Seiko 4F series Use and care manual

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BATTERY REPLACEMENT MANUAL
FOR CAL. 4F(LADIES’)/8F(GENT’S) SERIES WATCHES
●NOTE: When replacing the battery for Cal. 4F and Cal. 8F Series watches, please be sure to use
CR1612 and CR2412 batteries having a seal-type insulator attached to them, respectively.
●BATTERY REPLACEMENT WORK FLOW
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1REMOVE THE OLD BATTERY.
●Tools to use:
Tool for removing battery
1. Open the case back and remove the casing ring.
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[ Cal. 8F Series ] [ Cal. 4F Series ]
* Some models of Cal. 4F Series watches have an antimagnetic ring. Remove it first. Then follow
the steps below.
2. Insert the tip of the tool between the insulator and the movement.
* Be sure to insert from the specified position.
Battery
Insulator
Move-
ment
1REMOVE
THE OLD
BATTERY
2INSTALL
A NEW
BATTERY
3REACTIVATE
THE BUILT-
IN IC
5INPUT
DATA
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●Tools to use in the replacement work
Tool for removing battery/inputting data Battery installer
[ For Cal. 4F Series ]
[ For Cal. 8F Series ]
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CHECK
CALENDAR
DATA –
CORRECT?
7END OF
REPLACE-
MENT WORK
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CHECK
CALENDAR
DATA –
RETAINED?
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NO (Erased)
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NO
(Incorrect)
YES
(Correct)
YES
(Retained)
For the watch with a battery with a seal-type insulator:
[ Cal. 8F Series ] [ Cal. 4F Series ]
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Insert
here. Movement
Battery with
insulator
2
3. Move the tool from side to side.
* Do not pry the
battery up. This
will damage the
movement.
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For the watch with a red plastic insulator:
Insert under
the insulator
here.
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Insert under the
insulator here.
Insert
here.

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2INSTALL A NEW BATTERY.
●Tool to use:
1. Remove the casing ring and red insulator (if the watch has one).
* Be sure to use a battery with a seal-type
insulator attached to it.
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3. Put the edge of the battery under the installer.
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デンチハズシ
Crown
Arrow mark
4. Press down the battery
until it clicks fixed.
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デンチハズシ
5. Remove the installer, and set the casing ring.
* Set the notched portion to the crown side.
[ Cal. 8F Series ] [ Cal. 4F Series ]
Crown
side
12 o’clock
side
Crown
side
12 o’clock
side
Notched
portion
Notched
portion
2. Set the battery installer into the case
3REACTIVATE THE BUILT-IN IC.
●Tool to use:
Tool for resetting the IC
●Short-circuit the AC terminal and the battery using the tool.
For Cal. 8F Series watches:
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AC terminal
Contact the AC
terminal and the
side face of the
battery securely.
For Cal. 4F Series watches:
Contact the AC
terminal and the
hooking portion of
the battery clamp
securely.
AC terminal
4CHECK CALENDAR DATA – RETAINED?
1. Pull out the crown to the first click, and push it back immediately.
* Lightly press down the movement with a finger to hold it in position.
2
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➟
[ CASING RING ]
* Line up the arrow
mark precisely with
the crown.
Battery installer
[ For Cal. 4F Series ]
[ For Cal. 8F Series ]
Notched
portion

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One-second
interval
movement
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The data is
retained securely.
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Go to
5-second
interval
movement
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The data has
been erased.
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Go to
5INPUT DATA.
●Tool to use:
Tool for inputting data
1. Pull out the crown to the second click.
2. To input data, contact each terminal and the side face of the battery repeatedly
with the tool until the desired data is shown in the calendar frame.
Position of terminal for inputting
calendar data: Cal. 8F Series
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Position of terminal for inputting
calendar data: Cal. 4F Series
“Y”
Year
“M”
Month “AC”
“Y”
Year
“M”
Month
“AC”
“D”
Date
“Ø”“D”
Date “Ø”
●Input data in the following order.
AResetting the date dial position
1
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3. Push the crown back in to the
normal position.
5INPUT
DATA
2. Check the movement of the second hand.
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CHECK
CALENDAR
DATA –
CORRECT?
[ 5-second interval movement ]
BYear setting
Year
group
Year
numeral
1
1997
2001
2005
• • •
2
1998
2002
2006
• • •
3
1999
2003
2007
• • •
4
2000
2004
2008
• • •
* See the table below for the year numerals.
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2
CMonth setting
7
DDate setting
12
Ex.) To input “July 12, 2001”:
Contact “Y” and the
battery to show the year
numeral representing the
current year.
* After “4”, the year
numeral returns to “1”.
Contact “Ø” and the
battery to show “1”.
Contact “M” and the
battery to show the numeral
for the current month.
* January is represented by
“1”, February “2”, and so on.
* After “12”, the month
numeral returns to “1”.
Contact “D” and the
battery to show the
current date.

6CHECK CALENDAR DATA –CORRECT?
1. Pull out the crown to the first click, and push it back immediately.
* Lightly press down the movement with a finger to hold it in position.
2➟
➟
●The calendar data will be shown in the calendar frame in the order of year,
month and date.
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Go to
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Go back to
If all the
calendar data is
correct:
If any incorrect
data is shown: to correct the data.
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REPLACE-
MENT WORK
5INPUT
DATA
[ Year ]
12
(“12” for the date)
(“7” for July)
7
[ Month ] [ Date ]
The year numeral for “2001” is “1”,
whichmeansthesecondhandmoves
1 time (a distance of 5 seconds).
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7END OF REPLACEMENT WORK
1. Close the case back.
2. Set the current time, checking that AM/PM is properly set.
* The date advances and moves back in correspondence with the movement of the hour hand.
Ex.) “July 12, 2001”
* For some models of Cal. 4F Series
watches, set the antimagnetic ring first
before closing the case back.
Set the “ ” mark
to the crown side.