Configuring Home City Settings; General Functions (All Modes) - Casio 5499 Operation Manual

Selecting a Mode
• The illustration below shows which buttons you need to press to navigate between modes.
To return to the Timekeeping Mode from any other mode, hold down C for about two seconds.
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Timekeeping Mode
Thermometer Mode
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General Functions (All Modes)

The functions and operations described in this section can be used in all of the modes.
Auto Return Features
• The watch will automatically return to the Timekeeping Mode if you do not perform any button operation
for a particular amount of time in each mode.
Mode Name
Alarm
Thermometer
Setting screen (digital setting flashing)
Initial Screens
• When you enter the Timekeeping, Alarm, or World Time Mode, the data you were viewing when you last
exited the mode appears first.
Scrolling
The D and B buttons are used on the setting screen to scroll through data on the digital display. In
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most cases, holding down these buttons during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at high
speed.
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2. Holding down B again as you press C will cause the hands to return to their normal positions (normal
timekeeping).
Note
• Watch button functions are the same regardless of whether the hands are moved out of the way or at
their normal positions.
• Changing to another mode will cause the hands to move back to their normal positions.
• The hands also will move back to their normal positions automatically if no operation is performed for
about one hour.
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Configuring Home City Settings

There are two Home City settings: actually selecting the Home City and selecting either standard time or
daylight saving time (DST).
To configure Home City settings
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until ADJ appears in the
lower display.
When you release A (after ADJ appears), SET will be flashing in
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the upper display. This is the setting mode.
• The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not
perform any operation for about two or three minutes.
2. Use D (East) and B (West) to scroll through the available city codes.
City code and city name
• Keep scrolling until the city code you want to select as your Home
City is shown in the lower display.
• For details about city codes, see the "City Code Table" at the back
of this manual.
3. Press C.
DST indicator
• This will cause the DST indicator to appear in the upper display and
the DST setting of the currently selected Home City to appear in the
lower display.
4. Press D to toggle the DST setting between daylight saving time (ON)
and standard time (OFF).
• Note that you cannot switch between standard time and daylight
saving time (DST) while UTC is selected as your Home City.
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Operation Guide 5499
Dial hand
C
D
C
Approximate Elapsed Time
3 minutes
1 to 2 minutes
3 minutes
• The dial hand indicates the watch's current mode.
Stopwatch Mode
C
Alarm Mode
C
Moving the Hands Out of the Way for Better Viewing
You can use the procedure below to temporarily move the hour and minute hands out of the way to better
view what is on the display.
• This operation can be performed in any mode. In the case of a setting mode (setting flashing on the
screen), the hands will move out of the way automatically, even if you do not perform the operation
below.
1. While holding down B, press C.
• This will cause the hour and minute hands to move to a location where they do not block your view
of the digital display.
Example: When the current time is 10:08
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date.
Each press of A in the Timekeeping Mode will change digital display contents as shown below.
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Date Screen
Hour hand
Month Day
Seconds
Minute hand
Timekeeping
Mode
Second hand
Day of week
5. After all of the settings are the way you want, press A to exit the setting screen.
• The DST indicator appears to indicate that daylight saving time is turned on.
Note
• After you specify a city code, the watch will use UTC* offsets in the World Time Mode to calculate
the current time for other time zones based on the current time in your Home City.
* Coordinated Universal Time, the world-wide scientific standard of timekeeping.
The reference point for UTC is Greenwich, England.
To change the daylight saving time (summer time) setting
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until ADJ appears in the
lower display.
When you release A (after ADJ appears), SET will be flashing in
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the upper display.
2. Press C.
• This will cause the DST indicator to appear in the upper display and
the DST setting of the currently selected Home City to appear in the
lower display.
3. Press D to toggle the DST setting between daylight saving time (ON) and standard time (OFF).
4. After all of the settings are the way you want, press A to exit the setting screen.
• The DST indicator appears to indicate that daylight saving time is turned on.
Countdown Timer Mode
C
World Time Mode
Flashes while the hands
are moved out of the way.
Time Screen
PM indicator Hour : Minutes
A
Seconds
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