Citizen H128 User manual

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H128 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: H128 instruction manual
English
Reception result
indication (NO)
Hour hand
Second hand
Reception result
indication (OK)
Button
B
Button
A
Crown
Minute hand
Date indication
Summer time indication
(ON/OFF)
Reception-in-progress
indication (RX)
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustration.
• The crown has two positions when pulling it out.
Checking the power reserve
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and release the lower right button A.
The second hand moves to indicate the power reserve.
Second hand movement Power reserve status
Pointing “OK” or “NO” after moving
clockwise Power reserve is sufficient.
Pointing “OK” or “NO” after moving
counterclockwise Charge immediately
• “OK” and “NO” indicate the time signal reception result. They have no
relation to the charge level.
3.
Press and release the lower right button Ato finish the
procedure.
The indication returns to current time.
• It returns to current time indication automatically in about 10 seconds
without pressing the button.
Component identification
Crown's position
0 1 2
Checking the signal reception result
• This watch receives the time signal at 2:00 AM every day and adjust the time
and calendar automatically. If the 2:00 AM reception was unsuccessful, it tries
signal reception again at 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM.
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and release the lower right button A.
The second hand moves to indicate the result of the last reception.
Indication Reception result
OK
The reception was successful.
NO
The reception failed.
• Try signal reception following the steps in Receiving the signal manually
(on-demand reception) if the last reception failed.
3.
Press and release the lower right button Ato finish the
procedure.
The indication returns to current time.
• It returns to current time indication automatically in about 10 seconds
without pressing the button.
Setting the world time
• The world time setting controls the target station from which the watch tries to
receive signals.
1.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
The second hand moves to point the area currently set.
2.
Rotate the crown to select an area.
• Select an area from Table of time zones and representative areas
3.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
The indication returns to current time.

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H128 Abbreviated instruction
Table of time zones and representative areas
• When using the watch in an area not listed in the table, select an area name in
the same time zone.
• It may be difficult to receive signals in certain environment where it is hard for
signals to reach.
Time zone Second
hand Indication Representative area Signal station
0
0
LON
London Germany
+1
1
PAR
Paris
+2
2
ATH
Athens
◆Germany
+3
3
RUH
Riyadh
+4
4
DXB
Dubai
+5
5
KHI
Karachi
◆China
+6
6
DAC
Dhaka
+7
7
BKK
Bangkok
+8
8
BJS
Beijing China
+9
9
TYO
Tokyo Japan
+10
10
SYD
Sydney
◆Japan
+11
11
NOU
Noumea
+12
12
AKL
Auckland
-11
49
MDY
Midway
◆USA
-10
50
HNL
Honolulu
-9
51
ANC
Anchorage
-8
52
LAX
Los Angeles
USA -7
53
DEN
Denver
-6
54
CHI
Chicago
-5
55
NYC
New York
◆USA
-4
56
SCL
Santiago
-3
57
RIO
Rio de Janeiro
-2
58
FEN
Fernando de Noronha ◆Germany
-1
59
PDL
Azores
• The time zone in the table is based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
• Countries or regions may change time zones for various reasons.
• Areas with
♦
mark are out of receivable range and signals cannot be received.
(The watch tries to receive signals from the target signal station though.)
Receiving the signal manually (on-demand reception)
• It takes 2-15 minutes to finish reception.
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and hold the lower right button Afor 2 seconds or more.
The second hand points “RX” and signal reception starts. The second hand
returns to normal movement after finishing reception.
Reception was successful The time will be updated.
Reception failed The time is not corrected and the previously set time
resumes.
• Press and hold button
A
for 2 seconds or more to cancel reception.
Switching the summer time and standard time
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
2.
Rotate the crown to change the summer time setting.
Summer
time setting Description
ON
Summer time is indicated.
The watch automatically switches between standard time and
summer time depending whether the summer time check signal is
contained or not in the signal received.
OFF
The standard time is indicated.
The standard time is kept indicated even when the summer time
check signal is received.
3.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.

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Adjusting the time and calendar manually
• Check world time setting in Setting the world time beforehand.
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
2.
Press and release the lower right button A.
The second hand points to 0 second.
3.
Press and release the lower right button Arepeatedly to
change the hand/indication to be corrected.
• Each time you press button
A
, the target changes as follows:
Minute → hour → date → year/month →(back to the top)
• The hands and indications slightly move when selected to show they
become adjustable.
4.
Rotate the crown to adjust the hand/indication.
• When you rotate the crown quickly a few times, the hand/indication will
move continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown in either
direction.
• The hour hand and date indication move synchronously.
• Change of date indication shows it just became AM. Take care the time set
is AM or PM.
• Year and month are indicated with the second hand.
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
“Month” corresponds to one of
the 12 zones shown in the figure
below.
Each number means month.
“Year” corresponds to the years
since leap year and is indicated
with markers in the zone of each
month.
Years since leap year:
0
(Leap
year)
0
Years since leap year:
1
1
Years since leap year:
2
2
3
Years since leap year:
3
5.
Repeat steps 3 and 4.
6.
Push the crown in to position 0in accordance with a reliable
time source to finish the procedure.
Checking the reference position
1.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
2.
Press and hold the upper right
button Bfor 5 seconds or more.
The hands and indication start to move to
the current reference positions stored in
memory.
• Release the button as the hands/
indication start to move.
3.
Check the reference position.
Correct reference positions:
• Hour, minute and second hands: 0 hour 00 minute 0 second
• 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
1.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
2.
Press and hold the upper right button Bfor 5 seconds or more.
The hands and indication start to move to the current reference positions
stored in memory.
• Release the button as the hands/indication start to move.
3.
When all the hands stop moving, pull the crown out to position
2.
4.
Press and release the lower right button Arepeatedly to
change the hand/indication to be corrected.
• Each time you press the button, the target changes as follows:
Hour hand → second/minute hands → date indication → (back to the top)
5.
Rotate the crown to adjust the hand/indication.
• When you rotate the crown quickly a few times, the hand/indication will
move continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown in either
direction.
• The second and minute hands move synchronously.
6.
Repeat steps 4 and 5.
7.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.
Resetting the watch - All Reset
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
2.
Press and release both the lower right button Aand upper
right button Bat the same time.
The second hand moves to the 0 second position and other hands and date
indication move slightly, and All Reset is executed.
The setting values after All Reset
Calendar January of leap year (5 seconds position)
World time Time zone: 0
Summer time Off at all areas
After All Reset
After All Reset, adjust the reference position. Set the world time setting and
receive signals manually (on-demand reception) to adjust the time and calendar
after that.