Citizen H33 Series User manual

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H33* 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.
English
Reception result
indication (NO)
Hour hand
Second hand
Reception result
indication (OK)
Button
B
Crown
Minute hand
Reception-in-progress
indication (RX)
Button
A
Reception-off
indication (OFF)
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustration.
Checking the signal reception result
• This watch receives the time signal from the Japan station every day to adjust
time automatically.
1.
Push in the crown.
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.
OFF
The signal-reception function is deactivated.
• 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.
Component identification Receiving the signal manually (on-demand reception)
• It takes 2-15 minutes to finish reception.
1.
Push in the crown.
2.
Press and hold the lower right button Afor 2 seconds or more.
The second hand points “RX” and signal reception starts. Release the
button as the second hand points “RX”. 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.
Deactivating signal reception
You can turn off signal reception to stop unnecessary time adjustment.
1.
Push in the crown.
2.
Press and hold the lower right button Afor 7 seconds or more.
The second hand points “OFF”.
• Do not release the button until the second hand points “OFF”. On-demand
reception starts if you release it while the hand points “RX”.
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.
To activate signal reception again
1.
Push in the crown.
2.
Press and hold the lower right button Afor 7 seconds or more.
The second hand points “RX” and returns to normal movement.
Adjusting the time manually
1.
Pull out the crown.
The second hand points 0 second.
2.
Rotate the crown to adjust time.
• When you rotate the crown quickly a few times, the hands will move
continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown in either
direction.
• To adjust the hour faster, see Adjusting the hour easily.
3.
Push in the crown in accordance with a reliable time source to
finish the procedure.

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H33* Abbreviated instruction
Adjusting the hour easily
You can adjust hour hand easily for overseas trips or other occasions.
• Deactivate signal reception before adjustment to prevent unexpected change to
Japan time.
1.
Push in the crown.
2.
Press and release the upper right button B.
The second hand moves back and forward rapidly and returns to normal
movement to show the hour becomes adjustable.
• It returns to normal automatically in about 10 seconds without any
operation.
3.
Rotate the crown to set the hour.
4.
Press and release the upper right button Bto finish the
procedure.
• It returns to current time indication automatically in about 10 seconds
without pressing the button.
Checking the reference position
1.
Pull out the crown.
2.
Press and hold the upper right button Bfor 5 seconds or more.
The hands start to move to the current reference positions stored in memory.
3.
Check the reference position.
Correct reference positions:
• Hour, minute and second hands: 0 hour 00 minute 0 second
When the current reference position is different from the correct one, adjust
the position following the steps of Correcting the reference position.
4.
Press and release the upper right button Bto finish the
procedure.
• It returns to current time indication automatically in about 2 minutes
without pressing the button.
Correcting the reference position
1.
Push in the crown.
2.
Press and hold the upper right button Bfor 5 seconds or more.
The hands start to move to the current reference positions stored in memory.
3.
Pull out the crown after all the hands stop moving.
4.
Rotate the crown to adjust the hands.
5.
Push in the crown.
6.
Press and release the upper right button Bto finish the
procedure.
• It returns to current time indication automatically in about 2 minutes
without pressing the button.
After correcting the reference position
After correctiong the reference position, adjust the time manually or by receiving
time signals manually (on-demand reception).