Operation Guide 3216
Tidal Movements
Tides are the periodic rise and fall of the water of oceans, seas, bays, and other bodies of water caused mainly by the gravitational interactions between the Earth, Moon and Sun. Tides rise and fall about every six hours. The Tide Graph of this watch indicates tidal movement based on the Moon’s transit over a meridian and the lunitidal interval. The Tide Graph calculates and graphically represents current tide conditions in your currently selected site or USER site based on longitudes, lunar day length, and lunitidal interval preset in watch memory, and on high tide times specified by you.
Tide Graph
The Tide Graph graphically represents the current tide condition using one of three patterns that represent spring tide, intermediate tide, and neap tide, as shown below.
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Spring Tide |
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| Medium difference between high tide |
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•The Tide Graph flashes as shown below to indicate the tide range.
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•The segments on either end of the Tide Graph flash during high tide.
Lunitidal Interval
Theoretically, high tide is at the moon’s transit over the meridian and low tide is about six hours later. Actual high tide occurs somewhat later, due to factors such as viscosity, friction, and underwater topography. Both the time differential between the moon’s transit over the meridian until high tide and the time differential between the moon’s transit over the meridian until low tide are known as the “lunitidal interval”. Tides data is calculated using the lunitidal intervals preset for each site.
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•The mute indicator is displayed in all modes when the button operation tone is turned off.
Power Saving Function
When turned on, the Power Saving function enters a sleep state automatically whenever the watch is left in an area for a certain period where it is dark. The table below shows how watch functions are affected by the Power Saving function.
Power saving indicator
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6 or 7 days | Blank, with Power Saving | Beeper tone, illumination, and display |
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•Wearing the watch inside the sleeve of clothing can cause it to enter the sleep state.
•The watch will not enter the sleep state between 6:00 AM and 9:59 PM. If the watch is already in the sleep state when 6:00 AM arrives, however, it will remain in the sleep state.
To recover from the sleep state
Perform any one of the following operations.
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•Press any button.
•Angle the watch towards your face for reading.
To turn Power Saving on and off
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Auto Return
•If you do not perform any operation for about two or three minutes while a setting screen (with a flashing setting) is on the display, the watch will exit the setting screen automatically.
Scrolling
The Band Dare used in various modes and setting screens to scroll through data on the display. In most cases, holding down these buttons during a scroll operation scrolls at high speed.
Initial Screens
When you enter the World Time Mode or Alarm Mode, the data you were viewing when you last exited the mode appears first.
Timekeeping
•Resetting the seconds to 00 while the current count is in the range of 30 to 59 causes the minutes to be increased by 1. In the range of 00 to 29, the seconds are reset to 00 without changing the minutes.
•The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.
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•The current time for all city codes in the Timekeeping Mode and World Time Mode is calculated in accordance with the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for each city, based on your Home City time setting.
World Time
•The seconds count of the World Time is synchronized with the seconds count of the Timekeeping Mode.
Illumination Precautions
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•Illumination may be difficult to see when viewed under direct sunlight.
•The watch may emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This is due to vibration of the EL panel used for illumination, and does not indicate malfunction.
•Illumination turns off automatically whenever an alarm sounds.
•Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.
Auto light switch precautions
•Avoid wearing the watch on the inside of your wrist. Doing so causes the auto light switch to operate when it is not needed, which shortens battery life. If you want to wear the watch on the inside of your wrist, turn off the auto light switch feature.
More than 15 degrees | • Illumination may not turn on if the face of the watch is |
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•Static electricity or magnetic force can interfere with proper operation of the auto light switch. If illumination does not turn on, try moving the watch back to the starting position (parallel with the ground) and then tilt it back toward you again. If this does not work, drop your arm all the way down so it hangs at your side, and then bring it back up again.
•Under certain conditions, illumination may not turn on until about one second after you turn the face of the watch towards you. This does not necessarily indicate malfunction of the auto light switch.
•You may notice a very faint clicking sound coming from the watch when it is shaken back and forth. This sound is caused by mechanical operation of the auto light switch, and does not indicate a problem with the watch.
Specifications
Accuracy at normal temperature: ± 15 seconds a month
Timekeeping: Hour, minutes, seconds, p.m. (P), month, day, day of the week Time format:
Calendar system: Full
Other: Home City code (can be assigned one of 48 city codes); Standard Time / Daylight Saving Time (summer time); Checking a Tide Site
Tide/Moon Data:
Moon phase indicator for specific date; Tide level for specific date and time Other: High tide time adjustment; Moon phase reversal
World Time: 48 cities (31 time zones) Other: Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time
Alarms: 5 daily alarms (four
Stopwatch:
Measuring unit: 1/100 second
Measuring capacity: 59' 59.99''
Measuring modes: Elapsed time, split time, two finishes
Countdown Timer:
Number of timers: 2 (one set)
Setting unit: 5 seconds
Range: 99 minutes 55 seconds each timer
Countdown unit: 1 second
Number of repeats: 1 to 10
Illumination: EL
Other: Button operation tone on/off
Power Supply: Solar cell and one rechargeable battery
Approximate battery operating time: 11 months (from full charge to Level 4) under the following conditions:
•Watch not exposed to light
•Internal timekeeping
•Display on 18 hours per day, sleep state 6 hours per day
•1 illumination operation(1.5 second) per day
•10 seconds of alarm operation per day
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