Casio 4343, MA0804-EG manual

MA0804-EG Operation Guide 4343

Before using the watch...

Expose the watch to light	Power Saving
Your watch runs on electrical power generated from light and stored	Power Saving causes the watch to enter a sleep state automatically
by a chargeable battery. Long-term storage of the watch can cause	and stop movement of the analog hands in order to save power
the battery to run low, so be sure to expose the watch to light for	whenever it is left in the dark. The watch will exit the sleep state if
some time before using it for the first time. See “Solar Charging” for	you expose it to light or perform any button operation.
more information.	• Note that the watch may also enter the sleep state and stop if it is
	blocked from light by your sleeve.

Low Battery Alert

When secondary battery power is low, the second hand of the watch will start to jump at 2-second intervals to let you know that charging is required.

•See “Low Battery Alert” for more information.

30

Jumps 2 seconds

How the sleep state works

Sleep Level 1

The display sleep state is triggered whenever the watch is left in the dark for about one hour between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

•The second hand stops.

•The hour and minute hands, and the date indicator continue to operate normally.

•Alarms and the hourly time signal continue to operate normally.

Sleep Level 2

Sleep Level 2 is triggered whenever the watch is left in the dark while in Sleep Level 1 for six or seven days.

•The hour and minute hands, and the date indicator stop at their current positions.

•Auto Receive is disabled.

•Alarms and the hourly time signal are disabled.

•Digital timekeeping functions continue to operate normally.

Modes and Indicators

You can use the button operations shown below to enter the Timekeeping Mode, World Time Mode, or Alarm Mode directly.

Chronograph Mode

	Second Hand
• Reset	• Start
	• Stop

Chronograph

Hands

(Hour, Minute)

30

1/20-second Hand (First minute only.)

	Timekeeping Mode
	Indicator Hand
Hour Hand	Minute Hand

Button	Button
	(Chronograph
Hour Hand	Mode)
(24-hour)
	30
Button	Button
Second Hand
(Moving)	Date

❚To check the reception result

	World Time Mode
		•	The indicator hand points to the city code.
		•	World Time lets you display the current time in any one
			of 27 cities (29 time zones) around the world.
City Code		❚ To search for a city code
(New York)
	World Time	Use the		button to scroll clockwise through the city
	(Hour, Minute)	codes around the face.
	30

The stopwatch performs 1/20-second elapsed time measurement up to 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.95 seconds (24 hours).

Start/Stop

Press the button to start and stop the chronograph.

Chronograph Reset

To exit the Chronograph Mode, the chronograph must be reset by pressing the button while the chronograph is stopped. The chronograph is reset when the second hand, chronograph hands, and 1/20- second hand are all at 12 o’clock.

(While chronograph is reset.)

Press the button. The indicator hand will move to “Y” (successful) or

“N” (unsuccessful) to indicate the	Y:
reception result.	Successful

N:

Unsuccessful

❚To trigger a receive operation manually

Hold down the button for about two seconds until the indicator hand moves to the “READY” position. This will start signal reception.

For more information, see “How a Radio- controlled Watch Works”.

	Alarm Mode
ON = On	OFF = Off
	Alarm Time
	(Hour, Minute)
• On/Off	30

•The indicator hand points to ON or OFF.

•Use this mode to set the alarm time and to turn the alarm on or off.

❚To turn the alarm on or off

Press the button to toggle the alarm on and off.

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