Alarm on indicator
Snooze alarm indicator

Operation Guide 4764

Alarm Operation

The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 20 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.

•Alarm and Hourly Time Signal operations are performed in accordance with the Timekeeping Mode digital time.

•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 SNZ setting screen

To test the alarm

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

To turn an alarm on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use Dto select an alarm.

2. Press Ato toggle it on (AL indicator) and off (no indicator).

• Turning on a one-time alarm (AL1through AL4) causes the alarm on indicator to appear on its Alarm Mode screen. In all other modes, the alarm on indicator is displayed when one or more of the alarms is turned on.

•Turning on the snooze alarm (SNZ) displays the alarm on indicator and snooze alarm indicator on the Alarm

Mode snooze alarm screen, and in all other modes.

• The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm is 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 (SIG).

on indicator

2. Press Ato toggle it on (SIG indicator) and off (no

 

 

 

indicator).

 

 

 

• The Hourly Time Signal on indicator is shown on the

 

 

 

display on the Alarm Mode Hourly Time Signal screen,

 

 

 

and in all other modes while the Hourly Time Signal is

 

 

 

turned on.

 

 

 

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 loses power after very long use.

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

• 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 automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.

• Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.

To specify the illumination duration

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

2.Press Cnine times so the illumination duration setting screen is on the display.

3.While the illumination duration setting is flashing, press Dto toggle the setting between one second () and three seconds ().

4.Press Ato exit the setting screen.

Reference

This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch operation. It also contains important precautions and notes about the various features and functions of this watch.

Auto Return Feature

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

Scrolling

The B and Dbuttons are used in various modes and setting screens to scroll through data on the display. In most cases, holding down these buttons scrolls at high speed.

Initial Screens

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

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.

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

•The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2039.

•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.

World Time

•The World Time Mode times are calculated from the current Home City time setting in the Timekeeping Mode, using the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) differentials associated with each city code.

•The GMT differential is a value that indicates the time difference between Greenwich Mean Time and the time zone where a city is located.

•GMT differential is calculated by this watch based on Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) data.

City Code Table

City

City

GMT

Other major cities in same time zone

Code

Differential

 

 

– – –

 

–11.0

Pago Pago

HNL

Honolulu

–10.0

Papeete

ANC

Anchorage

–09.0

Nome

LAX

Los Angeles

–08.0

San Francisco, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Seattle/Tacoma,

Dawson City

 

 

 

DEN

Denver

–07.0

El Paso, Edmonton

CHI

Chicago

–06.0

Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, New Orleans,

Mexico City, Winnipeg

 

 

 

NYC

New York

–05.0

Montreal, Detroit, Miami, Boston, Panama City,

Havana, Lima, Bogota

 

 

 

CCS

Caracas

–04.0

La Paz, Santiago, Port Of Spain

RIO

Rio De Janeiro

–03.0

Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo

– – –

 

–02.0

 

– – –

 

–01.0

Praia

GMT

 

+00.0

Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Dakar, Abidjan

LON

London

 

 

PAR

Paris

+01.0

Milan, Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam, Algiers, Berlin,

Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna, Stockholm

 

 

 

CAI

Cairo

+02.0

Athens, Helsinki, Istanbul, Beirut, Damascus,

JRS

Jerusalem

Cape Town

 

JED

Jeddah

+03.0

Kuwait, Riyadh, Aden, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Moscow

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

DAC

Dhaka

+06.0

Colombo

RGN

Yangon

+06.5

 

BKK

Bangkok

+07.0

Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Vientiane

HKG

Hong Kong

+08.0

Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Taipei, Manila,

Perth, Ulaanbaatar

 

 

 

TYO

Tokyo

+09.0

Seoul, Pyongyang

ADL

Adelaide

+09.5

Darwin

SYD

Sydney

+10.0

Melbourne, Guam, Rabaul

NOU

Noumea

+11.0

Port Vila

WLG

Wellington

+12.0

Christchurch, Nadi, Nauru Island

*Based on data as of December 2005.

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