Operation Guide 3277/3404
E-29
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off
In the Alarm Mode, use 1. D to select the Hourly Time
Signal (
SIG).
Press 2. A to toggle it on and off.
The Hourly Time Signal on indicator ( x SIG) is shown on
the display in all modes while this function is turned on.
Hourly Time Signal on
indicator
E-28
To turn an alarm on and off
In the Alarm Mode, use 1. D to select an alarm.
Press 2. A to toggle it on and off.
Turning on a alarm ( x
AL1 or AL2) displays the alarm
on indicator (ALM) on its Alarm Mode screen.
Turning on the snooze alarm ( x
SNZ) displays the alarm
on indicator and snooze alarm indicator (SNZ) on the
Alarm Mode snooze alarm screen.
In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any x
alarm that is currently turned on.
The alarm on indicator fl ashes while the alarm is x
sounding.
The snooze alarm indicator fl ashes while the snooze x
alarm is sounding and during the 5-minute intervals
between alarms.
Snooze alarm
indicator
Alarm on indicator
E-27
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 fi ve minutes, until you turn the alarm off (page E-28).
Alarm and Hourly Time Signal operations are performed in accordance with the x
Timekeeping Mode time.
To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button. x
Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between x
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen (page E-7)
Displaying the
SNZ setting screen (page E-25)
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
E-26
Press 3. C to move the fl ashing in the sequence shown below to select other
settings.
CCC
Hour Minutes Month Day
C
While a setting is fl ashing, use 4. D and B to change it as described below.
Screen To do this: Do this:
Change the hour and
minutes
Use D (+) and B (–).
With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly x
as a.m. or p.m. (P indicator).
To set an alarm that does not include a month x
and/or day, set for each setting.
Change the month and day
Press 5. A to exit the setting screen.
E-25
To set an alarm time
In the Alarm Mode, use 1. D to scroll through the alarm
screens until the one whose time you want to set is
displayed.
D
D
D
D
To set a one-time alarm, display an alarm screen x
AL1or AL2. To set the
snooze alarm, display the
SNZ screen.
The snooze alarm repeats every fi ve minutes. x
After you select an alarm, hold down 2. A until the hour setting of the alarm time
starts to fl ash, which indicates the setting screen.
This operation turns on the alarm automatically. x
E-24
Alarm Types
The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.
Daily alarm x
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 x
Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes
the alarm to sound at the specifi c time, on the specifi c date you set.
1-Month alarm x
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 x
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.
E-23
Alarms
You can set up to three 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 is a snooze
alarm, while the other two 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 three alarm screens numbered x
AL1 and
AL2 for the one-time alarm, a snooze alarm screen
indicated by
SNZ. The Hourly Time Signal screen is
indicated by
SIG.
All of the operations in this section are performed in x
the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C (page
E-5).
Alarm number
Alarm date
(Month – Day)
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
E-22
To use the countdown timer
Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the
countdown timer.
The countdown timer operation continues even if you exit x
the Countdown Timer Mode.
Press x D while a countdown operation is in progress to
pause it. Press D again to resume the countdown.
To stop a countdown operation completely, fi rst pause x
it (by pressing D), and then press A. This returns the
countdown time to its starting value.
E-21
When the setting you want to change is fl ashing, use 3. B and D to change it as
described below.
Setting Screen Button Operation
Hours, Minutes
Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting.
Auto-repeat
Press D to toggle auto-repeat on ( displayed)
and off ( displayed).
Progress Beeper
Press D to toggle the progress beeper on ( ) and
off ( ).
To specify a countdown start time of 24 hours, set x .
Press 4. A to exit the setting screen.
You can also perform steps 1 and 2 of the above procedure whenever you need to x
view the current auto-repeat and progress beeper settings.
E-20
To confi gure the countdown timer
While the countdown start time is on the display in the 1.
Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the current
countdown start time starts to fl ash, which indicates the
setting screen.
If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the x
procedure under “To use the countdown timer” (page
E-22) to display it.
Press 2. C to move the fl ashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
Hours Minutes
Auto-repeatProgress Beeper
C
C
C
C