To View The Time In Another City; To Toggle A City Code Time Between Standard Time And Daylight Saving Time; To Set An Alarm Time; To Test The Alarm - Casio 3406 Operation Manual

Operation Guide 3406
Signal Reception Troubleshooting
Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.
Problem Probable Cause
Cannot perform The watch is not in the
manual receive. Timekeeping Mode.
Your current Home City is not
one of the following: LIS, LON,
MAD, PAR, ROM, BER, STO,
ATH, MOW, HKG, BJS, TPE,
SEL, TYO, HNL, ANC, YVR,
LAX, YEA, DEN, MEX, CHI,
NYC, YHZ, or YYT
Auto receive is You changed the time setting
turned on, but manually.
the receiving The DST setting was changed
indicator does manually in the World Time
not appear on Mode.
the display. You pressed a button while
signal receive was in progress.
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Problem Probable Cause
Time setting is If the time is one hour off, the
incorrect DST setting may be incorrect.
following signal The Home City code setting is
reception. not correct for the area where
you are using the watch.
For further information, see "Important!" (page E-15) and "Radio-controlled Atomic
Timekeeping Precautions" (page E-69).
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All of the operations in this section are performed in the World Time Mode, which
you enter by pressing C (page E-9).

To view the time in another city

While in the World Time Mode, use D (eastward) and B (westward) to scroll through
the city codes (time zones).
Pressing D and B at the same time will jump to the UTC time zone.
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Alarms

The Alarm Mode gives you a choice of four one-time
Alarm number
alarms and one snooze alarm.
Also use the Alarm Mode to turn the Hourly Time Signal
( ) on and off.
There are five alarm screens numbered
AL3 and AL
alarm screen indicated by
Signal screen is indicated by
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C (page
Alarm time
E-9).
(Hour : Minutes)
Current time
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Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the
watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total
of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off (page E-39).
Alarm and Hourly Time Signal operations are performed in accordance with the
Timekeeping Mode time.
To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.
Performing any one of the operations below during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen (page E-59)
SNZ
Displaying the setting screen (page E-37)

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
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What you should do
Enter the Timekeeping Mode
and try again.
Select LIS, LON, MAD, PAR,
ROM, BER, STO, ATH, MOW,
HKG, BJS, TPE, SEL, TYO,
HNL, ANC, YVR, LAX, YEA,
DEN, MEX, CHI, NYC, YHZ,
or YYT as your Home City
(page E-12).
Perform manual signal receive
or wait until the next auto
signal receive operation is
performed.
What you should do
Change the DST setting to
Auto DST (page E-63).
Select the correct Home City
code (page E-12).
AL1 , AL2 ,
for the one-time alarm, and a snooze
SNZ
. The Hourly Time
.
Problem Probable Cause
Auto receive is Even if receive is successful,
turned on, but the receiving indicator will
the receiving disappear from the display each
indicator does day when the first auto receive
not appear on operation of the day is
the display. performed.
Time data (hour, minutes,
seconds) only was received
during the last receive
operation. The receiving
indicator appears only when
time data and date data (year,
month, day) are both received.

World Time

World Time shows the current time in 48 cities (31 time
City code
zones) around the world.
The times kept in the World Time Mode are
synchronized with the time being kept in the
Timekeeping Mode. If you feel that there is an error in
any World Time Mode time, check to make sure you
have the correct city selected as your Home City. Also
check to make sure that the current time as shown in
the Timekeeping Mode is correct.
Select a city code in the World Time Mode to display the
Current time in
selected city current time in any particular time zone around the
globe. See the "City Code Table" at the back of this
manual for information about the UTC differential
settings that are supported.

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

1. In the World Time Mode, use D and B to display the
DST indicator
city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight
Saving Time setting you want to change.
2. Hold down A to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(DST indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST
indicator not displayed).
The DST indicator is shown on the World Time Mode
screen while Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
Note that the Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time
setting affects only the currently displayed city code.
Other city codes are not affected.
Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time
and Daylight Saving Time while UTC is selected as the
city code.

To set an alarm time

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to scroll through the alarm
screens until the one whose time you want to set is
displayed.
D
To set a one-time alarm, display alarm screen
SNZ
To set the snooze alarm, display the
The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.
2. After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour setting of the alarm time
starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
This operation turns on the alarm automatically.
3. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
4. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change it.
With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m. or p.m. (P indicator).
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.

To turn an alarm on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select an alarm.
Snooze alarm indicator
2. Press B to toggle it on (
Alarm on indicator Turning on a alarm (
SNZ ) displays the alarm on indicator on its Alarm Mode
screen.
In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any
alarm that currently is turned on.
The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm is
sounding.
The snooze alarm indicator flashes while the snooze
alarm is sounding and during the 5-minute intervals
On/Off status
between alarms.
What you should do
Check to make sure the watch
is in a location where it can
receive the signal (page E-15).
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D D D
D
D
AL1 , AL2 , AL3 or AL .
screen.
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) and off ( ).
AL1 AL2 AL3 AL
, , , or
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