Citizen H41 Series User manual

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H41* 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-in-progress
indication (RX)
Reception result
indication (NO)
Reception result
indication (H/M/L)
Button
B
Date indication
Crown
Button
A
Minute hand
Hour hand
Second hand
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustration.
• The crown has two positions when pulling it out.
Checking the signal reception result
• This watch receives the time signal from the Japan station every day to adjust
time automatically.
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
H
The reception was successful in a very good condition.
M
The reception was successful in a good condition.
L
The reception was successful in a not-good condition.
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.
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.
Component identification
Crown's position
0 1 2
Adjusting the time and calendar manually
Setting the time and date
1.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
The second hand points 0 second.
2.
Rotate the crown to adjust time and date.
• When you rotate the crown quickly a few times, the hand will move
continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown in either
direction.
• The hour and minute hands move synchronously.
• Change of date indication shows it just became AM. Take care the time set
is AM or PM.
• To adjust the hour and date faster, see Adjusting the hour and date
easily.
3.
Push the crown in to position 0in accordance with a reliable
time source to finish the procedure.
Setting the year and month
1.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
The second hand indicates year and month currently set.
2.
Rotate the crown to adjust year and month.
• 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
3.
Push the crown in to position 0to finish the procedure.

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H41* Abbreviated instruction
Adjusting the hour and date easily
You can adjust the hour and date easily for overseas trips or other occasions.
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and release the upper right button B.
The hour hand moves forward-back-forward to show the hour and date
becomes adjustable.
• It returns to normal automatically in about 10 seconds without any
operation.
3.
Rotate the crown to set the hour and date.
• When you rotate the crown quickly a few times, the hour hand will move
continuously. To stop the rapid movement, rotate the crown in either
direction.
• Change of date indication shows it just became AM. Take care the time set
is AM or PM.
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.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and hold the upper right button Bfor 10 seconds or
more.
The hands and indication 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
• Date indication: midway between “31” and “1”
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 30 seconds
without pressing the button.
Correcting the reference position
1.
Push the crown in to position 0.
2.
Press and hold the upper right button Bfor 10 seconds or
more.
The hands and indication start to move to the current reference positions
stored in memory.
• Release the button as the second hand starts to move.
• Wait until all the hands and indication stop.
3.
Pull the crown out to position 1.
4.
Rotate the crown to adjust the hour hand and date 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 the date indication move synchronously.
5.
Pull the crown out to position 2.
6.
Rotate the crown to adjust the minute and second hands.
• 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 minute and second hands move synchronously.
7.
Push the crown in to position 0.
8.
Press and release the upper right button Bto finish the
procedure.
After correcting the reference position
After correctiong the reference position, adjust the time and calendar manually or
by receiving time signals manually (on-demand reception).