Operation Guide 5135

When reception fails

The watch displays “ERROR” without adjusting the current time setting.

To return to the Timekeeping Mode after “ERROR” appears, press Bor C, or do not perform any operation for one or two minutes.

Once any receive operation is successful, the receive successful indicator will remain on the display for the rest of the day, even if other receive operations fail.

To turn auto receive on and off

 

 

 

 

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, press B to enter the

 

 

 

 

Battery/Receive Mode.

 

 

 

 

2. Press Cto display the date and time of the last

 

 

 

 

successful signal reception.

 

 

 

 

3. Hold down A until the current auto receive setting (ON

 

 

 

 

or OFF) starts to flash. This is the setting screen.

 

 

 

 

Note that the setting screen will not appear if the

On/Off status

currently selected Home City is one that does not

 

 

 

 

support time calibration reception.

For information about city codes that support signal receive, see “To specify your Home City”.

4.Press C to toggle auto receive on (ON) and off (OFF).

5.To return to the Timekeeping Mode, hold down B for at least two seconds.

To view the latest signal reception results

1.In the Timekeeping Mode, press Bto enter the Battery/Receive Mode.

2.Press C to display the date and time of the last successful signal reception.

 

1 second

 

1 second

 

 

 

1 second

To return to the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Bfor at least two seconds.

If there have been no successful receptions, the time will show “- -:--”.

Signal Reception Troubleshooting

Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.

Problem

Probable Cause

What you should do

Cannot perform

The watch is not in the

Enter the Timekeeping Mode

manual receive.

Timekeeping Mode.

and try again.

 

Your current Home City is not

Select LON, PAR, ATH, HKG,

 

one of the following: LON, PAR,

TYO, HNL, ANC, LAX, DEN,

 

ATH, HKG, TYO, HNL, ANC,

CHI, or NYC as your Home

 

LAX, DEN, CHI, or NYC

City.

Auto receive is

You changed the time setting

Perform manual signal receive

turned on, but

manually.

or wait until the next auto

the receive

The DST setting was changed

signal receive operation is

successful

manually in the World Time

performed.

indicator does

Mode.

Check to make sure the watch

not appear on

You pressed a button while

is in a location where it can

the display.

signal receive was in progress.

receive the signal.

 

Even if reception is successful

 

 

on a particular day, the receive

 

 

successful indicator will

 

 

disappear when the first auto

 

 

receive operation is performed

 

 

on the following day.

 

 

Time data (hour, minutes,

 

 

seconds) only was received

 

 

during the last receive

 

 

operation. The receive

 

 

successful indicator appears

 

 

only when time data and date

 

 

data (year, month, day) are both

 

 

received.

 

Time setting is

If the time is one hour off, the

Change the DST setting to

incorrect

DST setting may be incorrect.

Auto DST.

following signal

The Home City code setting is

Select the correct Home City

reception.

not correct for the area where

code.

 

you are using the watch.

 

 

 

 

For further information, see “Important!” under “Time Calibration Signal Reception” and “Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping Precautions”.

World Time

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. In the World Time Mode, use C to display the city code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting you want to change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Hold down A to toggle between Daylight Saving Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DST indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator not displayed).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The DST indicator is shown on the World Time Mode

DST indicator

screen while Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note that the Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting affects only the currently displayed city code.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other city codes are not affected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting Daylight Saving Time for the city that is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

currently selected as the Home City, will also apply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daylight Saving Time to the Timekeeping Mode time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Daylight Saving Time while UTC is selected as the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

city code.

Alarms

The Alarm Mode lets you configure five daily alarms. You also can use it to turn the Hourly Time Signal on or off.

The watch beeps for about 10 seconds when an alarm time is reached.

Turning on the Hourly Time Signal causes the watch to beep on the hour every hour.

All of the operations in this section are performed in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing B.

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

To set an alarm time

Alarm number

Alarm time

 

About 1 second

1.In the Alarm Mode, use C to scroll through the alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed.

AL1 AL2 AL3

SIG AL5 AL4

The alarm screens are AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4, and AL5.

2.Hold down Auntil the hour digits of the current alarm time start to flash. This is the setting mode.

Entering the setting mode automatically turns on the displayed alarm.

3.Press Cto scroll the hour value, until it displays the value you want.

When setting the hour, make sure that AM (A) or PM (P) is indicated correctly when using 12-hour timekeeping, or that you specify the correct 24-hour time.

The same 12-hour/24-hour format you select for the Timekeeping Mode time is also applied in the Alarm Mode.

4.After the hour setting is the way you want, press Bto move the flashing to the minutes.

Press Cto scroll the minute value.

5.When the minute setting is the way you want, press B. This will cause “ON” to flash on the display.

Press Cto toggle the alarm setting between ON and OFF.

C

6. After the setting is the way you want, press A to exit the setting mode.

Alarm Operation

The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the watch is in.

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

To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.

To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off

World Time

Mode indicator

Current time in selected city

World Time shows the current time in 29 cities (29 time zones) around the world.

The times kept in the World Time Mode are synchronized with the time being kept in the Timekeeping Mode. If you feel that there is an error in any World Time Mode time, check to make sure you have the correct city selected as your Home City. Also check to make sure that the current time as shown in the Timekeeping Mode is correct.

The World Time Mode indicator is displayed in the World Time Mode.

Select a city code in the World Time Mode to display the current time in any particular time zone around the globe. See the “City Code Table” for information about the UTC differential settings that are supported.

1.In the Alarm Mode, use Cto select the Hourly Time Signal.

2.Hold down A for about three seconds until “ON” flashes on the display. This is the

setting mode.

Entering the setting mode automatically turns on the Hourly Time Signal.

3.Press Cto toggle the Hourly Time Signal between on and off.

 

C

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

To turn off all alarms and the Hourly Time Signal

All of the operations in this section are performed in the World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing B.

To view the time in another city

In the World Time Mode, press C.

This will cause the city code of the currently selected World Time City to appear for about two seconds, followed by the current time in that city.

Pressing Cwhile a city code is displayed will scroll to the next city code, in the sequence noted in the “City Code Table”.

In the Alarm Mode, hold down Cfor about three seconds.

ALL OFF” will appear on the display indicating all alarms and the Hourly Time

Signal are turned off.

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