Hillal Hillal watch User manual

IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MERCIFUL, THE
COMPASSIONATE
This is an analog-digital watch for Muslims. It combines the
features of an analog watch with those of a digital watch. The
analog and digital movements are independent and have
separate batteries.
ANALOG MOVEMENT
Minute hand Hour hand Second hand Crown
Left button Digital display Right button
DIGITAL MOVEMENT
FEATURES
1. Analog watch: three hands (hour, minute, seconds),
luminescent at night.
2. Bilingual digital display: Arabic and English in same watch,
including numbers; electro-luminescent display (ELD)
backlight for night-time visibility.
3. Prayer times, Qibla, Hijra and western (Gregorian) dates in
over 1000 cities around the world. Can also be programmed
for any other location in the world.
4. Prayer times: Fajr/Shorooq, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha
anywhere in the world; adjustable Shafie/Hanafi Asr time.
5. Qibla anywhere in the world, relative to the sun, moon, or
north.
6. Three alarm times:
- a prayer alarm adjustable to 0-30 minutes before each
prayer time;
- a daily alarm for recurring appointments;
- an alarm for one-time appointments.
7. Stainless steel case and band.
8. Water resistance to 30 meters.
9. One-year warranty.
THE TWO MODES OF OPERATION
The watch can operate in two modes: Normal Mode and Dialog
Mode.
The watch will be in Normal Mode most of the time. When it is in
this mode it simply displays information on its digital display,
information such as the time of day, Hijra or western dates, the
day of the week, and alarm indicators. If you haven’t pressed a
button in the last 8 seconds, the watch will automatically switch to
Normal Mode, whatever it was doing previously.
If you want to do anything else with the watch – such as changing
its settings or finding the Qibla – you have to put the watch in
Dialog Mode.
To switch from one mode to the other you simply press both
buttons simultaneously, and then release them. This diagram
explains how to switch between modes:
Press both buttons
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯→
←⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
NORMAL
MODE
Press both buttons OR don’t
press a button for 8 seconds
DIALOG
MODE
DIALOG MODE
As already explained, you must press both buttons
simultaneously to put the watch in Dialog
Mode.
The watch will then offer alternatives to you, one by one, on the
digital display. In this example, the watch
is offering to display today’s prayer times.
In effect, it is asking the question, “Do you want to see the prayer
times for today?” Each alternative will remain on the display until
you press a button. You have up to 8 seconds to press a button;
otherwise the watch will revert to Normal Mode.
- You should press the left button if you do not want the
alternative that is currently showing
on the digital display. Pressing the left
button is like telling the watch, “No! I don’t want this
alternative. Show me the next alternative.” After you have
released the left button, the watch will then present the next
alternative. If you keep pressing the left button for more than
two seconds, the watch will begin to offer alternatives one
after another, at a rate of one alternative per second, until
you release the button.
- Press the right button if you do want the alternative that is
currently being displayed. Pressing
the right button means, “Yes. I want
this alternative”.
This is all you need to remember in order to operate the watch in
Dialog Mode.
(We will explain how to control the watch in Normal Mode after
we have explained how to get started.)
GETTING STARTED
When you first receive the watch you should perform these
checks/operations :-
1. Pull out the crown (if it isn’t already out) and set the hour and
minute hands to the correct time of day. Then push the
crown back in. (If the second hand does not then start to
move, or moves slowly, it means that the analog battery is
dead. A professional watch repairer should replace it with a
new 1.5 volt silver oxide battery, # SR521SW. The new
battery should last about two years.)
2. The factory may have deliberately turned off the digital
display in order to conserve the digital battery. If so, you can
turn on the display by pressing either of the buttons. (If the
display remains blank, it means that the digital battery is
dead and should be replaced by a new 3 volt lithium battery,
# CR2016. A professional watch repairer should do this. The
battery will last 18 to 24 months.)
3. This watch can communicate in either Arabic or English. If it
is in Arabic mode when you first receive it, you can switch it
to English by following these steps:
Put the watch in Dialog Mode (by pressing both buttons),
then press the left button repeatedly (or keep holding it
down) until the question “ENGLISH?” appears.
When you do this, you should see the
following sequence of displays …
When the question “ENGLISH?” appears, press the right
button.
(Of course, you should not do this if the watch is already
displaying in English.)
4. Now tell the watch where you live by putting the watch in
Dialog Mode and then selecting CITY.
In other words, press both buttons, then press the left button
three times (to say “No” the first three questions:
PRAYERS?, QIBLA?, ALARMS?) …
… then press the right button to say
“Yes” to the fourth question, “CITY?”.
Select your region or continent (e.g.
EUROPE), in the same way as you
selected CITY.
Select your country (e.g. UNITED
KINGDOM).
Select your town or city (e.g.
LONDON).
Some countries adopt Daylight Saving Time in the summer.
If you live in one of these countries, the watch will now offer
these alternatives: first STANDARD TIME, then DAYLIGHT
SAVE. In the winter you should select
STANDARD TIME …
… but in the summer you should
select DAYLIGHT SAVE.
If you don’t live in a country that has

adopted Daylight Saving Time you will not be offered the
choice of STANDARD TIME or DAYLIGHT SAVE.
After you have set the CITY the watch will display “PLEASE
WAIT” while it performs some calculations. Then it will revert
to Normal Mode.
5. Set the time of day, by putting the watch in Dialog Mode and
selecting TIME. Then select SET TIME (this is the first
alternative, so you don’t need to press the left button at all).
The hour should now be flashing.
Use the left button to adjust the hour -
- until the current hour is showing;
then press the right button. (You can
adjust the hour more quickly by pressing the left button
continuously, i.e. not releasing it.)
The minute should now be flashing. Set the minute, in the
same way as you set the hour.
The AM/PM indicator should now be flashing. Use the left
button to change the indicator if necessary (from AM to PM
or from PM to AM), then press the right button.
After the TIME has been set, the watch will return to Normal
Mode.
6. Next, set the western (Gregorian) date, as follows:
Press both buttons., then select DATE, then select SET
DATE (this is the first alternative).
The date should now be displayed, with the day flashing.
Set the day, month and year, in that order – in the same way
as you set the time of day.
NORMAL MODE
After the setup procedure has been completed, the watch will
take a few seconds to calculate the prayer times. Then it will
assume its Normal Mode of operation, at first displaying the time
of day on the digital display.
The buttons behave slightly differently in the Normal Mode from
the way they do in Dialog Mode:
- Pressing the left button still means, “I don’t want the
information now showing on the digital display. Show me
something else”.
- However, pressing the right button simply turns on the light. It
doesn’t cause the displayed information to change. The light
will stay on for three seconds. If you put the watch in Dialog
Mode (by pressing both buttons) while the light is on, the light
will stay on for as long as you are in Dialog Mode.
When the watch is in Normal Mode, the information displayed on
the digital display, will change each time you press the left button.
That information will stay on the display until you press the left
button again.
Time of day.
Next prayer time.
Hijra date (Note 1).
Western date (Note 1).
Day of week / alarm
indicators (Note 2).
Note 1: Two formats, alternating every 3 seconds.
Note 2 :Each of the three types of alarm has a symbol:
Daily Alarm
One-time Alarm
Prayer Alarm
HOW TO DISPLAY PRAYER TIMES
The times of all of today’s five prayers, and also of Shorooq, can
be displayed by first putting the watch in Dialog Mode, then
selecting PRAYERS.
HOW TO DISPLAY THE QIBLA
The Qibla can be indicated relative to the sun, to the moon or to
true north. This section explains the procedure in the case of the
sun; the other cases are similar.
After putting the watch in Dialog Mode, you should select QIBLA,
then BY THE SUN. After you have done this, the watch will
display “PLEASE WAIT” for a few seconds while performing
some calculations.
Then this display will appear for about
seven seconds. It shows two things: (a)
an arrow (here, the arrow is pointing towards 3 o’clock), and (b) a
number of minutes past the hour (in this case, 17 minutes). You
can use either of these two things to find the Qibla, but the arrow
is less accurate than the number of minutes. There is a margin of
error of up to 22 degrees if the arrow is used; if the number of
minutes is used, the margin of error is only 3 degrees.
Whichever method you want to use (arrow or number of minutes),
you should first stand up, with the watch held horizontally in front
of your chest, so that 12 o’clock is pointing horizontally straight
ahead of you. Then you should then turn yourself around a
certain amount. This amount depends on the method you are
using (see below). As you turn, don’t change the position of the
watch relative to yourself. Keep the watch in front of your chest,
and make sure that 12 o’clock continues to point straight ahead of
your chest as you rotate yourself.
- if you wish to use the arrow, you should turn your body, until
this arrow points horizontally towards the sun. In our
example, the sun should then be at 3 o’clock.
- If you wish to use the number of minutes, you should first
visualize an imaginary minute hand pointing to (in our
example) 17 minutes past the hour. Then you should turn
your body until this imaginary minute hand points horizontally
towards the sun.
Seven seconds later, this display will
appear, indicating the direction of Makkah.
If you have orientated yourself and the watch correctly, the Qibla
will always be at 12 o’clock.
If you are very close to Makkah, or if the sun is directly overhead,
the watch cannot compute the direction of Makkah accurately. In
this case it will display the message “TOO NEAR”.
HOW TO USE THE ALARMS
PRAYER ALARM
The watch can sound a warning before each prayer. You can
arrange this by (1) putting the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) selecting
ALARMS, and (3) selecting PRAYER
ALARM.
This display will then appear, with the
number of minutes flashing. Use the left button to adjust the
warning time between 0 and 30 minutes before prayer time, then
press the right button.
Next, you will see that a symbol is flashing
on the right side of the screen. If you press
the left button a few times you will see that this symbol is either
or You should select if you wish to arm the Prayer
Alarm (turn it on). Selecting turns the Prayer Alarm off (makes
it silent).
If the Prayer Alarm is armed, then this symbol will appear when
the watch is displaying the Day of the
Week in Normal Mode, like this:
DAILY ALARM
You can set an alarm to go off at the same time every day; for
example, when you must leave for work. You do this by (1)
putting the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) selecting ALARMS, and (3)
selecting DAILY ALARM.
This display will then appear, with the hour
flashing. Set the time at which the Daily
Alarm is to sound, just as you set the time of day when you set up
the watch initially.
After you have chosen AM or PM, the watch will not immediately
return to Normal Mode, as it did when you
set the time of day. Instead, you will see
that a symbol is flashing on the right side
of the screen. If you press the left button a few times you will see
that this symbol is either or You should select if you
wish to arm the Daily Alarm (turn it on). Selecting turns the
Daily Alarm off (makes it silent).
If the Daily Alarm is armed, then this symbol will appear when
the watch is displaying the Day of the
Week in Normal Mode, like this:
ONE-TIME ALARM
You can set an alarm to go off at a particular time; for example, to
remind you of a special appointment. The alarm will go off at the
specified time, and then will reset itself automatically so that it
does not sound again the next day.
The procedure is the same as the one for setting the Daily Alarm.
The only difference is that If the One-Time Alarm is armed, then
this symbol will appear when the watch is displaying the Day
of the Week in Normal Mode, as in this
example which shows that all three alarms
are armed.
HOW TO STOP THE SOUND OF AN ALARM
Each of the three alarms sounds for 10 seconds. Pressing the
right button will cancel the sound immediately. Pressing the left
button will turn on the light.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST)
Many countries, such as those in Europe, North America, Asia
and Australia, adopt DST in the summer. If you live in one of
these countries you must be careful to make the correct choice
between STANDARD TIME and DAYLIGHT SAVE when you are
setting the CITY. If you don’t, the watch’s prayer times will be
incorrect by one hour. However, if you do make this mistake it is
easily corrected by resetting the CITY (correctly this time), then
the TIME.
Countries on DST put their clocks forward one hour in the spring
(usually March or April). On the day this happens you should (1)
put the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) select TIME, then (3) select + 1
HOUR. In the fall or autumn when the clocks are put back one
hour, you should (1) put the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) select
TIME, then (3) select - 1 HOUR.
HOW TO SET YOUR LOCATION
The watch is preprogrammed for over 1000 cities around the
world, so it is very likely that you live in or near one of them.
However, even if you live in some other location you can still use
the watch, but you must tell the watch precisely where you are
located and give it information about your time zone and DST.
First, you should assemble this necessary information from the
Internet, atlases, encyclopedias, maps, etc.
- Your time zone, i.e. the difference between Greenwich
Standard Time and your local time, in hours. For example,
the time zone of New York City is 5.00 hours.
- Does your country use Daylight Saving Time in the summer?
If so, find out whether it is currently on Standard Time or
Daylight Saving Time.
- Latitude in degrees and minutes (north or south).
- Longitude in degrees and minutes (east or west).
Then you should: (1) put the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) select
SETTINGS, (3) select LOCATION, (4) adjust and register the
latitude (degrees, minutes, and NORTH/SOUTH), (5) adjust and
register the longitude (degrees, minutes, and EAST/WEST), (6)
adjust and register the time zone (in hours and half-hours), and
finally (7) select STANDARD TIME or DAYLIGHT SAVE. Note
that if your country does not use DST your should select
STANDARD TIME in step (7).
PRAYER TIMES
There is some variation throughout the world in the way prayer
times are calculated, especially the times of Fajr, Asr and Isha.
These different calculation methods have been incorporated in
the watch, as explained by the following table.
The watch will automatically select the appropriate local method
when the CITY is chosen. However, you can choose a different
calculation method, if you wish: (1) put the watch in Dialog Mode,
(2) select SETTINGS, (3) select CALC METHOD; (4) Select one
of the following :
-ISLAMIC LEAG (World Islamic League) for Europe, Far
East, and parts of U.S.A.
-UM UL-QURA (Um Ul-Qura University, Makkah) for Saudi
Arabia.
-UNIV ISLAM SCI (University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi)
for Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, and Afghanistan.
-E G O S (Egyptian General Organization of Surveying) for
Africa, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Indonesia,
and parts of USA.
-I S N A (Islamic Society of North America) for most of USA
and Canada.
-I C C LONDON (Islamic Cultural Centre, Regent’s Park,
London) for London and several other cities in the UK.
-TURKEY for the Republic of Turkey.
-OMAN for the Sultanate of Oman.
-YEMEN for the Republic of Yemen.
In addition, you can separately control the way the Asr prayer
time is calculated. The University of Islamic Sciences (Jamia-tul-
Uloom-il-Islamiyyah), Karachi, calculates the Asr prayer time
according to the Hanafi tradition, but all of the other methods
follow the Shafie tradition. In order to over-ride this you should
(1) put the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) select SETTINGS, (3) select
HANAFI or SHAFIE, as appropriate.
THE QIBLA
As already noted, the watch can display the Qibla relative to the
sun, to the moon, or to true north. If you choose the last of these
(BY THE NORTH) and use a magnetic compass to find true
north, you should be aware that compasses do not actually point
directly towards true north because they are influenced by nearby
metal objects (e.g. telephones), mountains, and local mineral
deposits. It is better, therefore, not to use a magnetic compass to
find true north, but to find the direction of true north from local
maps or by referencing the North Pole Star.
When displaying the Qibla in Jeddah, the watch assumes that
you are in Al Bilad, the old part of that city.
HIJRA DATE
The watch calculates the Hijra date from the western (Gregorian)
date. Occasionally, the Hijra date displayed by the watch may
differ by one day from the official Hijra date. In this case, you can
correct the Hijra date: 1) put the watch in Dialog Mode, (2) select
DATE, (3) select either +1 HIJRA DAY or – 1 HIJRA DAY,
appropriate.
ADJUSTING THE CONTRAST
The contrast level of the digital display can be adjusted between
level 5 and level 15, as follows: 1) put the watch in Dialog Mode,
(2) select SETTINGS, (3) select ADJ CONTRAST, (4) use the left
button to change the contrast level, (5) press the right button to
select the contrast level you prefer. The contrast is set initially to
level 8 by the factory.
PRECAUTIONS
The watch may be damaged by high temperatures over 60C. Low
temperatures will not permanently damage the watch but they
may make it lose time.
The watch may be safely worn in a bath or shower, or when
swimming. Do not use it when deep-sea diving, however.
WARRANTY
The watch has a limited one-year warranty against faults in
materials or manufacture. If it malfunctions within one year of the
date of purchase, it will be repaired free of charge. To receive
service the watch must be presented, together proof of the date
of purchase, to the Hillal Watch distributor from whom you
purchased the watch. Your claim will not be allowed if the fault
was caused by improper use or treatment. Specifically, it will not
be allowed if the fault was caused by dropping the watch onto a
hard surface, or if the watch was opened by someone who is not
a professional watch repairer. This warranty does not extend to
the case, band, crystal or battery.
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