Casio 2481 User manual

USER’S GUIDE 2481
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General Guide
•Press Cto change from mode to mode.
•In any mode, press Bto illuminate the display.
Timekeeping Mode Alarm Mode Countdown Timer Mode Stopwatch Mode Dual Time Mode
Press .
•In any mode, hold down Cfor about two seconds to return to the
Timekeeping Mode.
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, press Dto change it as
described below.
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the
current time and date.
To set the time and date
1.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down Auntil the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
2.Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence
shown below to select other settings.
Seconds Hour Minutes
Day Month Year
To change this setting
Seconds
Hour, Minutes, Year, Month, Day
Perform this button operation
Press Dto reset to 00.
Press Dto increase the setting.
•Pressing Dwhile the seconds are in the range of 30 to 59 resets them to
00 and adds 1 to the minutes. In the range of 00 to 29, the minutes are
unchanged.
4. Press Ato exit the setting screen.
•The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date
(year, month, and day) settings.
•The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.
•The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances
for different month lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there
should be no reason to change it except after you have the watch’s battery
replaced.
Hour : Minutes Seconds
Day of week
PM indicator
Month – Day
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
In the Timekeeping Mode, press Dto toggle between 12-hour timekeeping
and 24-hour timekeeping.
•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 p.m. and no indicator appears to
the left of the hour digits 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 other modes.
Alarm
The multi-function alarm lets you specify the hour,
minutes, month, and day for the alarm . You can set
up the alarm so it sounds once when the alarm time
is reached, or for a snooze alarm that repeats up to
seven times, every five minutes.
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that
causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the
hour.
•Pressing Din the Alarm Mode toggles between
the alarm screen (Alarm time displayed) and the
Hourly Time Signal screen (:00 displayed).
•An alarm setting (and an Hourly Time Signal
setting) is available in the Alarm Mode, which you
enter by pressing C.
Hour : Minutes
Month – Day
To set an alarm time
1.In the Alarm Mode, press Dto display the alarm
screen.
2.Hold down Auntil the hour setting of the alarm
time starts to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
•This operation automatically turns on the single
alarm.
3.Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence
shown below to select other settings.
Hour Minutes Month Day
Alarm Types
The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.
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•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.
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•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.
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•1-Month alarm
Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes
the alarm to sound everyday at time you set, only during the month you set.
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•Monthly alarm
Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes
the alarm to sound every month at time you set, on the day you set.
4. While a setting is flashing, press Dto increase it.
•To set an alarm that does not include a month (Daily alarm, Monthly
alarm), set xfor the month. Press Duntil the xmark 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. Press Duntil 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. or p.m. (Pindicator).
5. Press Ato exit the setting screen.
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for about 10 seconds. In the case of
the snooze alarm, the alarm repeats up to seven times every five minutes.
•Pressing any button stops the alarm tone operation.
•The alarm and the Hourly Time Signal sound in all modes.
To select the alarm type
1.In the Alarm Mode, press Dto display the alarm
screen.
2.Press Ato cycle through the available alarm
settings shown below.
Single
alarm on
Alarm off
Snooze
alarm on
•The alarm on indicator and the snooze alarm on
indicator are shown on the display in all modes
while these functions are turned on.
•The snooze alarm on indicator flashes during the
5-minute intervals between alarms.
•Displaying the Alarm Mode setting screen
automatically changes the alarm type to single
alarm.
•Changing the Timekeeping Mode setting screen during a 5-minute interval
between snooze alarms stops the current snooze alarm operation (but
snooze alarm remains as the alarm type setting).
•If a snooze alarm time is reached while you are setting the current time in the
Timekeeping Mode, the alarm sounds only once. Subsequent snooze alarm
operations are not performed.
Stopping a Snooze Alarm Operation
After a snooze alarm time is reached, you can perform the following steps
during any 5-minute interval between alarms to stop the snooze alarm
operation.
To stop a Snooze Alarm Operation
1. While in the Alarm Mode, press Dto display the alarm screen.
2. Next, press Ato turn off the alarm or to select the single alarm.
•Note that this also changes the alarm type setting. If you want to use the
snooze alarm again, you must re-select it as the alarm type. See “To select
the alarm type” for more information.
To test the alarm
•In the Alarm Mode, hold down Dto sound the alarm.
Alarm on/off indicator
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off
1. In the Alarm Mode, press Dto display the Hourly Time Signal screen.
2. Press Ato turn it on and off.
Indicates Hourly Time Signal is on.
Indicates Hourly Time Signal is off.
•The Hourly Time Signal on indicator is shown on the display in all modes
while this function is turned on.

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Countdown Timer
The countdown timer can be set within a range of
1 minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the
countdown reaches zero.
•You can also select auto-repeat, which
automatically restarts the countdown from the
original value you set whenever zero is reached.
•Countdown timer functions are available in the
Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by
pressing C.
To use the countdown timer
Press Dwhile in the Countdown Timer Mode to start
the countdown timer.
•When the end of the countdown is reached and auto-repeat is turned off, the
alarm sounds for 10 seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button. The
countdown time is automatically reset to its starting value after the alarm
stops.
Hour
Minutes
Seconds
To turn auto-repeat on and off
1.In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down Auntil
the hours setting of the countdown start time starts
to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
2.Press Bto toggle auto-repeat on ( displayed)
and off ( not displayed).
•Note that pressing Bin the above operation also
turns on the backlight.
•When the end of the countdown is reached while
auto-repeat is on, the alarm sounds, but the
countdown restarts from the beginning without
stopping. You can stop the countdown by pressing
Dand manually reset to the start time by pressing
A.
•The auto-repeat indicator appears in the
Countdown Timer Mode only.
Auto-repeat indicato
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•Press Dwhile a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press D
again to resume the countdown.
•To completely stop a countdown operation, first pause it (by pressing D),
and then press A. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.
To set the countdown start time
1.In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down Auntil
the hours setting of the countdown start time starts
to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
2.Press Cto move the flashing between the hours
and minutes settings.
3.While a setting is flashing, use Dto change it.
•To set the starting value of the countdown time to
24 hours, set 0:00.
4.Press Ato exit the setting screen.
To measure times with the stopwatch
Elapsed time
Start Stop Re-start Stop Clear
Start Split
(SPL displayed)
Split release Stop Clear
Start Split Stop Split release Clear
Split time
Two Finishes
First runner
finishes.
Display time of
first runner.
Second runner
finishes.
Display time of
second runner.
Stopwatch
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split
times, and two finishes.
•The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours,
59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.
•The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from
zero after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
•The stopwatch measurement operation continues
even if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
•Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is
frozen on the display clears the split time and
returns to elapsed time measurement.
•All of the operations in this section are performed in
the Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing
C.
1/100 second
Hour
Minutes
Seconds
Dual Time
The Dual Time Mode lets you keep track of time in a different time zone.
•In the Dual Time Mode, the seconds count is synchronized with the seconds
count of the Timekeeping Mode.
To set the Dual Time
1.Press Cto enter the Dual Time Mode.
2.In the Dual Time Mode, hold down Auntil the
hour setting starts to flash, which indicates the
setting screen.
3.Press Cto change the selection in the following
sequence.
Hour Minutes
4.Press Dto increase the setting.
5.Press Ato exit the setting screen.
Hour : Minutes Seconds
Reference
This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch
operation. It also contains important precautions and notes about the various
features and functions of this watch.
Auto return features
•If you leave a screen with flashing digits for two or three minutes without
performing any operation, the watch automatically saves any settings you
have made up to that point and exits the setting screen.
Data and Setting Scrolling
The Dbutton is used to scroll through setting screen data on the display.
Holding down this button during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at
high speed.
Backlight Precautions
The backlight uses an EL (electro-luminescent) panel that causes the entire
display to glow for easy reading in the dark. In any mode, press Bto
illuminate the display for about one second.
•The EL panel that provides illumination loses power after very long use.
•The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed
under direct sunlight.
•The watch may emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated.
This is due to vibration of the EL panel used for illumination, and does not
indicate malfunction.
•The backlight automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
•Frequent use of the backlight shortens the battery life.