Operation Guide 3199

Changing Your Home City Time

Use the following procedure to change your current Home City Time to any one of the three Local Times.

1.In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to display the Local Time which you want to make your Home City Time.

2.Press Aand Bat the same time.

This makes the Local Time you selected in step 1 your new Home City Time.

Illumination

An LED (light-emitting diode) illuminate the display for easy reading in the dark.

Illumination Precautions

The illumination provided by the light may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.

Illumination automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.

Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.

To turn on illumination

In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press B to turn on illumination.

You can use the procedure above to select either 1.5 seconds or 3 seconds as the illumination duration. When you press B, the illumination will remain on for about 1.5 seconds or 3 seconds, depending on the current illumination duration setting.

World Time

4. While a setting is flashing, use D and B to change it as described below.

Screen

To do this:

Do this:

 

 

 

 

Change the hour

Use D(+) and B(–).

 

and minutes.

With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m.

 

 

or p.m. (P indicator).

 

 

 

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Toggle between

Press D.

One-time Alarm

One-time Alarm on:

 

and Daily Alarm.

Daily Alarm on:

 

 

 

5. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

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 test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.

To turn an alarm on and off

1.In the Alarm Mode, use D to select an alarm.

2.Press Ato cycle through the alarm settings as shown below.

City code

Current time and date in the zone of the selected city code

World Time shows the current time in 48 cities (31 time zones) around the world.

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

To view the time for another city code

In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll eastwardly through city codes.

For full information about city codes, see the “City Code Table”.

If the current time for a city is wrong, check your Timekeeping Mode time and time zone settings and make the necessary changes.

Alarm Off

One-Time Alarm

Daily Alarm On

 

On

 

In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for the alarm that is currently turned on.

The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm is sounding.

To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off

Hourly time signal

1. In the Alarm Mode, use Dto select the Hourly Time

Signal.

on indicator

 

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

1.In the World Time Mode, use D (east) to display the

DST indicator city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight

Saving Time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down Afor about one second to toggle Daylight Saving Time (DST displayed) and Standard Time (DST not displayed).

The DST indicator is on the display whenever you display a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not affected.

Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while UTC is selected as the city code.

To change your Home Time city to the current World Time city

1.In the World Time Mode, use D to display the city you want to make your new Home Time city.

2.Press Aand Bat the same time.

This makes the World Time city you selected in step 1 your new Home Time city.

Alarms

2. Press Ato toggle it on and off.

The Hourly Time Signal on indicator is shown on the

display in all modes while this function is turned on.

Countdown Timer

The countdown timer can be set within a range of one

Seconds second to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown reaches zero.

All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing

C.

Hours Minutes

Alarm on indicator

Alarm number

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

To set an alarm time

Your watch has a total of five alarms, each of which you can configure as a daily alarm or one-time alarm.

Daily Alarm: Sounds at the preset time each day.

One-time Alarm: Sounds once at the preset time and then is disabled automatically.

You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.

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

Alarms operate in coordination with the current Home City Time.

1.In the Alarm Mode, use D to scroll through the alarm screens until the alarm number you want to set is displayed.

1/10 second

To configure the countdown timer

1.While the countdown start time is on the display in the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down Auntil the current

countdown start time starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

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

Hours Minutes

Seconds

3.When the setting you want to change is flashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change

the flashing item.

To specify a countdown start time of 24 hours, set.

4.Press Ato exit the setting screen.

To use the countdown timer

Press Dwhile in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.

When the end of the countdown is reached, the alarm

2.After you select an alarm, hold down Auntil the hour setting of the alarm time

starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

This operation turns on the One-time Alarm automatically.

3.Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.

Hour Minutes

One-time Alarm/Daily Alarm Selection

sounds for ten seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is reset to its starting value automatically when the alarm sounds.

Press Dwhile a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press Dagain to resume the countdown.

To stop a countdown operation completely, first pause it (by pressing D), and then press A. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.

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