Casio 3281 Configuring Home City Settings, Mode Reference Guide, Timekeeping, Configuring Current Time and Date Settings

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To turn Power Saving on and off

	Power saving						1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil SET
							starts to flash and the city name starts to scroll on the
	on indicator
							display.
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							2. Use Dto display the Power Saving On/Off screen
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l			l				3. Press Eto toggle Power Saving on (On) and off (OFF).
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	ll		l				4. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

• The Power Saving on indicator (PS) is on the display in all modes while Power Saving is turned on.

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Selecting a Mode

World Time ModeMoon Data ModeTimekeeping Mode

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Stopwatch Mode			Countdown Timer	Alarm Mode
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General Functions (All Modes)

The functions and operations described in this section can be used in all of the modes.

Auto Return Features

•The watch returns to the Timekeeping Mode automatically if you do not perform any button operation for two or three minutes in the Alarm, or Moon Data Mode.

•If you leave a screen with flashing digits on the display for two or three minutes without performing any operation, the watch exits the setting screen automatically.

Initial Screens

When you enter the World Time or Alarm Mode, the data you were viewing when you last exited the mode appears first.

Scrolling

The Eand Bbuttons are used on the setting screen to scroll through data on the display. In most cases, holding down these buttons during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at high speed.

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Configuring Home City Settings

Mode Reference Guide

Your watch has 7 “modes”. The mode you should select depends on what you want to do.

To do this:	Enter this mode:	See:
• View the current date in the Home City	Timekeeping Mode	E-25
• Configure Home City and daylight saving time (DST) settings
• Configure time and date settings
• Determine your current bearing or the direction from your current	Digital Compass/	E-33
location to a destination as a direction indicator and angle value	Thermometer Mode
• Determine your current location using the watch and a map
• View the temperature at your current location	Digital Compass/	E-57
	Thermometer Mode
View the current time in one of 48 cities (31 time zones) around the globe	World Time Mode	E-71
Use the stopwatch to measure elapsed time	Stopwatch Mode	E-74
Use the countdown timer	Countdown Timer Mode	E-77
Set an alarm time	Alarm Mode	E-80
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•The illustration below shows which buttons you need to press to navigate between modes.

•Press Dto change from mode to mode.

•Hold down Dfor about two seconds to return to the Timekeeping Mode from any other mode.

•In any mode, press Cto enter the Digital Compass/Thermometer Mode. Press D in the Digital Compass/Thermometer Mode to return to the mode you entered from.

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

Digital Compass/

Thermometer Mode

Press

Press

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Timekeeping

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

•Press Ato toggle between the day of the week and date (Date screen), and the currently selected World Time (Dual Time).

Date Screen		Dual Time Screen
	Day of week
PM indicator	Month – Day	Dual time
	Hour : Minutes Seconds

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2. Press E(East) and B(West) to select the city name you want to use as your

Home City.

City name

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PM indicator	Seconds
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There are two Home City settings: actually selecting the Home City and selecting either standard time or daylight saving time (DST).

To configure Home City settings

1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil SET starts to flash and the city name starts to scroll on the display.

•This is the setting screen.

•The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not perform any operation for about two or three minutes.

•For details about city names, see the “City Code Table” at the back of this manual.

	• Keep pressing Eor Buntil the city name you want to select as your Home
	City appears on the display.
3.	Press Dto display the DST setting screen.
4.	Use Ato toggle the DST settings between OFF and On.
	• Note that you cannot switch between standard time and daylight saving time
	(DST) while UTC is selected as your Home City.
5.	After all the settings are the way you want, press Ato return to the Timekeeping
	Mode.
	• The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

Note

•After you specify a city name, the watch will use UTC* offsets in the World Time Mode to calculate the current time for other time zones based on the current time in your Home City.

* Coordinated Universal Time, the world-wide scientific standard of timekeeping. The reference point for UTC is Greenwich, England.

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To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting

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Configuring Current Time and Date Settings

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1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil SET starts to flash and the city name starts to scroll on the display.

•This is the setting screen.

2.Press Dto display the DST setting screen.

3.Use Ato toggle the DST settings between OFF and On.

4.After all the settings are the way you want, press Ato return to the Timekeeping Mode.

•The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

You can use the procedure below to adjust the Timekeeping Mode time and date settings if they are off.

To change the current time and date settings

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil SET

City name					starts to flash and the city name starts to scroll on the
					display.
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					other setting.
Hour : Minutes					• For full information on city names, see the “City
PM indicator		Seconds			Code Table” at the back of this manual.

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