Seiko H558 User manual

SETTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEIKO H556 & H558 MOVEMENT
(by Roland Kamp, September 2003)
Notes on different time zones. This watch has three different time zones:
•Analog time.
•Digital time.
•Second digital time, also called local-time, displayed with "-L" in the right corner
of the display.
These three time (zones) work independently, the alarm and hourly chime always refer to
the digital time.
Set analog time.
•Pull crown to position 3, the secondhand stops.
•Set the hands to the correct time by turning the crown in direction X.
•Push the crown back to position (1) to start the analog part of the watch again.
Set digital time.

•Push button B until the time is on the display.
•Pull crown to position 2.
•Turn the crown in direction X to increment time; turn faster to maker bigger steps.
•Turn the crown in direction Y to decrement time, turn faster to maker bigger
steps,
•Push button B to reset the seconds, if seconds are <29 the seconds go to zero and
the minutes do not change, if the seconds are >29 the seconds go to zero and the
minutes are incremented by one.
•Push crown to position 1 when digital time is correct.
Set day and date.
•Push button B until the day and date are on the display.
•Pull crown to position 2.
•Turn the crown in direction Y to change the day.
•Turn the crown in direction X to change the date, now the month and date are
shown.
•Turn crown in direction X to set the month and date.
•Push crown to position 1 when day and date are correct.
Set local digital time.
•Push button B until the local time is on the display. (-L on display)
•Pull crown to position 2.
•Turn the crown in direction X to increment time, turn faster to maker bigger steps.
•Turn the crown in direction Y to decrement time, turn faster to maker bigger
steps.
•Push crown to position 1 when local time is correct.
Changeover between 12-Hour and 24-Hour indication.
•Push button B until the time is on the display.
•Pull crown to position 2 and after 1 second back to position 1 again. Just repeat
this action to switch over again.
Set alarm time.
•Push button B until the alarm time is on the display. (AL on display)
•Pull crown to position 2.
•Turn the crown in direction X to increment time, turn faster to maker bigger steps.
•Turn the crown in direction Y to decrement time, turn faster to maker bigger
steps.
•Push crown to position 1 when alarm time is correct.
•When the alarm time is set the alarm function turns on automatically. (See
table below)

Switch alarm and hourly chime on/off.
•Push button B until the alarm time is on the display, AL in the right corner of
display.
•Pull crown to position 2 and after 1 second push it back to position 1 again.
Repeat this
•Action until desired function is set, see table below.
Alarm Hourly chime
Off Off Off
On On Off
Blinking On On
Stopwatch.
•Push button B until the stopwatch is on the display
•Push button A to start and stop timing.
•Hold button A pressed for a second to reset the stopwatch.
•Stopwatch keeps running when changing to a different mode.
Light.
•Push button A to illuminate the digital display. Does not work in stopwatch mode.
Alarm test.
•Push buttons A and B simultaneously to sound the alarm.