane

HKG

Hong Kong

+08.0

Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Ulaanbaatar

BJS

Beijing

TPE

Taipei

 

 

SEL

Seoul

+09.0

Pyongyang

TYO

Tokyo

 

 

ADL

Adelaide

+09.5

Darwin

GUM

Guam

+10.0

Melbourne, Rabaul

SYD

Sydney

 

 

NOU

Noumea

+11.0

Port Vila

WLG

Wellington

+12.0

Christchurch, Nadi, Nauru Island

•Based on data as of June 2007.

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