Alarms/Stopwatch - Casio 5257 Operation Manual

Operation Guide 5257
Auto-repeat
When auto-repeat is turned on, the countdown automatically restarts from the
countdown start time when it reaches zero. If left running, the countdown is repeated
a total of eight times, after which it stops automatically.
When auto-repeat is turned off, the countdown stops when it reaches zero and the
display shows the original countdown start time.
• Pressing D while an auto-repeat countdown is in progress pauses the current
countdown. You can resume the auto-repeat countdown by pressing D, or you can
press A to reset to the countdown time starting value.
Countdown Timer Beeper Operations
The watch beeps at various times during a countdown so you can keep informed
about the countdown status without looking at the display. The following describes the
types of beeper operations the watch performs during a countdown.
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To configure the countdown timer
1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the
Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the current
countdown start time starts to flash, which indicates the
setting screen.
• If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the
procedure under "To use the countdown timer" (page
E-24) to display it.
2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
Start Time
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use
B and D to change it as described below.
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To use the countdown timer
Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the
countdown timer.
• The countdown timer operation continues even if you
exit the Countdown Timer Mode.
• Press D while a countdown operation is in progress to
pause it. Press D again to resume the countdown.
• To completely stop a countdown operation, first pause it
(by pressing D), and then press A. This returns the
countdown time to its starting value.
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To measure times with the stopwatch
Elapsed Time
Start Stop Re-start
Split Time
Start Split Split release
(SPL indicator
Two Finishes displayed)
Start Split Stop
First runner Second runner
finishes. finishes.
Display time of
first runner.
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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.
• To set a one-time alarm, display one of the screens indicated by an alarm number
AL1 AL4
from through . To set the snooze alarm, display the screen indicated
SNZ
by .
• 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 automatically turns on the alarm.
3. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
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Auto-repeat
Progress Beeper
Stop Clear
Stop Clear
Split release Clear
Display time of
second runner.
Countdown End Beeper
The countdown end beeper lets you know when the countdown reaches zero.
• When the progress beeper is turned off, the countdown end beeper sounds for
about 10 seconds, or until you press any button to stop it.
• When the progress beeper is turned on, the countdown end beeper sounds for
about one second.
Progress Beeper
When the progress beeper is turned on, the watch uses beeps to signal countdown
progress as described below.
• Starting from five minutes before the end of the countdown, the watch emits four
short beeps at the top of each countdown minute.
• 30 seconds before the end of the countdown, the watch emits four short beeps.
• The watch emits a short beep for each of the last 10 seconds of the countdown.
• If the countdown start time is six minutes or greater, the watch emits a short beep for
each second of the final 10 seconds before the five-minute point is reached. Four
short beeps are emitted to signal when the five-minute point is reached.
Setting Screen
Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting.
Start Time
• You can set a start time in the range of 1 to 60 minutes in
1-minute increments.
Press D to toggle auto-repeat on (
Auto-repeat
( displayed).
Press D to toggle the progress beeper on (
Progress Beeper
( OF ).
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• You can also perform steps 1 and 2 of the above procedure whenever you need to
view the current auto-repeat and progress beeper settings.
Stopwatch
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
1/100 second Seconds
and two finishes.
• The display range of the stopwatch is 59 minutes,
59.99 seconds.
• The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero
after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
• The stopwatch measurement operation continues even
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
• Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen
on the display clears the split time and returns to
elapsed time measurement.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
SPL indicator Minutes
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C (page
E-7).
Alarms
You can set five independent Daily Alarms. When an
Alarm time
alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm
(Hour : Minutes)
time is reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm,
Alarm number
while the other four are one-time alarms.
You can turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the
watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
• There are six screens in the Alarm Mode. Four are for
one-time alarms (indicated by numbers from
AL1
through
(indicated by
Signal (indicated by
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C (page
On/Off status E-7).
4. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change it.
• When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
correctly as a.m. (no indicator) or p.m. (PM indicator).
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Alarm Operation
The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 20 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, or until you turn the alarm off (page E-30).
• Alarm and Hourly Time Signal operations are performed in accordance with the
Timekeeping Mode digital time.
• To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.
• Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen (page E-11)
Displaying the SNZ setting screen (page E-28)
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
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Button Operation
displayed) and off
ON
) and off
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AL4
), one is for a snooze alarm
SNZ ), and one is for the Hourly Time
SIG
).
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