Citizen E812 User manual

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E812 Abbreviated instruction
• This watch is solar-powered. Expose the dial to light and use it sufficiently charged.
• To see details of charging time, specifications and operations, refer to the instruction manual: E812 instruction manual
English
Component identification
Minute hand
Date indication
Crown
Button
A
Button
B
Function hand/
Chronograph minute hand
Hour hand
24-hour hand
Alarm indication (ON/
OFF)
Mode hand
Second hand/
Chronograph second hand
Crown's position
0 1 2
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustration.
• The crown has two positions when pulling it out.
Changing the mode
This watch features four different modes: [TME] (time/calendar), [CHR]
(chronograph/reference position correction), [L-TM] (local time), and [ALM]
(alarm).
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown.
The mode hand moves and the mode is changed.
Setting the time
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [TME].
3.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
The second hand stops at 0 second.
4.
Rotate the crown to set the time.
• Check AM/PM of the time referring to the 24-hour hand.
• When you rotate the crown quickly, the hand will move continuously. To
stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown.
5.
Push the crown in to position 0in accordance with a reliable
time source to finish the procedure.
The second hand starts moving.
Setting the calendar
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [TME].
3.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
The current setting of the year and mouth is indicated.
Function hand: year since leap year
Second hand: month
4.
Rotate the crown counterclockwise to set the date indication.
• When you rotate the crown quickly, the date indication will move
continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown.
• The date indication changes to the first day of the next month after finishing
setting if you set a non-existing day.
5.
Press and release the upper right button Aand lower right
button Brepeatedly to adjust the year and the month.
• Button
A
changes the year setting indicated by the function hand.
• Button
B
changes the month setting indicated by the second hand.
Month indication
“Month” corresponds to one of the 12
markers in the figure below.
Each number means month.
Year indication
“Year” corresponds to the years since
leap year and is indicated with markers
in the figure below.
Each number means year since leap
year.
6.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
The second hand moves to indicate the current second.

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Using the chronograph
• Measuring up to 60 minutes in 1/20 second increments.
• The hour, minute and 24-hour hands move normally during chronograph
measurement.
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [CHR].
The chronograph second hand moves to 0 second and the chronograph
minute hand moves to 0 minute and they stop.
Start/stop: press button
A
.
• The chronograph minute hand indicates the 1/20 second units by pressing
and holding button
B
while chronograph is stopped. Release the button to
return the hand to minute indication.
Reset: press button
A
while the chronograph is stopped.
• Be sure to reset chronograph after finishing measurement.
Using the local time
When the mode is changed to [L-TM], the time for another region separate from
the current time (local time) is displayed.
• The time difference can be set up to ±23 hours (in 1 hour units) based on the
time set in [TME] mode.
• The minute and second hands show the same time as that in [TME].
Displaying the local time
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [L-TM].
Local time is indicated.
Setting the time difference
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2when the mode hand points [L-
TM].
2.
Rotate the crown to set the time difference.
• Rotate the crown counterclockwise when the time difference to set is minus.
Rotate the crown clockwise when the time difference to set is plus.
• If the hour hand passes the midnight during the setting, the date indication
will be advanced by 1 day. It takes some time to complete the date indication
to be advanced.
3.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
Using the alarm
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [ALM].
Hour, minute and 24-hour hands indicate the current alarm time setting and
the second hand indicates the current alarm setting (“ON” or “OFF”).
3.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
The alarm setting is automatically turned to “ON”.
4.
Rotate the crown to set the alarm time.
• Check AM/PM of the alarm time referring to the 24-hour hand.
• When you rotate the crown quickly, the hands will move continuously. To
stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown.
• The alarm time cannot be set based on the local time.
5.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
To set the alarm ON/OFF
While in the [ALM] mode, pull the crown out to position
1
or
2
and press
button
A
.
To stop alarm
Press button
A
or
B
.
The alarm sounds for 15 seconds.
To check the alarm sound
Press and hold button
A
in the [ALM] mode while the crown is in the position
0
.
The alarm tone can be monitored.

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Checking the reference positions
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [CHR].
3.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
The hands start moving quickly and the
current reference position of each hand/
indication is indicated.
Correct reference positions:
• All hands: 12 o’clock position, date
indication: “1”
When the current reference position is
different from the correct one, adjust
the position following the steps of
Correcting the reference position.
4.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
Correcting the reference position
Correcting the hour, minute, second and 24-hour hands
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [CHR].
3.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
4.
Press and release the upper right button Ato adjust the second
hand.
5.
Rotate the crown to adjust the hour, minute, and 24-hour
hands.
• When you rotate the crown quickly, the hand will move continuously. To
stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown.
6.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
Correcting the function hand and date indication
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [CHR].
3.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
4.
Rotate the crown counterclockwise to set the date indication.
• When you rotate the crown quickly, the date indication will move
continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown.
• The 12 o’clock position immediately after the date changes to “1” is the
correct reference position of the function hand.
Rotate the crown to advance the date to “31” and then press the button
A
to adjust the function hand finely and confirm that the date indication has
changed to “1”, then finally set the function hand to the 12 o’clock position.
5.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
Resetting the watch - All Reset
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the mode to [CHR].
3.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
The hands and date indication start to move to the current reference positions
stored in memory.
4.
Press and release both the upper right button Aand lower
right button Bat the same time.
A sound will be emitted, and then hands move to demonstrate that the all-
reset is performed.
After All Reset
After All Reset, adjust the reference position and set the time and calendar. Set
also the local time and the alarm.