Casio ABX23-8BV Manual

Module No. 2358
Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO watch. To get the most out of your purchase, be sure to carefully read this manual and keep it on hand for later reference when necessary.
Button operations are indicated using the letters shown in the illustration.
Each section of this manual provides you with the information you need to perform operations in each mode. Further details and technical information can be
found in the "REFERENCE" section.
Crown
Press C to change from mode to mode.
In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
If the digital display of your watch is continuously changing, see "Auto Display Function" for information on how to stop it.
Timekeeping Mode
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date.
In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to change the display format as shown below.
Date
Day of week Year
Month – Day
PM
indicator
The time zone that corresponds to your Home City code (see below) flashes on the
Date/Time screen's world map.
Read This Before You Set the Time and Date !
The digital times displayed in the Timekeeping Mode and World Time Mode are
linked. Because of this, make sure you select a city code for your Home City (the city
where you normally use the watch).
This watch features separate digital and analog timekeeping. Note that the digital
time and analog time are independent of each other, and must be set separately.
To set the digital time and date
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
City code
2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, press D to change it as described
below.
Setting
Press D to reset to 00.
Seconds
Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time and standard
DST
time. See "Daylight Saving Time (DST)" for details.
City Code, Hour,
Press D(+) to change the setting.
Minutes, Year,
Month, Day
See "CITY CODE TABLE" for a complete list of available codes.
Pressing D while the seconds count is in the range of 30 to 59 resets the
seconds to 00 and adds 1 to the minutes. In the range of 00 to 29, the minutes
count is unchanged.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Note
The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.
The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2039.
The watch's built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances for
different month lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no
reason to change it except after you have the watch's battery replaced.
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
While the Date/Time screen is on the display in the Timekeeping Mode, press B to
toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping for the digital time.
With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for
times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears to the left of the
hour digits for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, with 24
indicator.
The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is also
applied in all other modes.
Telememo Mode
Press C.
TIMEKEEPING
Date/Time Analog
World map Hour hand
Seconds
Hour : Minutes Second hand
second digits start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
below to select other settings.
Seconds DST City Code
Day Month Year
Do this...
GETTING ACQUAINTED
GENERAL GUIDE
World Time Mode
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Daylight Saving Time advances the time setting by one hour from Standard Time.
Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.
To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
Minute hand
To set the analog time
1. Pull the crown out.
This causes the second hand to stop.
2. Set the minute and hour hands by turning the crown.
3. Push the crown back in to restart timekeeping.
Remaining memory
Number of records stored
Hour
Minutes
Name
Telephone number
To create a new Telememo record
Text area
Number area
New Data screen
Alarm Mode
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
second digits start to flash, which indicates the setting
screen.
2. Press C to move the flashing to the DST On/Off
setting.
3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time and
standard time.
Note that you cannot switch between standard time
GMT differential
and Daylight Saving Time while
the city code.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate
that daylight saving time is turned on.
TELEMEMO
Telememo lets you store up to 30 records, each
containing name and telephone number data. Records
are automatically sorted based on the characters of the
name. You can recall records by scrolling through them
on the display.
See "CHARACTER LIST" for details on how the watch
sorts records.
The name can show only three characters at a time, so
longer text scrolls continuously from right to left.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Telememo Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
1. In the Telememo Mode, press B or D until the new
data screen appears.
The new data screen is the one that is blank (contains
no name and telephone number).
If the message
means that memory is full. To store another record,
you will first have to delete some of the records stored
in memory.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor ( ) appears in
the text area of the display, which indicates the setting
screen.
3. Use B and D to change the character at the cursor
position in the text area. The character changes in the
following sequence.
Press . Press
(space)
to
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Stopwatch Mode
is selected as
appears on the display, it
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