Operation Guide 5064

Stopwatch

Signal Reception Troubleshooting

Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.

Problem

Probable Cause

 

What you should do

I can’t

• You performed some button operation

 

• Perform manual receive at

receive a

during auto receive.

 

night or wait until the next

time

• The watch is not in the Timekeeping

 

auto receive operation is

calibration

Mode or World Time Mode.

 

performed.

signal.

• The watch is in a location where the

 

• Enter the Timekeeping

 

signal cannot be received for some

 

Mode or World Time Mode

 

reason.

 

and try again.

 

• A countdown timer operation is in

 

• Enter the Countdown Timer

 

progress.

 

Mode and stop the

 

• Radio interference is often present

 

countdown.

Hours

Minutes 1/100 second Seconds

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times, and two finishes.

•The digital display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.

•The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.

•The stopwatch measurement operation continues even if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.

•Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen on the display clears the split time and returns to elapsed time measurement.

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

 

during the day time, which can

 

• Check to make sure the

 

interfere with signal reception.

 

watch is in a location where

 

 

 

it can receive the signal.

The time

• If the time is one hour off, the DST

 

• Change the DST setting to

setting is

setting may be incorrect.

 

Auto DST

incorrect

• The Home City code setting is not

 

• Select the correct Home

following

correct for the area where you are

 

City code.

signal

using the watch.

 

• Enter the home position

reception.

• The home positions of the hands are

 

adjustment mode and adjust

 

off.

 

the home positions.

•For further information, see “Important!” under “Time Calibration Signal Reception” and “Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping Precautions”.

World Time

To measure times with the stopwatch

 

 

Elapsed Time

 

 

 

 

D

➤ D

➤ D

➤ D

➤ A

Start

Stop

Re-start

Stop

Clear

Split Time

 

 

 

 

D

➤ A

➤ A

➤ D

➤ A

Start

Split

Split release

Stop

Clear

 

( displayed)

 

 

 

Two Finishes

 

 

 

 

D

➤ A

➤ D

➤ A

➤ A

Start

Split

Stop

Split release

Clear

 

First runner

Second runner

Display time of

 

 

finishes.

finishes.

second runner.

 

Currently selected World Time City

World Time hour

World Time digitally displays the current time in one of 48 cities (29 time zones) around the world. A simple operation swaps your Home City with the currently selected World Time City.

• The times kept in the World Time Mode are

synchronized with the time being kept in the

Display time of

first runner.

Countdown Timer

Current time in World Time City

Timekeeping Mode. If you feel that there is an error in

any World Time Mode time, check to make sure you

have the correct city selected as your Home City. Also

check to make sure that the current time as shown in

the Timekeeping Mode is correct.

• Times in the World Time Mode are based on UTC

offsets. See the “City Code Table” for information about

the UTC offsets that are supported.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

Start time (minutes)

You can set the countdown timer start time within a range of one minute to 60 minutes. An alarm sounds when the countdown reaches zero.

•You also can select auto-repeat, which automatically restarts the countdown from the original value you set whenever zero is reached.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing

C.

Right Dial Hand

The right dial hand shows the current hour in the World Time City in all modes.

•The right dial hand moves just like the normal hour hand, completing one revolution every 12 hours.

•Between the noon and midnight in the World Time Mode, a PM indicator (PM▼) appears above the right dial hand.

To view the current time in another time zone

In the World Time Mode, use Dto scroll through available city codes (time zones). Holding down the button scrolls at high speed.

•When the city code (time zone) you want is selected, you can press Ato display the date. After about one second, the watch will resume regular timekeeping.

 

Press A.

 

▲

 

One second

Hour : Minutes Seconds

Date

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

1.In the World Time Mode, press Dto display the city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time setting you want to change.

2.Hold down Afor about three seconds to toggle

between Daylight Saving Time (DST indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST indicator not displayed).

•The DST indicator is shown in the bottom (World Time) display while Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

DST indicator

Swapping your Home City and World Time City

You can use the procedure below to swap your Home City and World Time City. This changes your Home City to your World Time City, and your World Time City to your Home City. This capability can come in handy when you frequently travel between two cities in different time zones.

• If your current World Time City supports receipt of a time calibration signal, making it

your Home City enables calibration signal reception.

• For information about which cities support time calibration signal reception, see “To

Minutes

Seconds

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 and auto-repeat is turned off, the alarm will sound for 10 seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is reset to its starting value automatically after the alarm stops.

•When auto-repeat is turned on, the countdown will restart automatically without pausing when it reaches zero. The alarm sounds to signal when the countdown reaches zero. The countdown is repeated up to eight times, and then stops.

•The number of the current repeat (1 to 8) is shown in the lower display.

•The countdown timer measurement operation continues even if you exit the Countdown Timer Mode.

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

To configure countdown start time and auto-repeat settings

1.While the countdown start time is on the display in the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A for about three

 

 

 

seconds until the minute setting of the countdown start

 

 

 

time starts to flash. This is the setting mode.

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• If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the

procedure under “To use the countdown timer” to

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display it.

 

 

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2. Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown

 

 

 

 

 

below, and select the setting you want to change.

Start time (minutes)

Start Time

C

Auto-Repeat

(Minutes)

 

On/Off

 

 

 

 

3.Perform the following operations, depending on which setting currently is selected on the display.

•While the start time setting is flashing, use D(+) and B(–) to change it.

•While the auto-repeat on/off setting (0N or 0FF) is flashing on the display, press D to toggle auto-repeat on (0N) and off (0FF).

4.Press Ato exit the setting mode.

• The auto-repeat on indicator () is displayed on the Countdown Timer Mode screen while this function is turned on.

•Frequent use of auto-repeat and the alarm can run down battery power.

Alarms

specify your Home City”.

To swap your Home City and World Time City

1.In the World Time Mode, use Dto select the World Time City you want.

2.Hold down Aand Buntil the watch beeps.

•This will make the World Time City you selected in step 1 your Home City, and cause the hour and minute hands to move to the current time in that city. At the same time, it will change the Home City you had selected prior to step 2 your World Time City, and cause the content of the upper and lower displays to change accordingly.

•After swapping the Home City and World Time City, the watch stays in the World Time Mode with the city that was selected as the Home City prior to step 2 now displayed as the World Time City.

Alarm number

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

When an alarm is turned on, the alarm tone will sound when its alarm time is reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the other four are one-time alarms. You also can turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.

•There are five alarm screens numbered AL1, AL2, AL3 and AL4 for the one-time alarm, and a snooze alarm screen indicated by SNZ. The Hourly Time Signal screen is indicated by SIG.

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

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