Operation Guide 5060

■■The x Second Hand indicates NO (N) when I check the result of the latest receive operation.

Possible Cause

Remedy

You are wearing or moving the

 

watch, or performing a button

Keep the watch in an area where reception

operation during the signal receive

conditions are good while the signal receive

operation.

operation is performed.

The watch is in an area with poor

 

reception conditions.

 

You are in an area where signal

 

reception is not possible for some

See “Approximate Reception Ranges”.

reason.

 

 

Check the website of the organization that

The calibration signal is not being

maintains the time calibration signal in your area

transmitted for some reason.

for information about its down times.

 

Try again later.

 

 

■■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 for a

Signal reception on a day for

receive operation”. The time setting will be adjusted

automatically as soon as signal reception is

switching between STD (standard

successful.

time)/DST (daylight saving 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 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 is

The watch is in the Stopwatch Mode

in the Stopwatch Mode or Countdown Timer Mode.

or Countdown Timer 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.

 

 

Both Auto Receive and Manual Receive are

A countdown timer operation is in

impossible while a countdown is in progress. In the

progress.

Countdown Timer Mode, stop the timer operation

 

and then return to the Timekeeping Mode.

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 Adjust the watch’s hand and day home position

has caused problems with proper alignment. hand and 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: 23:59'59.95" Measuring unit: 1/20 second Measuring mode: Elapsed time, split time

Countdown Timer: Measuring unit: 1 second

Input range: 1 minute to 24 hours (1-minute increments)

Other: Auto switching to elapsed time measurement (1-second units) when the end of a countdown timer operation is reached

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 June 2008.

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

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