Operation Guide 5038
•Proper signal reception can be difficult or even impossible under the conditions listed below.
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•Signal reception normally is better at night than during the day.
•Time calibration signal reception takes from two to seven minutes. Take care that you do not perform any button operations or move the watch during this time.
Approximate Reception Range
BeijingChangchun
1,500 km
500 km
Shangqiu
Shanghai
Chengdu
Hong Kong
•At distances further than about 500 kilometers from the Shangqiu (China) transmitter, signal reception may not be possible during certain times of year or times of day. Radio interference may also cause problems with reception.
•Even when the watch is within the reception range of the transmitter, signal reception will be impossible if the signal is blocked by mountains or other geological formations between the watch and signal source.
•Signal reception is affected by weather, atmospheric conditions, and seasonal changes.
About Auto Receive
Viewing the Latest Signal Reception Results
You can use the procedure below to check whether or not the last signal receive operation was successful.
To check the latest signal reception results
In the Timekeeping Mode, press A.
• Whenever the watch successfully performs any signal receive operation from 1:00 a.m. onwards, the second hand will move to Y (YES). If the watch has been unable to receive any signal successfully, the second hand will move to N (NO).
• The watch will return to the Timekeeping Mode after five seconds or when you press A.
• The current receive result is cleared when the first auto receive operation is performed on the following day. This means Y (YES) indicates successful signal reception since the start of the current day.
•If you adjust the time or date setting manually, the second hand will move to N (NO).
Signal Reception Troubleshooting
Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.
Problem | Probable Cause | What you should do |
The second | • You changed the time setting | • Perform manual signal receive |
hand is | manually. | at night or wait until the next |
pointing at N | • You performed some button | auto signal receive operation |
(NO). | operation during the auto receive | is performed. |
| operation. | • Enter the Timekeeping or Dual |
| • The watch is not in the | Time Mode and try again. |
| Timekeeping or Dual Time Mode. | • Check to make sure the watch |
| • Signal reception results are reset | is in a location where it can |
| at 1:00 a.m. each day. | receive the signal. |
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The time | • The home position of the hands is | • Enter the Home Position |
setting is | off. | Adjustment Mode and adjust |
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•For further information, see “Important!” under “Time Calibration Signal Reception” and
Stopwatch
The watch starts to receive the time calibration signal automatically when the time in the Timekeeping Mode reaches 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., and 5:00 a.m. each day (calibration times). When any auto receive is successful, the remaining auto receive operations are not performed.
Note
• Auto receive normally is performed when a calibration time is reached while the |
watch is in the Timekeeping Mode and Dual Time Mode. The receive operation is not |
performed if you are performing a button operation. |
• Auto receipt of the calibration signal is designed to be performed early in the |
morning, while you sleep (provided that the Timekeeping Mode time is set correctly). |
Before going to bed for the night, remove the watch from your wrist, and put it in a |
location where it can receive the signal easily. |
• The watch receives the calibration signal for two to seven minutes when the time in |
the Timekeeping Mode reaches a calibration time. Do not perform any button |
operation within seven minutes before or after any one of the calibration times. Doing |
so can interfere with correct calibration. |
• Remember that reception of the calibration signal depends on the current time in the |
Stopwatch 1/20 second hand
*This hand rotates and indicates the second count during the first 60 seconds.
Second hand | Stopwatch | |
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Stopwatch minute hand
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time.
•The display range of the stopwatch is 59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.
•Entering the Stopwatch Mode causes the second hand, the stopwatch minute hand and stopwatch 1/20 second hand to move to the 12 o’clock position.
•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.
•All of the operations in this section are performed in the Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
Timekeeping Mode. |
To perform manual receive
1. Place the watch on a stable surface so its 12 o’clock side is facing towards a window.
2. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Afor about two seconds until the watch beeps.
• The second hand will move to R (READY) to indicate that the watch is setting up for time calibration reception.
• The second hand will move to W (WORK) and stay there while actual reception is in progress.
• If signal reception is unstable during reception, the second hand may move between W (WORK) and R (READY) .
• The hour and minute hands continue to keep time normally.
• Time calibration signal reception takes from two to seven minutes. Take care that you do not perform any button operations or move the watch during this time.
• If reception is successful, the second hand will move to Y (YES). Five seconds later, the hands will move to the correct time.
Note
•To interrupt a receive operation and return to the Timekeeping Mode, press any button.
•If reception is not successful, the second hand will move to N (NO). Five seconds later, the second hand will resume normal operation, without any adjustment of the hand setting.
•If the second hand is pointing to Y (YES) or N (NO), you can return to the Timekeeping Mode by pressing A.
To measure elapsed time
1.Press B to start the stopwatch.
2.Press B to stop the stopwatch.
•You can resume the measurement operation by pressing B again.
•The 1/20 second hand rotates during the first 60 seconds only, and then stops. When elapsed timing is stopped (by pressing B), this hand jumps to the 1/20 second indication (which is kept internally).
3.Check the elapsed time.
•Press Ato reset the stopwatch. Resetting the stopwatch causes the stopwatch
Dual Time
The Dual Time Mode lets you view the current time in 29 time zones around the world.
• Time zones are indicated on the digital display by their UTC offset values.
• For full information on time zones, see the “Time Zone Table”.
• The watch will perform a signal receive operation even if it is in the Dual Time Mode when a calibration time is reached. If this happens, the Dual Time Mode time settings will be adjusted in accordance with the current time in the Timekeeping Mode’s Home Time Zone.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the Dual Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
UTC offset value (+1.0)
To view the time in another time zone
While in the Dual Time Mode, press Bto scroll eastward through time zones.
•When you release B, the hands will move to the current time in that time zone after about one second.
•If the current time shown for a time zone is wrong, check the Timekeeping Mode time setting and your Home Time Zone setting, and make the necessary changes.
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