Casio 2568 Watch User Manual


 
USERS GUIDE 2568
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To set the current time in the World Time Mode
1.In the World Time Mode, use D to select the city code
whose time you want to set.
2.After you select a city code, hold down A until the DST
on/off setting of the World time starts to flash, which
indicates the setting screen.
3.Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
DST indicator
HourDST on/off
Minutes
4. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use B and D to change it as
described below.
While the settings are flashing on the display, pressing B and D at the same
time changes the DST on/off, hour, and minutes settings so they match the
Timekeeping Mode time.
When setting the world time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
correctly as a.m. (A indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
To change this setting
DST on/off
Hour, Minutes
Perform this button operation
Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(ON displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
The above operation toggles all World Time city
codes between Daylight Saving Time and Standard
Time.
Use D (+) and B () to change the setting.
5. 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 World Time Mode.
Note that you cannot make settings for individual city codes. 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 view the time in another city code
In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll city codes (time zones).
For full information on city codes, see the City Code Table.
Data Bank
The Data Bank Mode lets you store up to 30 records,
each containing name and telephone number data.
Records are automatically sorted based on the characters
of the name. You can recall records by scrolling through
them on the display.
The characters you can input for the name depend on
the language you select in the Timekeeping Mode. See
To set the time and date for more information.
Changing the language setting does not affect names
that are already stored.
See Sort Table for details on how the watch sorts
records.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Data Bank Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
Remaining memory
Name
L
Telephone number
To create a new Data Bank record
1.In the Data Bank Mode, use D to display the new data
screen.
To jump directly to the new data screen, press B and
D at the same time.
If the new data screen does not appear when you
press D, it means that memory is full. To store
another record, you will first have to delete some of
the records stored in memory.
2.Hold down A until the flashing cursor (_) appears in
the name area of the display.
3.In the name area, use B and D to cycle through
characters at the cursor position. The characters cycle
in the sequence shown below.
Name area
Number area
A
to
Z
(alphabet)
(space)
@
to
-
(symbol)
0
to
9
(number)
Press D.
Press B.
New Data Screen
The above character sequence is for English input. See Character List for the
character sequences of other languages.
4. When the character you want is at the cursor position, press C to move the cursor
to the right.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the name is complete.
You can input up to eight characters for the name.
6. After you input the name, press C as many times as necessary to move the cursor
to the number area.
When the cursor is located at the eighth space of the name area, moving the
cursor to the right causes it to jump to the first digit of the number. When the
cursor is at the 16th digit of the number, moving it to the right (by pressing C)
causes it to jump to the first character in the name.
7. In the number area, use B and D to cycle through numbers and symbols
(hyphen, brackets, space) at the cursor position. The characters cycle in the
sequence shown below.
0 to 9
x
[ ]
(space)
Press B.
Press D.
8. When the character you want is at the cursor position, press C to move the cursor
to the right.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until you complete number input.
You can input up to 16 digits for the number.
The number initially contains all hyphens. You can leave the hyphens as they are
or replace them with numbers or other symbols (brackets, space).
10.Press A to store your data and return to the Data Bank record screen (without
the cursor).
When you press A to store data, the name and number you input flash for about
one second as Data Bank records are sorted. After the sort operation is complete,
the Data Bank record screen appears.
The name can show only three characters at a time, so longer text scrolls continuously
from right to left. The last character is indicated by the symbol
after it.
To recall Data Bank records
In the Data Bank Mode, use D to scroll through Data Bank records on the display.
To edit a Data Bank record
1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D to scroll through the records and display the one
you want to edit.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
3. Use C to move the flashing to the character you want to change.
4. Use D (forward) and B (back) to change the character.
5. After making the changes that you want, press A to store them and return to the
Data Bank record screen.
To delete a Data Bank record
1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D to scroll through the records and display the one
you want to delete.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
3. Press B and D at the same time to delete the record.
The message CLR appears to indicate that the record is being deleted. After the
record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.
4. Input data or press A to return to the Data Bank record screen.
Alarms
You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms
with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is
turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is
reached. One of the alarms can be configured as a
snooze alarm or a one-time alarm, while the other four are
one-time alarms.
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
There are five alarms numbered 1 through 5. You can
configure Alarm 1 as a snooze alarm or a one-time
alarm. Alarms 2 through 5 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.
Timekeeping
Mode time
Alarm date
(month Day)
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
Alarm number
Alarm Types
The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.
Daily alarm
Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to
sound everyday at the time you set.
Date alarm
Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes
the alarm to sound at the specific time, on the specific date you set.
1-Month alarm
Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the
alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.
Monthly alarm
Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm
to sound every month at the time you set, on the day you set.
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.
Each of the five alarm screens has an alarm number.
The Hourly Time Signal screen does not have an
alarm number.
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.
Alarm number
Alarm1 Alarm 2 Alarm 3
Hourly Time
Signal
Alarm 5 Alarm 4
3. Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.
4. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B () to change it.
To set an alarm that does not include a month (Daily alarm, Monthly alarm), set x
for the month. Use D and B until the x mark appears (between 12 and 1) while
month setting is flashing.
To set an alarm that does not include a day (Daily alarm, 1-Month alarm), set xx
for the day. Use D and B until the xx mark appears (between the end of the
month and 1) while the day setting is flashing.
When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
correctly as a.m. (A indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Minutes
Hour
Month Day
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, until you turn the alarm off or change it to a one-
time alarm.
Pressing any button stops the alarm tone operation.
Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen
Displaying the alarm
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setting screen