Module No. 2203/2204/2205
2203/2204/2205-1
GENERAL GUIDE
•Press CC
CC
Cto change from mode to mode.
•Pressing EE
EE
Ein any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates to the display for about three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the display.
•If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes while a setting screen (with flashing digits) is on the display, the watch automatically exits the setting screen.
•If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes in any mode besides stopwatch mode, the watch automatically reverts to the normal timekeeping screen.
Timekeeping Mode Day Counter Mode Alarm Mode Stopwatch Mode Memo Mode
Press CC
CC
C.
TIMEKEEPING MODE
Press DD
DD
Dto toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour time-
keeping.
•With 12-hour timekeeping, times between midnight and
noon are indicated by A(am), while times between noon
and midnight are indicated by P(pm).
•The Aand Pindicators do not appear for 24-hour time-
keeping.
•Pressing BB
BB
Bplays a randomly selected melody. To stop
a playing melody, press any button besides EE
EE
E.
•Pressing EE
EE
Ewhile a melody is playing toggles the dis-
play between an animated character and the name of
the melody.
•Press EE
EE
Eto illuminate the display for about three sec-
onds. When 12-hour timekeeping is being used, press-
ing EE
EE
Ealso displays an animated character.
Timekeeping Mode Settings
In addition to settings for the current time and date, the Timekeeping Mode setting
screen also lets you turn button tones and melody play on and off, adjust tones and
melody volume, and adjust display contrast.
To make Timekeeping Mode settings
1.While in the Timekeeping Mode, hold down AA
AA
Auntil the seconds digits flash on the
display, indicating the setting screen.
2.Press CC
CC
Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press EE
EE
Eto move the
flashing in the opposite direction.
Seconds DST Hour Minutes Year
Contrast
(CNT)Volume
(VOL)Sound
(SOUND)MonthDay
Press . Press .
3.While the seconds setting is selected (flashing), press
DD
DD
Dor BB
BB
Bto reset it to 00.
•If you press DD
DD
Dor BB
BB
Bwhile the seconds setting is in the
range of 30 to 59, the seconds are reset to 00 and 1 is
added to the minutes. If the seconds setting is in the
range of 00 to 29, the minutes count is unchanged.
•While the DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting is select-
ed, press DD
DD
Dor BB
BB
Bto toggle it on and off.
•DST indicator 1 is displayed in the Timekeeping Mode
setting screen only when the DST setting is selected. It
shows ON when the DST setting is on, and OFF when
the DST setting is off.
•DST indicator 2 is displayed in the Timekeeping Mode,
Day Counter Mode and Alarm Mode when the DST set-
ting is turned on.
•While the SOUND setting is selected, press DD
DD
Dor BB
BB
Bto turn the beep and musical
tone on and off, as shown below.
Beep Musical tone Off
Press . Press .
•While the VOL setting is selected, press DD
DD
Dor BB
BB
Bto toggle it between loud and soft.
Loud Soft
Press or .
•With some models, changing the volume setting affects volume very little.
•While the CNT setting is selected, press DD
DD
Dto make the display darker, or BB
BB
Bto
make it lighter.
•While any other setting is selected (flashing), press DD
DD
Dto increase it or BB
BB
Bto de-
crease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed (except for
the CNT setting).
4.After you make the settings you want, press AA
AA
Ato exit the setting screen.
•The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date.
•The date can be set within the range of January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2039.
•The watch's built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances for dif-
ferent month lengths and leap years.
Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change it except after the
replacement of the watch's battery.
Month
Day of week
Day
PM indicator
Hour Minutes
Seconds
DST indicator 2
DST indicator 2
DST indicator 1
ABOUT THE BACKLIGHT
Pressing EE
EE
Ein any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates the display for about
three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the display.
•The backlight of this watch employs an electro-luminescent (EL) light, which loses
its illumination power after very long term use.
•Frequent use of the backlight shortens battery life.
•The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed under
direct sunlight.
•The backlight automatically turns off an alarm sounds.
•The watch emits an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This does
not indicate malfunction.
DAY COUNTER MODE
Mode indicator
Day counter
record number
Text
Number of days DAYS indicator
Year
Month
Day
Target Date
The Day Counter Mode lets you count the number of days from the Timekeeping
Mode’s current date to a specific target date.
•There are five Day Counter records, each of which can be assigned up to 12 char-
acters of text and a target date.
•When a target date is reached, the DAYS indicator flashes on the display in the
Timekeeping Mode. The DAYS indicator also flashes in the Day Counter Mode
when the screen for the target date is on the display.
•The DAYS indicator flashes on the target date each year, regardless of the year
setting of the target date.
•The initial default date for a Day Counter record is 2001/1/1, and the text area
contains All spaces. (All spaces for the text display a series of hyphens “–––––”.)
Recalling Day Counter Data
In the Day Counter Mode, press DD
DD
Dto scroll through the Day Counter record screens.
•The day count is a negative value whenever the target date comes before the cur-
rent date.
To set the target date
1.In the Day Counter Mode, press DD
DD
Dto display a record number you want to set.
2.Hold down AA
AA
Auntil the first (leftmost) text character starts to flash on the display.
This indicates the input screen.
3.Press CC
CC
Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press EE
EE
Eto move the
flashing in the opposite direction.
Press . Press .
Character 1
Day
Character 12
YearMonth
4.While the flashing is located within the text area, use DD
DD
Dor BB
BB
Bto scroll through
characters at the current location of the flashing. Holding down either button scrolls
through characters at high speed.
Press . Press .
Space A to Z Punctuation Japanese
characters
Hyphen SymbolsNumbers
∗See the “CHARACTER LIST” for details.
5.While any other setting is selected, press DD
DD
Dto increase it or BB
BB
Bto decrease it.
Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
•Pressing DD
DD
Dand BB
BB
Bat the same time while the flashing is located within the text area
clears any input text and resets the date setting to the current date. At this time the
message “CLEAR” appears on the display.
•Pressing DD
DD
Dand BB
BB
Bat the same time while the flashing is located within the date
area resets the date setting to the current date without affecting the text.
6.After you make the settings you want, press AA
AA
Ato exit the input screen.
•The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1940 to December 31, 2039.
