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5.While any other setting is selected, press D to increase it or B to decrease it.
Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
• Pressing D and B at the same time while the flashing is located within the text
area clears any input text and resets the date setting to the current date. At this
time the message “CLEAR” appears on the display.
• Pressing D and B at the same time while the flashing is located within the date
area resets the date setting to the current date without affecting the text.
6.After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the input screen.
• The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1940 to December 31, 2039.
Alarm Mode
Mode indicator
Alarm number
Melody name
Hour
Minutes
Current time
You can set up to five melody alarms. When a daily alarm is turned on, its melody
alarm sounds for about 20 seconds at the preset time each day. In the Timekeeping
Mode, press any button (except E) to stop the melody alarm after it starts to sound.
Pressing E while a melody is playing toggles the display between an animated char-
acter and the name of the melody that is playing. When the Hourly Time Signal is
turned on, the watch beeps every hour on the hour.
Special melodies play on January 1 and December 25, regardless of the current
alarm sound setting (beep or melody), and cannot be played by setting the watch
ahead or back to these dates.
Normally, the following events occur at midnight on January 1 and December 25,
your local time. Note however that these events do not occur in area or countries (for
example, parts of Australia) located in time zones that come before (east of) Japan’s
time zone.
• The time signal sounds, regardless of whether the hourly time signal is turned on or
off.
• The backlight lights for three seconds.
•
The special melodies play automatically. There is no way to disable play of the spe-
cial melodies. To stop a melody when it starts to play, press any button besides E.
To set the alarm time for January 1 and December 25
1.While in the Alarm Mode, press D to display the alarm number you want to set.
Alarm 1 Alarm 5Alarm 2 Alarm 3 Alarm 4
SIG: 00 (Hourly Time Signal)
2.Hold down A until the hour digits start to flash on the display, indicating the setting
screen. The alarm is automatically turned on at this time.
3.Press C to change the selection in the sequence shown below.
Hour Minutes
4.Press D to increase it or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes
the setting at high speed.
5.After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the setting screen.
To set the alarm time for other days
1.While in the Alarm Mode, press D to display the alarm number you want to set.
Alarm 1 Alarm 5Alarm 2 Alarm 3 Alarm 4
SIG: 00 (Hourly Time Signal)
2.Hold down A until the melody setting starts to flash on the display, indicating the
setting screen. The alarm is automatically turned on at this time.
3.Press C to change the selection in the sequence shown below.
Melody Setting Hour Minutes
4.While melody setting is selected, press D or B to toggle it between BEEP and
melody.
• While any other setting is selected, press D to increase it or B to decrease it.
Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
5.After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the setting screen.
• The format (12-hour and 24-hour) of the alarm time matches the format you select
for normal timekeeping.
• When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
correctly as morning or afternoon.
To stop the alarm
• Press any button to stop the alarm after it starts to sound. Pressing E while in the
Timekeeping Mode displays the name of the melody, alternating with animated char-
acters.
To turn a daily alarm or the Hourly Time Signal on and off
1.Use D to display the alarm you want to turn on or off, or the screen for turning the
Hourly Time Signal on or off.
2.Press B to toggle the displayed alarm or Hourly Time Signal on and off.
• Alarm indicator 1 is displayed in the Alarm Mode only.
It indicates the on/off status of the currently displayed
alarm only. Note that this indicator is used for different
purposes in other modes.
• Alarm indicator 2 is displayed in all modes when any of
the five alarms is turned on.
• Alarm indicator 3 is displayed in the Alarm Mode only.
It shows on when the currently displayed alarm is on,
and OF when the currently displayed alarm is off.
Hourly Time Signal
indicator 1
Hourly Time Signal
indicator 2
Hourly Time Signal
indicator 3
Alarm indicator 1
Alarm indicator 2
Alarm indicator 3
• Hourly Time Signal indicator 1 is displayed in the Alarm
Mode only when the Hourly Time Signal is turned on.
Note that this indicator is used for different purposes in
other modes.
• Hourly Time Signal indicator 2 is displayed in all modes
when the Hourly Time Signal is turned on.
• Hourly Time Signal indicator 3 is displayed in the Alarm
Mode only. It shows on when the Hourly Time Signal is
on, and OF when the Hourly Time Signal is off.
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, display the alarm you want to sound,
and then press E to play its melody or beep. You can
also press E to play an alarm’s melody while setting the
alarm time.
• To stop a playing melody or beep, press any button.
Stopwatch Mode
The Stopwatch Mode lets you measure elapsed time, split
times, and two finishes. The range of the stopwatch is
23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.99 seconds. You can use the
EL backlight by pressing E at any time while the stop-
watch is operating.
Elapsed time measurement
Start
Stop Re-start Stop Clear
Start
Split Split release Stop Clear
Start
Split Stop Split release Clear
Split time measurement
Split time and 1st-2nd place times
First runner
finishes.
Second runner
finishes.
Record time of
first runner.
Record time of
second runner.
Memo Mode
The Memo Mode lets you store up to five memos, each
with an eight-character title and 16 characters of data.
Recalling a Memo
In the Memo Mode, press D to scroll through the Memo
titles. When you find the title you want, press B, and the
screen alternates between the title and data.
• The display can show only five characters at a time.
Longer text scrolls continuously from right to left. The
symbol “
” indicates that the character or digit to the
left is the last, and the character or digit to the right is
the first.
• A series of hyphens “ – – – – – ” is displayed for a memo
that does not contain any data.
Mode indicator
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
1/100 second
Current tim
e
Mode indicator
Memo number
Title
To input a memo
1.In the Memo Mode, press D to display the memo number you want to set.
2.Hold down A until the first (leftmost) character of the memo title starts to flash on
the display. This indicates the input screen.
3.Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press E to move
the flashing in the opposite direction.
Press . Press .
Title Character 8
Data Character 1
Title Character 1
Data Character 16