Timekeeping; Confi Guring Home City Settings; Confi Guring Current Time And Date Settings Manually - Casio 3258 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
Data Recall Data Recall
Alarm Mode Alarm Mode Mode Mode
Countdown Countdown
Stopwatch Mode Stopwatch Mode Timer Mode Timer 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.
Direct Timekeeping Mode Access
• To enter the Timekeeping Mode from any other mode, hold down
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
Tide/Moon Data, Data Recall, Alarm, Receive, Digital
Compass
Altimeter
Barometer/Thermometer
Setting screen (digital setting fl ashing)
• If you leave a screen with fl ashing digits on the display for two or three minutes without performing any
operation, the watch exits the setting screen automatically.
Initial Screens
When you enter the Data Recall, Alarm, World Time, or Digital Compass Mode, the data you were viewing
when you last exited the mode appears fi rst.
Scrolling
The and buttons are used on the setting screen to scroll through data on the display. In most
cases, holding down these buttons during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at high speed.
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Confi guring Home City Settings
There are two Home City settings: actually selecting the Home City and selecting either standard time or
daylight saving time (DST).
City code City code
To confi gure Home City settings
PM PM
Year Year
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
indicator indicator
Month Day Month Day
the display and then the city code starts to fl ash.
• The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not
perform any operation for about two or three minutes.
• For details about city codes, see the "City Code Table" at the back
of this manual.
2. Use (East) and
• Keep scrolling until the city code you want to select as your Home
City is displayed.
Hour : Hour : Seconds Seconds
3. Press to display the DST setting screen.
Minutes Minutes
DST indicator DST indicator
4. Use to cycle through the DST settings in the sequence shown below.
Auto DST (AUTO)
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To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
the display and then the city code starts to fl ash.
2. Press to display the DST setting screen.
3. Use to cycle through the DST settings in the sequence shown
below.
Auto DST (AUTO)
• The Auto DST (AUTO) setting will be available only when a city
DST indicator DST indicator
code that supports time calibration signal reception (page E-14)
is selected as the Home City. While Auto DST is selected the DST
setting will be changed automatically in accordance with time
calibration signal data.
4. After all of the settings are the way you want, press
setting screen.
• To return to the screen in step 1, press
• The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is
turned on.
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Operation Guide 3258
for about two seconds.
Timekeeping Mode Timekeeping Mode
Tide/Moon Data Tide/Moon Data
Mode Mode
World Time World Time
Mode Mode Receive Mode Receive Mode
for about two seconds.
Approximate Elapsed Time
3 minutes
1 hour minimum
24 hours maximum
24 hours
3 minutes
until SET Hold appears on
(West) to scroll through the available city codes.
DST off (OFF) DST on (ON)
until SET Hold appears on
DST off (OFF) DST on (ON)
to exit the
again.
• You can use buttons , , and to enter a sensor mode directly from the Timekeeping Mode or
from another sensor mode. To enter a sensor mode from the Tide/Moon Data, Data Recall, Alarm,
Stopwatch, Countdown Timer, World Time, or Receive Mode, fi rst enter the Timekeeping Mode and
then press the applicable button.
Sensor Modes Sensor Modes
Digital Compass Mode Digital Compass Mode
Thermometer Mode Thermometer Mode

Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode (HOME) to set and view the current time and date.
• Each press of in the Timekeeping Mode will change screen contents as shown below.
• If you leave the Tide Graph on the display, it will automatically return to the year screen after about 24
hours.
Year Screen
Moon phase
Day of week
indicator
Year
Barometric
pressure
graph
Seconds
PM Hour :
indicator Minutes
• The Auto DST (AUTO) setting will be available only when a city code that supports time calibration
signal reception (page E-14) is selected as the Home City. While Auto DST is selected the DST
setting will be changed automatically in accordance with time calibration signal data.
• Note that you cannot switch between standard time and daylight saving time (DST) while UTC is
selected as your Home City.
5. After all of the settings are the way you want, press
• To return to the screen in step 1, press
• 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 scientifi c standard of timekeeping.
The reference point for UTC is Greenwich, England.
• Selecting some city codes automatically makes it possible for the watch to receive the time
calibration signal for the corresponding area. See page E-14 for details.
Confi guring Current Time and Date Settings Manually
You can confi gure current time and date settings manually when the watch is unable to receive a time
calibration signal.
To change the current time and date settings manually
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
PM PM City City
the display and then the city code starts to fl ash.
indicator indicator code code Year Year
Seconds Seconds
Hour : Minutes Hour : Minutes
Month Day Month Day
Barometer/ Barometer/
Altimeter Mode Altimeter Mode
Tide Graph Screen
Tide graph
Month Day
to exit the setting screen.
again.
until SET Hold appears on
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