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USER’S GUIDE 2556
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About the Receive Indicator
The receive indicator shows the strength of the calibration signal being received. For best
reception, be sure to keep the watch in a location where signal strength is strongest.
Weak
Strong
• Even in an area where signal strength is strong, it takes about 10 seconds for signal
reception to stabilize enough for the receive indicator to indicate signal strength.
• Use the receive indicator as a guide for checking signal strength and for finding the
best location for the watch during signal receive operations.
• The receive indicator remains on the display in all modes following reception of the
time calibration signal and calibration of the watch’s time setting. The receive
indicator does not appear if signal reception was unsuccessful or after manual
adjustment of the current time setting.
About Auto Receive
When auto receive is turned on, the watch automatically starts to receive the time
calibration signal when the time in the Timekeeping Mode reaches 2:00 AM, 4:00 AM
and 6:00 AM each day (calibration times).
Note
• The auto receive operation is performed only if the watch is in the Timekeeping or
World Time Mode when one of the calibration times is reached.
It is not performed if a calibration time is reached while you are making settings
(while settings are flashing on the display), while an alarm is sounding.
• Auto receipt of the calibration signal is designed to be performed early in the
morning, while you sleep (provided that the Timekeeping Mode time is set correctly).
Before going to bed for the night, remove the watch from your wrist, and put it in a
location where it can easily receive the signal.
• The receive indicator indicates that either the 2:00 AM, 4:00 AM, or 6:00 AM
calibration signal reception was successful. Note, however, that the receive indicator
is cleared from the display at 3:00 AM each day.
• If you do not see the receive indicator except for the above reason, it means there
was some problem with the calibration reception operation. Either perform reception
manually, or make sure the watch is set up properly to receive the time calibration
signal for the next automatic reception time.
• Though this watch is designed to receive both time data (hour, minutes, seconds)
and date data (year, month, day), certain signal conditions can limit reception to time
data only.
• The receive indicator (
) appears only when the watch is able to successfully
receive both time and date data. It does not appear when only time data is received.
When time and date data is received: Receive indicator (
) appears.
When time data only is received: Receive indicator (
) does not appear.
• Normally, the signal reception date shown by the Last Signal screen is the date data
included in the received time calibration signal. When only time data is received,
however, the Last Signal screen shows date as kept in the Timekeeping Mode at the
time of signal reception.
• When auto receive is turned on, the watch receives the calibration signal for two to
six minutes each day when the Timekeeping Mode time reaches 2:00 AM, 4:00 AM
and 6:00 AM. Do not operate any of the watch’s buttons within six minutes prior to or
following the calibration times. Doing so can interfere with correct calibration.
• Remember that reception of the calibration signal depends on the time kept in the
Timekeeping Mode. The receive operation will be performed whenever the display
shows 2:00 AM, 4:00 AM and 6:00 AM, regardless of whether or not the
Timekeeping Mode time is actually the correct time.
• When two or three receptions are successful, the watch uses the data of the last
reception for calibration. When only one reception is successful, the watch uses the
data of the successful reception.
To turn auto receive on and off
1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
current auto receive on/off setting to flash, which
indicates the setting screen.
2.Press D to toggle auto receive on (
ONON
ONON
ON) and off (
OFOF
OFOF
OF).
3.Press A to exit the setting screen.
Setting the Time and Date Manually
Make sure you select your Home City code (the city code whose time and date you
are setting) before change the current time and date settings. World Time Mode times
are all displayed in accordance with the Timekeeping Mode settings. Because of this,
World Time Mode times will not be correct if you do not select the proper Home City
code before setting the time and date in the Timekeeping Mode.
To set the current time and date manually
1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
current auto receive on/off setting to flash, which
indicates the setting screen.
2.Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
Auto
Receive
Seconds
DST
Frequency
12/24-Hour
Format
City Code
Month
Year Minutes
Hour
Day
ScreenSetting
Auto Receive
Frequency
City code
Button Operations
Press D to toggle auto receive on and off.
When NYC, CHI, DEN, LAX, ANC, or HNL
is selected as Home City Code, USA
flashes. When one of the other city codes is
selected as Home City Code, --- flashes.
Use D (+) and B (–) to change the
setting.
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use B and/or D to change it as
described below.
ScreenSetting
DST
12/24-Hour format
Hour, Minutes
Seconds
Year
Month, Day
Button Operations
Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving
Time (
ONON
ONON
ON) and standard time (
OFOF
OFOF
OF).
• Pressing D performs a different operation
when NYC, CHI, DEN, LAX, ANC or HNL
is selected as Home City Code. See “Auto
Summer Time (DST) Switching”.
Press D to toggle between 12-hour (12H)
and 24-hour (24H) timekeeping.
Use D (+) and B (–) to change the
setting.
Press D to reset the seconds to 00.
Use D (+) and B (–) to change the
setting.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The auto receive setting is used for time calibration signal reception only. See “About
Auto Receive” for details.
• See “City Code Table” for a complete list of available city codes.
• 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.
Current time in the
selected city code
(Hour : Minutes Seconds)
City code
Home city time
World Time
The World Time shows the current time in 30 cities (29
time zones) around the world.
• If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your
Timekeeping Mode time and Home City settings and
make the necessary changes.
• You can change the DST (Daylight Saving Time)/
Standard Time settings for each city code in the
Timekeeping Mode.
• The watch will perform a signal receive operation even if
it is in the World Time Mode when a calibration time is
reached. If this happens, the World Time Mode time
settings will be adjusted in accordance with the
Timekeeping Mode’s Home City time.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
DST indicator
To view the time in another city code
In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll city codes (time zones) to the east or A to
scroll to the west.
• For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table”.
Alarms
The Alarm Mode gives you a choice of four one-time
alarms and one snooze alarm. One of the one-time
alarms functions as a “target alarm,” which counts the
time remaining from the current Timekeeping Mode time
to the target alarm time.
Also use the Alarm Mode to turn the Hourly Time Signal
(SIG) on and off.
• There are five alarms numbered AL1 through AL3,
TAL,and SNZ. You can configure SNZ as a
snooze alarm only. Alarms AL1 through TAL
(target alarm) can be used as one-time alarms only.
• Alarm settings (and Hourly Time Signal settings) are
available in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by
pressing C.
Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)
Home city time
Alarm number
Countdown
(Hours : Minutes Seconds)
Target alarm screen
To set an alarm time
1.In the Alarm Mode, use D to scroll through the alarm
screens until the one whose time you want to set is
displayed.
2.After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour
setting of the alarm time starts to flash, which indicates
the setting screen.
• This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
3.Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
MinutesHour
On/off status
AL1 AL2 AL3
SIG SNZ TAL
4.While a setting is flashing, use D and B to change it.
• While the hour or minute setting is flashing, use D
(+) and B (–) to change it.
• While a one-time alarm or the snooze on/off setting is
flashing, use D to toggle it on (ON) and off (OF).
5.Press A to exit the setting screen.
• When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format,
take care to set the time correctly as a.m. (no
indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).