How to conduct manual reception (Reception by manual operation)
Place the watch.
Put the watch at a place with
a good reception environment.
→ To Improve radio signal reception P123
→ E nvironments in which it is difficult to
receive a radio signal P124
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※ T he watch cannot receive radio
waves when it is located outside
the radio wave reception range.
→ "Radio signal reception range" P118
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Wait for several minutes, leaving the watch unmoved.
※ W hile the watch is receiving radio waves, keep the watch stationary.
The watch cannot receive radio waves if it is moved during reception.
It takes time to complete the reception (17 minutes at
the longest) depending on the reception environment.
A diff erent display will appear
depending on the transmitting
station from which the watch
is receiving radio waves.
While the watch is receiving
radio waves, you will see one
of those displays shown in
the table at the right.
If the home time city is not adequately designated,
the watch cannot receive radio waves.
→ H ow to set the home time city and dst
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(Daylight saving time) P.126
※ T o cancel the reception, press any button. And then,
press the BACK button to go back to the step
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In the Menu display, select
and press
.
Menu display
To show the Menu display
→ H ow to change the modes or
displays P108
If the home time city is not adequately designated,
the watch cannot receive radio waves.
→ H ow to check the settings of the watch
(Miscellaneous information display) P110
Screenshots during reception
Transmitting
Names of the
Screenshots
stations
countries
JJY
Japan
40kHz
JJY
Japan
60kHz
DCF77
Germany
The United
MSF
Kingdom
The United
WWVB
States
.
Select
, and press
The watch starts receiving radio waves.
< When you see an Out Of Service message on the screen >
You will see this message if the designated home
time city is out of the radio wave reception range.
The watch can receive radio waves only when the home time
city is designated for a city, such as Tokyo, within a radio wave
reception range in which the radio wave reception function works.
→ R adio wave reception range Japan P119, Germany P120,
United Kingdom P121, United States P122
When you hear a bleep, check the reception result.
OK
Reception was
successful.
Bleep
※ When the watch cannot receive radio waves → P166
※ If the watch is located outside the reception range, it cannot receive radio waves.
→ Radio signal reception range P118
.
※ W hile the watch is receiving radio waves, keep the watch stationary.
T he watch cannot receive radio waves if it is moved during reception.
Screenshots during radio
wave reception are shown
on the next page.
Designated home time city
Continued on the next page
NG
Reception was
not successful.
Bleep
Beep
<To return to the time display>
BACK
Hold dow n the
BACK button
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Beep Beep
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