Operation Guide 5263

Mode Reference Guide

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

To do this:Enter this mode:See:

ξ View the current time in your Home City and in one

 

 

of 29 other cities around the globe

 

 

ξ View the current date in the Home City

 

 

ξ Configure Home City and daylight saving time

Timekeeping Mode

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(DST) settings

 

 

ξ Perform a time calibration receive operation

 

 

ξ Configure time and date settings manually

 

 

 

 

 

Use the stopwatch to measure elapsed time

Stopwatch Mode

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Use the countdown timer

Countdown Timer Mode

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View the current time in one of 29 cities (time zones)

World Time Mode

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around the globe

 

 

Set an alarm time

Alarm Mode

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To select a mode

Press Cto cycle between the modes as shown below. The v Left Dial Hand indicates the currently selected mode.

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Selecting a Mode

With this watch, everything starts from the Timekeeping Mode.

To determine the watch’s current mode

Check the position of the v Left Dial Hand as shown under “To select a mode” (page E-32).

To return to the Timekeeping Mode from any other

mode  Hold down Cfor about two seconds until the watch beeps

twice.

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Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode to view the current time and date. To enter the Timekeeping Mode from any other mode, hold down Cat least two seconds.

Timekeeping Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stopwatch Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hand indicates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hand points to ST

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the day of the week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(at 12 o’clock).

 

 

(SU, MO, TU, WE, TH,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FR, SA).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countdown Timer Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hand points to TR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alarm Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Time Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hand points to AL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hand points to STD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or DST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Configuring Home City Settings

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



Hand Functions

zHour Hand x Second Hand c Minute Hand

v Left Dial Hand: Indicates the day of the week.

b Lower Dial Hand: Indicates the current hour in the

Home City time in 24-hour format.

nRight Dial Hands:

Indicate the current time in the World Time City (page E-51) in 24-hour format.

mDay Indicator

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ξ The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if

you do not perform any operation for about two or

three minutes.

ξ For details about city codes, see the “City Code

Table” at the back of this manual.



To configure Home City settings

Note

ξThis watch does not have a city code that corresponds to Newfoundland.

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, keep Adepressed (for about

fi ve seconds) as the x Second Hand goes through the

following sequence.

ξ Moves to YES (or Y for some models) or NO (N)

to indicate the last signal reception result, then to

READY (R), and then to the city code of the currently



2. To change the Home City setting, press Dto move the

x Second Hand clockwise.

ξ Keep pressing Duntil the x Second Hand is pointing

at the city code you want to select as your Home City.

ξ Each time you select a city code, the z Hour Hand,

c Minute Hand, b Lower Dial Hand and m Day

Indicator move to the current time and date for that

city code. Do not perform the next operation until

these hands stop moving.

selected Home City.

ξ This indicates the city code setting mode.

3.Press Bto toggle the time for the currently selected city code between STD (standard time)/DST (daylight saving time).

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ξIn the city code setting mode, the v Left Dial Hand indicates the current daylight saving time setting as STD (standard time) or DST (daylight saving time).

ξNote that you cannot switch between STD (standard time)/DST (daylight saving time) while UTC is selected as your Home City.

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

To toggle the Home City time between standard time and daylight saving time

1.Perform the step 1 under “To confi gure Home City settings” on page E-34.

ξEach time you select a city code, the z Hour Hand, c Minute Hand, and

b Lower Dial Hand move to the current time for that city code. Do not perform the next operation until these hands stop moving.

2.Press Bto toggle the time for the city code of the currently selected Home City between STD (standard time)/DST (daylight saving time).

ξIn the city code setting mode, the v Left Dial Hand indicates the current daylight saving time setting as STD (standard time) or DST (daylight saving time).

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Configuring Current Time and Date Settings Manually

You can confi gure current time and date settings manually when the watch is unable to receive a time calibration signal.

To change the current time setting manually

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, keep Adepressed (for about fi ve seconds) as the x Second Hand goes through the following sequence.

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ξNote that you cannot switch between STD (standard time)/DST (daylight saving time) while UTC is selected as your Home City.

3.After the setting is the way you want, press Ato return to the Timekeeping Mode.

Note

ξAfter you specify a city code, 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.

ξSelecting some city codes makes it possible for the watch to receive the time calibration signal for the corresponding area automatically. See page E-18 for

details.

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

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2.Change the Home City and daylight saving time (DST) settings, if you want.

ξ For details about these settings, see steps 2 and 3 under “To configure Home City settings” (page E-34).

ξ In the following steps, each press of Ccycles between settings as shown below.



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Home city/DST

Hour/Minute

Year

ξ Moves to YES (or Y for some models) or NO (N)



to indicate the last signal reception result, then to

 

READY (R), and then to the city code of the currently

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selected Home City.

ξAt this time, the v Left Dial Hand will indicate the Home City’s current daylight saving time setting (STD or DST).

DayMonth

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3.Press C.

ξ The watch will beep, and the x Second Hand and v Left Dial Hand will move to

their 12 o’clock positions. This is the time setting mode.

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