Time Zone Adjustment - Seiko Astron 8X53 Handy Manual

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Time Zone Adjustment

Time zone adjustment
The time zone where you are is localized to adjust
just one button operation
 DST (Daylight Saving Time) can be set manually.
How to adjust the time zone
Go to a place where Continue to press Button A (6 seconds),
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GPS signals can be and then release it when the second hand
easily received moves to the 30-second position.
Move to the outdoors  Although the second hand moves to the
0-second position 3 seconds after pressing
under an open sky
Button A, continue to press it.
with good visibility.
When the second hand has reached
the 30-second position, reception is
started.
The indicator hand points to "4+. "
 While the indicator hand points to "low" or
reception is not started even with operation
for reception.
When the hand points to "low, " charge the
watch by exposing it to light.
Check whether the watch is able/unable to
receive GPS signals
When the hand points to
flight mode (
Precautions on time zone adjustment
If the time zone is adjusted near a time zone boundary, the
In some areas the boundaries observed by the watch may not
This does not indicate a malfunction. In this case, set the
When the time zone is adjusted while traveling on land, avoid
representative cities in the time zone whenever possible. In
make sure to check the time zone setting, and manually set the
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the watch to the precise current time by
 anywhere in the world.
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 Please note that it may be difficult to receive
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acquisition status)
The second hand indicates ease of
Press for
6 seconds receiving (= number of GPS satellites
from which GPS signals are received).
 The larger
,
 Even when the hand points to 4
 To cancel the
, reset the in-
).
time of the adjacent time zone may be displayed.
exactly correlate to the actual time zone markers on the land.
time zone in the manual time zone setting mode.
time zone boundaries to carry out time zone adjustment in the
addition, when the watch is used near time zone boundaries,
time zone as necessary.
Direct the watch face upward and
wait
GPS signals while you are in motion.
It takes a maximum
of 2 minutes to
complete reception.
 It depends on the
receiving conditions.
Display during reception (= satellites
>
the number
0 units
of acquired
satellites there
2 units
are, the easier
it is to receive
3 units
GPS signals.
May receive
Second hand
4 units
position
25-second
・ ・
5 units
・
Number of
6 units
satellites
5 units
units or more, reception may not be
allowed.
reception, press
Press
Button B.
When the second hand
4
points to "Y" or "N, "
reception is completed.
The reception result is
displayed for 5 seconds.
Then, the hour and minute
hands move, and the time
and date are adjusted. (The
time zone is also adjusted
to the local time zone.)
Reception
Y: Successful N: Failed
result
display
Display
Check that the reception
is successful after the
watch returns to the
time display mode.
 During movement of the
date, the buttons cannot be
operated.
 Manually set Daylight Saving
Time (DST).
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