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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 time you set, on the 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, press A. This causes the alarm
time hour digits to flash on the display, which indicates
the setting screen.
•This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
2. Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
Hour Minutes Month Day
3. While a setting is flashing, press Bto increase it.
•To set an alarm that does not include a month (daily
alarm, monthly alarm), set xfor the month. Press B
until 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 Buntil 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. (no indicator) or p.m. (Pindicator).
4. Press Ato exit the setting screen.
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for about 20 seconds, regardless of the
mode the watch is in.
To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound
Press any button.
To turn the alarm and Hourly Time Signal on and off
In the Alarm Mode, press Bto cycle through the on and off settings as shown below.
Alarm On Indicator/Hourly Time Signal On Indicator
Both on
Alarm only Hourly Time
Signal only
Both off
•The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm sounding.
•The alarm on indicator and Hourly Time Signal on indicator are displayed in all
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.
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
•If you have Flash Alert turned on, display illumination
will also flash while an alarm or the Hourly Time Signal
is sounding.
•All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
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.
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Timekeeping Mode Alarm Mode Stopwatch ModeCountdown Timer Mode
Press .
General Guide
•Press Cto change from mode to mode. After you perform an operation (except for
L) in any mode, pressing Creturns to the Timekeeping Mode.
•In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press Lto illuminate
the display.
To do this:
Reset the seconds to 00
Change the hour or minutes
Change the year
Change the month or day
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Do this:
Press B.
Press B(+).
Hour :
Minutes Seconds
Day of week
PM indicator
Month – Day
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, press A. This causes the
seconds digits to flash on the display, 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
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, press Bto change it as
described below.
•Pressing Bwhile 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 1995 to 2039.
•The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar 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.
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, press A. This causes the seconds digits to flash on the
display, which indicates the setting screen.
2. Press Lto toggle between 24-hour (24 indicator appears) and 12-hour (no 24
indicator) timekeeping.
3. Press Ato exit the setting screen.
•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. The 24
indicator is on the display while 24-hour format is selected.
•The Pand 24 indicators are not displayed with the Timekeeping Mode time on the
Countdown Timer Mode and Stopwatch Mode screens.
•The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all other modes.
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
Mode indicator
Alarm date
(Month –Day)
Hourly time signal
on indicator
Alarm on indicator
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