Casio 2568 Watch User Manual


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USER’S GUIDE 2568
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Getting Acquainted
Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO watch. To get the most out of your
purchase, be sure to carefully read this manual and keep it on hand for later reference
when necessary.
Expose the watch to bright light to charge its battery before using it.
You can use this watch even as its battery is being charged by exposure to bright
light.
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• Be sure to read “Battery” of this manual for important information you need
to know when exposing the watch to bright light.
If the display of the watch is blank...
If the Power Saving on (S) indicator flashes on the
display, it means that the display is blank because the
watch’s Power Saving function has turned off the
display to conserve power. Power Saving automatically
turns off the display and puts the watch into a sleep state
whenever your watch is left for a certain period where it
is dark.
• The initial factory default setting is Power Saving on.
• The watch recovers from the sleep state if you move it
to a well-lit area
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, if you press any button, or if you
angle the watch towards your face for reading.
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It can take up to five seconds for the display to turn on.
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• See “Power Saving function” for more information.
About This Manual
• Button operations are indicated using the letters shown
in the illustration.
• Each section of this manual provides you with the
information you need to perform operations in each
mode. Further details and technical information can be
found in the “Reference” section.
General Guide
• Press C to change from mode to mode.
• In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press B to illuminate
the display.
Data Bank Mode
Countdown
Timer Mode
World Time Mode
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Alarm Mode
Timekeeping Mode
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Press C.
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Stopwatch Mode
Day Counter Mode
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set the time and date.
Note
This watch is capable of displaying text for the day of the
week in any one of 16 different languages (English,
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, German,
Italian, Czech, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Romanian,
Turkish, Russian, and Japanese).
To set the time and date
1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
2.Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
Day of week
Month – Day
Hour : Minutes Seconds
PM indicator
Year
Language indicator
• The currently selected language indicator flashes on the display while the
Language (setting) is selected in the above sequence.
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use B and D to change it as
described below.
Seconds DST on/off Hour Minutes
Day Month Year
Language
To change this setting
Seconds
DST on/off
Hour, Minutes, Year,
Month, Day
Language
Perform this button operation
Press D to reset to 00.
Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(ON displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting.
Use B and D to change the language setting.
• While the language indicator is flashing on the display, use B and D to cycle
through the language indicators as shown below, until the one for the language
you want to select is displayed.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.
• See the “Day of the Week List” for information on abbreviations used.
Indicator Language
ENx English
POR Portuguese
ESP Spanish
FRA French
NED Dutch
DAN Danish
Press D.
Press B.
Indicator Language
DEU German
ITA Italian
CES Czech
SVE Swedish
POL Polish
E
Greek
Indicator Language
RO Romanian
T)R Turkish
PUC Russian
JPN Japanese
• In addition to the day of the week display, the language setting also affects the type
of characters you can input for the name in the Data Bank Mode and the text in the
Day Counter Mode.
• Holding down A in the Timekeeping Mode displays the indicator for the currently
selected language. Keeping A depressed for about two seconds changes to the
Timekeeping Mode setting screen (indicated by the seconds flashing). If you
accidentally display the setting screen, press A again to exit.
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping (indicated
by A or P on the display), or 24-hour timekeeping.
• With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears on the display for times in the
range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and the A (AM) indicator appears for times in the range
of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
• With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
any indicator.
• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all modes.
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from
Standard Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight
Saving Time.
To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
2.Press C to move the flashing to the DST on/off setting.
3.Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (ON
displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
4.Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate
that Daylight Saving Time is turned on in the
Timekeeping, Alarm, and Day Counter Mode.
DST indicator
World Time
The World Time shows the current time in 28 cities (29
time zones) around the world.
• The time settings of the Timekeeping Mode and the
World Time Mode are independent from each other, so
you must make separate settings for each.
• Whenever you change the time setting for any city in the
World Time Mode, the settings of all other cities are
changed accordingly.
• The UTC differential value indicates the number of hours
difference in time between the currently selected time
zone and UTC.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
UTC
differential
Current time in
the selected city
code
Timekeeping
mode time
City code
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