Using The Alarms And Hourly Time Signal; Using World Time; Using Summer Time (Dst) - Casio 2891 Operation Manual

Using the Alarms and Hourly Time Signal

You can set up to five independent daily alarms. An alarm sounds for 10 seconds when an alarm time is reached. The Hourly Time signal
causes the watch to beep every hour on the hour.
❚ To set an alarm time
1.
Mode Indicator
In the Alarm Mode, use the
C C C C (forward) and A C A A A (back) A
Alarm Number
buttons to scroll through
the alarm screens in the
sequence shown below
until the one you want is
displayed.
• When you enter the Alarm
Mode, the alarm screen that
was displayed the last time
you exited the mode appears
Alarm Time
Current Time
first.
Alarm 1 Alarm 2 Alarm 3
Hourly Time Signal Alarm 5 Alarm 4

Using World Time

World time lets you display the current time in any one of 30 cities
(29 time zones) around the world.
• When you enter the World Time Mode, the screen for the city that
was displayed when you last exited the mode appears first.
• The seconds count in the World Time Mode is linked with the
Timekeeping Mode seconds count.
• The same 12-hour/24-hour format you select for the Timekeeping
Mode time is also applied in the World Time Mode.
Important!
If the World Time Mode time is incorrect, correct the setting of the
current time in the Timekeeping Mode.
• See "To configure Home City settings" for more information.
Operation Guide 2891
Use the D D button to enter the Alarm Mode as D D D
shown under "Modes and Display Screens".
2.
Alarm Indicator
E E E button
Hold down the E E
for about two seconds
until the hour setting
starts to flash on the
display. This is the setting
Hour
screen.
• This also causes the alarm
indicator to appear, and turns
on the alarm automatically.
(2 seconds)
3.
Use the C C C (+) and A C C A A A (–) A
buttons to change the
hour setting.
• Holding down either button
scrolls the setting at high
speed.
• When setting the hour, make sure you specify AM (no
indicator) or PM (P) correctly when using 12-hour
timekeeping, or that you specify the correct 24-hour time.
• The same 12-hour/24-hour format you select for the
Timekeeping Mode time is also applied in the Alarm Mode.
Use the D D D D D button to enter the World Time Mode as shown
under "Modes and Display Screens".
❚ To search for a city code
In the World Time Mode, use the C C C C C (Eastward) and A A A A A
(Westward) buttons to scroll through city codes.
• Holding down either button scrolls at high speed.
City Code
(Westward)
World Time
(Eastward)
(Westward)
(Eastward)
4.
D D button to D
Press the D D
move the flashing to the
minute digits.
• As with the hour setting, use
the C (+) and A (–) buttons
to change the minute setting.
Minutes
5.
When the setting is the way you want, press the E E E E E
button to exit the setting screen and return to the timer
mode screen.
• This exits the setting screen.
• The display also will exit the setting screen automatically if
you do not perform any operation for about two or three
minutes.

Using Summer Time (DST)

Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time (DST) as is it is called in
some countries, calls for setting clocks ahead one hour during the
summer season. Note that the use of summer time depends on
the country and even the local area.
❚ To turn summer time on or off
1.
C C (Eastward) and A C
In the World Time Mode, use the C C
(Westward) buttons to select the city whose summer
time setting you want to change.
2.
DST indicator
E E
Hold down the E E button E
for about two seconds to
toggle summer time on
and off.
• The "DST" indicator appears
on the display and
timekeeping is advanced by
one hour when summer time
is turned on.
(2 seconds)
• You can turn summer time
on or off independently for
each World Time Mode city.
Note, however, that you
cannot change the summer
time setting for the "GMT"
(Greenwich Mean Time)
zone.
• If you turn on summer time for the city that you are using for
your Home Time city, summer time is also turned on in the
Timekeeping Mode.
❚ To turn an alarm or the hourly time
(–)
signal on or off
1.
In the Alarm Mode, use the C C C C and A C A buttons to select A A A
the setting you want to turn on or off.
(+)
2.
Press the B B B B B button to toggle the displayed setting on
and off.
• Turning on an alarm or the Hourly Time Signal causes its
indicator to appear on the display.
Hourly Time Signal
Alarm Indicator
Indicator
Alarm 2 Screen
Hourly Time Signal Screen
❚ To stop the alarm beeper
Pressing any button while the beeper is sounding stops it.
❚ To test the alert operation
In the Alarm Mode, hold down the C button to sound the alarm.
World Time City Code List
GMT GMT
City City
Differ- Differ-
City Name
Code Code
ential ential
– – – JRS
–11 +2
HNL –10 Honolulu JED +3
ANC –9 Anchorage THR +3.5
A A A
A
LAX –8 Los Angeles DXB +4
DEN –7 Denver KBL +4.5
CHI –6 Chicago KHI +5
NYC –5 New York DEL +5.5
CCS Caracas DAC
–4 +6
RIO –3 Rio de Janeiro RGN +6.5
– – – –2 BKK +7
– – – –1 HKG +8
GMT +0 Greenwich Mean Time SEL +9
LON +0 London TYO +9
PAR +1 Paris ADL +9.5
BER Berlin SYD
+1 +10
ATH +2 Athens NOU +11
CAI +2 Cairo WLG +12
• The contents of the above table are current as of June 2004.
• Time differentials in the above table are in accordance with
Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).
City Name
Jerusalem
Jeddah
Teheran
Dubai
Kabul
Karachi
Delhi
Dakar
Yangon
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Seoul
Tokyo
Adelaide
Sydney
Noumea
Wellington
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