MA1012-EA

Operation Guide 3189/3252

About This Manual

Contents

 

 

 

•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 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.

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General Guide .........................................................................................................E-4
Timekeeping ............................................................................................................E-6
Data Bank ..............................................................................................................E-11
World Time ............................................................................................................E-17
Day Counter ..........................................................................................................E-19
Alarms ....................................................................................................................E-23
Stopwatch ..............................................................................................................E-28
Countdown Timer .................................................................................................E-30
Reference ..............................................................................................................E-32
Specifications .......................................................................................................E-35

 

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Procedure Lookup

The following is a handy reference list of all the operational procedures contained in this manual.

To set the time and date .........................................................................................E-7
To input a new Data Bank record ........................................................................E-12
To recall Data Bank records ................................................................................E-15
To edit a Data Bank record ..................................................................................E-16
To delete a Data Bank record ..............................................................................

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To view the time in another city code .................................................................E-17
To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and

 

Daylight Saving Time ........................................................................................E-18

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To set the target date ............................................................................................E-20
To set an alarm time .............................................................................................E-24
To test the alarm ...................................................................................................E-25
To turn an alarm on and off .................................................................................E-26
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off .........................................................E-27
To use the countdown timer ................................................................................E-30
To set the countdown start time ..........................................................................E-31
To turn the button operation tone on and off .....................................................E-32

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General Guide

 

 

• If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes while a setting screen (with

 

 

 

flashing digits) is on the display, the watch exits the setting screen automatically.

• Press C to change from mode to mode.

 

 

• If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes in the Alarm Mode, Day

• Pressing L in any mode illuminates the display.

 

Counter Mode, or Data Bank Mode, the watch reverts to the normal timekeeping

 

 

 

screen automatically.

 

 

 

Timekeeping ModeData Bank ModeWorld Time ModeDay Counter ModeAlarm ModeStopwatch ModeCountdown

 

Press .

 

 

 

 

Timer Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Timekeeping

To set the time and date

1. While in the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the second’s digits flash on the

Day of week

Year

Month – Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hour

Minutes

PM indicator

Seconds

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

•Pressing A in the Timekeeping Mode will display the currently selected Home City.

•Press D to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour formats.

•With 12-hour format, times between midnight and noon are indicated by A (am), while times between noon and midnight are indicated by P (pm).

•The A and P indicators do not appear when you are using 24-hour format.

display, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below.

 

 

Seconds

 

 

 

DST

 

 

 

City code

 

 

Hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day

 

 

 

Month

 

 

 

Year

 

 

 

Minutes

 

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3.While the seconds setting is selected (flashing), press D to reset it to 00. If you press D while the seconds setting is in the range of 30 to 59, the seconds are reset to 00 and 1 is added to the minutes. If the seconds setting is in the range of 00 to 29, the minutes count is unchanged.

•While the DST* setting is selected (DST on indicator is flashing), press D to toggle it on (On) and off (OF).

•The DST on/off setting you select for the Timekeeping Mode affects the World Time Mode.

•While the city code setting is selected, use D and B to scroll through the available codes until the one you want to use as your home time city is displayed.

•For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table” at the back of this manual.

4.While any other setting is selected (flashing), press D to increase it or press B to decrease it. Holding down D or B scrolls at high speed.

5.Press A to exit the setting screen.

•The day of the week is set in accordance with the date automatically.

•The date can be set within the range of January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2099.

•The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar makes allowances for different month lengths and leap years automatically. Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change it except after replacement of the watch’s battery.

*See “Daylight Saving Time (DST) Setting” (page E-18) for details about the DST setting.

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