Operation Guide 5089

■■The current time setting changes after I set it manually.

You may have the watch configured for Auto Receive of the time calibration signal, which will cause the time to be adjusted automatically according to your currently selected Home City. If this results in the wrong time setting, check your Home City setting and correct it, if necessary.

■■The current time setting is off by one hour.

Possible Cause

Remedy

 

Perform the operation under “To get ready

Signal reception on a day for switching

for a receive operation”. The time setting will

be adjusted automatically as soon as signal

between STD (standard time)/DST

reception is successful.

(daylight saving/summer time) may have

 

failed for some reason.

If you are unable to receive the time calibration

 

signal, change the STD (standard time)/DST

 

(daylight saving/summer time) setting manually.

■■Auto Receive is not performed or I cannot perform Manual Receive.

Possible Cause

Remedy

 

Auto Receive is not performed while the watch

The watch is in the Stopwatch Mode.

is in the Stopwatch Mode. Hold down Cfor

about two seconds to enter the Timekeeping

 

 

Mode.

Your Home City setting is wrong.

Check your Home City setting and correct it,

if necessary.

 

There is not enough power for signal

Expose the watch to light to charge it.

reception.

 

■■Signal reception is being performed successfully, but the time and/or day is wrong.

Possible Cause

Remedy

Your Home City setting is wrong.

Check your Home City setting and correct it,

if necessary.

 

The watch may have been exposed to

 

magnetism or strong impact, which has

Adjust the watch’s hand and day home

caused problems with proper hand and

positions.

day alignment.

 

Specifications

Accuracy at normal temperature: ±15 seconds a month (with no signal calibration)

Timekeeping: Hour, minutes (hand moves every 10 seconds), seconds, 24-hour, day, day of the week

Calendar system: Full Auto-calendar pre-programmed from the year 2000 to 2099

Other: Home City code (can be assigned one of 29 city codes and Coordinated Universal Time); Daylight Saving Time (summer time) / Standard Time

Time Calibration Signal Reception: Auto receive up to six times a day (5 times a day for the Chinese calibration signal; Remaining auto receives cancelled as soon as one is successful); Manual receive

Receivable Time Calibration Signals:

Mainflingen, Germany (Call Sign: DCF77, Frequency: 77.5 kHz);

Anthorn, England (Call Sign: MSF, Frequency: 60.0 kHz); Fukushima,

Japan (Call Sign: JJY, Frequency: 40.0 kHz); Fukuoka/Saga, Japan

(Call Sign: JJY, Frequency: 60.0 kHz); Fort Collins, Colorado, the

United States (Call Sign: WWVB, Frequency: 60.0 kHz); Shangqiu City,

Henan Province, China (Call Sign: BPC, Frequency: 68.5 kHz)

Stopwatch: Measuring capacity: 23’59.99” Measuring unit: 1/100 second Measuring mode: Elapsed time, split time

World Time: 29 cities (29 time zones) and Coordinated Universal Time

Other: Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time (summer time); Home City/World Time City swapping

Alarm: Daily alarm

Other: Power Saving

Power Supply: Solar cell and one rechargeable battery

Approximate battery operating time: 5 months (no exposure to light after a full charge; 10 seconds alarm beeper operation and one signal reception of approximately 4 minutes per day)

City Code Table

City

City

UTC Offset/

 

City

City

UTC Offset/

Code

GMT Differential

 

Code

GMT Differential

 

 

 

PPG

Pago Pago

–11

 

JED

Jeddah

+3

HNL

Honolulu

–10

 

THR

Tehran

+3.5

ANC

Anchorage

–9

 

DXB

Dubai

+4

LAX

Los Angeles

–8

 

KBL

Kabul

+4.5

DEN

Denver

–7

 

KHI

Karachi

+5

CHI

Chicago

–6

 

DEL

Delhi

+5.5

NYC

New York

–5

 

DAC

Dhaka

+6

SCL

Santiago

–4

 

RGN

Yangon

+6.5

RIO

Rio De Janeiro

–3

 

BKK

Bangkok

+7

FEN

Fernando de Noronha

–2

 

HKG

Hong Kong

+8

RAI

Praia

–1

 

TYO

Tokyo

+9

UTC

 

0

 

ADL

Adelaide

+9.5

LON

London

 

SYD

Sydney

+10

 

 

PAR

Paris

+1

 

NOU

Noumea

+11

ATH

Athens

+2

 

WLG

Wellington

+12

Based on data as of December 2008.

The rules governing global times (GMT differential and UTC offset) and summer time are determined by each individual country.

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