Operation Guide 5146
World Time
Currently selected World Time City
World Time
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 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.
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total of seven times, every five minutes, or until you turn the alarm off.
•Alarm and Hourly Time Signal operations are performed in accordance with the current time in your Home City, as kept in the Timekeeping Mode.
•To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.
•Performing any one of the following operations during a
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen Displaying the SNZ setting screen
To turn an alarm on and off
1. In the Alarm Mode, use Dto select an alarm.
•All of the operations in this section are performed in the World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
To view the current time in another time zone
In the World Time Mode, use Dto scroll through available city codes (time zones).
•The lower digital display will show the time in the currently selected World Time City.
•A PM indicator (P) will be displayed in the lower digital display between the hours of noon and midnight.
•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 for the currently selected city.
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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
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DST indicator | • A DST indicator will be displayed in the lower digital | |
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• You can turn on DST individually for each city code, except UTC.
• Turning on DST for the city code that is currently selected as your Home City will turn on DST for normal timekeeping.
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.
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 lower digital display 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.
Alarms
2. Press Ato toggle it on (on) and off (OFF).
• Turning on a alarm (AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4 or SNZ) displays the alarm on indicator on its Alarm Mode screen.
• In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any alarm that currently is turned on.
• The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm is sounding.
•The snooze alarm indicator flashes while the snooze
alarm is sounding and during the
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off
1. In the Alarm Mode, use Dto select the Hourly Time
Hourly time signal | Signal (SIG). | |
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2. Press Ato toggle it on (on) and off (OFF). | ||
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On/Off status
Illumination
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| watch for easy reading in the dark. The watch’s auto light |
| switch turns on illumination automatically when you angle |
| the watch towards your face. |
| • The auto light switch must be turned on (indicated by |
| the auto light switch on indicator) for it to operate. |
| • See “Illumination Precautions” for other important |
| information about using illumination. |
Auto light switch on | To illuminate the display manually |
In any mode, press Bto turn on illumination. | |
indicator | • The above operation turns on illumination regardless of |
| the current auto light switch setting. |
| • You can use the procedure below to select either 1.5 |
| seconds or 3 seconds as the illumination duration. When |
| you press B, illumination will remain on for about 1.5 |
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To specify the illumination duration
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duration LT1 or LT3.
3. Press D to toggle the setting between LT1(1.5 seconds) and LT3 (three seconds).
4. Press A to exit the setting mode.
About the Auto Light Switch
Alarm number
Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)
To set an alarm time
On/Off status
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 daily 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 daily 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.
1.In the Alarm Mode, use Dto scroll through the alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed.
A L 1 
A L 2 
A L 3 
A L 4 
S N Z 
S I G
•To set a daily alarm, display alarm screen AL1 , AL2, AL3 or AL4. To set the snooze alarm, display the SNZ screen.
•SIG is the Hourly Time Signal setting.
•The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.
Turning on the auto light switch causes illumination to turn on, whenever you position your wrist as described below in any mode.
Moving the watch to a position that is parallel to the ground and then tilting it towards you more than 40 degrees causes illumination to turn on.
•Wear the watch on the outside of your wrist.
Parallel to | More than |
ground | 40° |
Warning!
•Always make sure you are in a safe place whenever you are reading the display of the watch using the auto light switch. Be especially careful when running or engaged in any other activity that can result in accident or injury. Also take care that sudden illumination by the auto light switch does not startle or distract others around you.
•When you are wearing the watch, make sure that its auto light switch is turned off before riding a bicycle or operating a motorcycle or any other motor vehicle. Sudden and unintended operation of the auto light switch can create a distraction, which can result in a traffic accident and serious personal injury.
2.After you select an alarm, hold down Afor about three seconds until the hour
setting of the alarm time starts to flash. This is the setting mode.
• This operation turns on the alarm automatically.
3.Press C to move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
4.While a setting is flashing, use D(+) and
5.Press A to exit the setting mode.
To turn the auto light switch on and off
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down B for about three seconds to toggle the auto light switch on (auto light switch on indicator displayed) and off (auto light switch on indicator not displayed).
•The auto light switch on indicator remains in all modes while the auto light switch is turned on.
•In order to protect against running down the battery, the auto light switch will turn off automatically approximately six hours after you turn it on. Repeat the above
procedure to turn the auto light switch back on if you want.
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