User manual
1887-2
Warning!
• Never try to read your watch when mountain climbing or hiking in
areas that are dark or in areas with poor footing. Doing so is dangerous
and can result in serious personal injury.
• Never try to read your watch when running where there is danger of
accidents, especially in locations where there might be vehicular or
pedestrian traffic. Doing so is dangerous and can result in serious
personal injury.
• Never try to read your watch when riding on a bicycle or when
operating a motorcycle or any other motor vehicle. Doing so is
dangerous and can result in a traffic accident and serious personal
injury.
• When you are wearing the watch, make sure that its auto light switch
is turned off before riding on a bicycle or operating a motorcycle or
any other motor vehicle. Sudden and unintended operation of the
auto light switch can create a distraction, which can result in a traffic
accident and serious personal injury.
To turn the auto light switch on and off
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down for two seconds to turn the auto
light switch on (
displayed) and off ( not displayed).
• In order to protect against running down the battery, the auto light switch is
automatically turned off approximately three hours after you turn it on.
Repeat the above procedure to turn the auto light switch back on if you
want.
• The
indictor is on the display in all modes while the auto light switch
is turned on.
Backlight Precautions
• The electro-luminescent panel loses illuminating power after very long
use.
• The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed
under direct sunlight.
• The watch will emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated.
This is caused by a transformer that vibrates when the EL panel lights up.
It does not indicate malfunction of the watch.
• The backlight automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
• Turning on the backlight in the Timekeeping Mode causes animated
figures to appear on the display.
TIMEKEEPING MODE
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set the current time and date. You can also
view the current time in the zone (city) you select in the World Time Mode.
• The current time where you are normally located appears on a Home Time
screen, while the time in the zone (city) you select in the World Time Mode
appears on a World Time screen.
• Home Time and World Time are linked. Changing the time or date setting
of the Home time also changes the corresponding World Time setting
accordingly.
• See “WORLD TIME MODE” for details on using the World Time Mode.
• The GMT differential is the time difference of the time zone where the city
code is located from Greenwich Mean Time.
• The animation area in the Timekeeping Mode normally shows a rotating
globe. This changes to a different animation at the top of each minute.
Setting the Time and Date
1. Hold down while in the Timekeeping
Mode until the seconds digits start to flash
on the display. The seconds flash because
they are
selected
.
2. While the seconds digits are selected
(flashing), press
to reset the seconds
to
00.
• If you press
while the seconds count is
in the range of 30 to 59, the seconds are
reset to
00 and 1 is added to the minutes. If
the seconds count is in the range of 00 to
29, the minutes count is unchanged.
3. Press
to change the selection in the following sequence.
Seconds City Code
Hour Minutes
Month Year
12/24-Hour
Format
Day
4. Use to select the city code setting.
5. Use
and to scroll through the city
codes until you find the one you want to set
as your home city (the city where you
normally use the watch).
•
scrolls forward, while scrolls back
through city codes. Holding down either
button scrolls through the city codes at high
speed.
• See the “CITY CODE TABLE” for a complete list of available codes.
6. Use
to select the hour, minutes, 12/24-hour format, year, month, and
day, and make the settings you want for each.
• While hour, minutes, year, month, or day is selected (flashing), press
to increase the setting or to decrease it. Holding down either button
changes the setting at high speed.
• While the 12/24-hour setting is selected (flashing), press
to switch
between the 12-hour (
12H) and 24-hour (24H) formats.
• With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour
digits for times in the range of noon to 11:59 pm. Times from midnight to
11:59 am are shown without any indicator.
• With the 24-hour format, times are indicated in the range of 00:00 to 23:59,
with a 24 indicator to the left of the hour digits.
7. After you make the setting you want, press
to return to the Timekeeping
Mode.
• The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date.
• The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1995 to December 31,
2039.
• If you do not operate any button for a few minutes while a selection is
flashing, the flashing stops and the watch goes back to the Timekeeping
Mode automatically.
Switching the Home Time between Standard Time and
Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time (DST), which is also sometimes called “summer time,”
advances the time for one hour, as is the custom in some areas during the
summer. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight
Saving Time.
• The
GMT city code’s time cannot be switched to DST. However, the times
of other cities located in the same time zone as GMT (Greenwich Mean
Time) can be switched to DST.
1. Hold down
while in the Timekeeping
Mode until the seconds digits start to flash
on the display.
2. Press
to toggle Daylight Saving Time
on (DST displayed) and off (DST not
displayed).
3. After you make the setting you want, press
to return to the Timekeeping Mode.
Viewing the Home Time City Settings
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down to
display the currently set Home Time city.
• The upper part of the Home Time city screen
shows the year and month.
▼
▼
Press
Animation
area
Home Time Screen World Time Screen
PM
indicator
Time in selected city
Hour : Minutes
Seconds
Day of week
Day
City Code you select in the World Time Mode
GMT differential
City code
GMT differential
DST indicator
Year – Month
GMT differential
City code
TELEMEMO MODE
The Telememo Mode lets you store
up to 100 pairs of name and telephone
number data. Data is automatically
sorted based on the characters of the
name. You can recall data by scrolling
through it on the display or by inputting
the first character of the name you
want to look up.
• See the “CHARACTER LIST” for
details on how the watch sorts data.
• The data item on the display when
you exit the Telememo Mode
appears first the next time you enter
the Telememo Mode.
• If you do not operate any button for 2
or 3 minutes while in the Telememo
Mode, the watch automatically goes
back to the Timekeeping Mode.
Mode indicator
Remaining memory
Telephone number
Name