How To Conduct Manual Reception (Receiving A Radio Signal Manually); When The Watch Is Unable To Receive Radio Signals; How To Manually Set The Time - Seiko 3B51 Instructions Manual

HOW TO CONDUCT MANUAL RECEPTION (Receiving a Radio Signal Manually)
Put the watch down.
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Place the watch where it can
easily receive radio signals.
The antenna is embedded at the
8 o clock position of the watch.
Turning the antenna toward
the outside of a window helps
improve radio signal reception.
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→ To Improve Radio Signal Reception page 93
→ Environments in which it is Diffi cult to Receive a Radio Signal page 94
※ T his watch is unable to receive radio signals outside a reception
range. → Radio Signal Reception Range Indication page 92
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WHEN THE WATCH IS UNABLE TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNALS
When the watch is unable to receive radio signals, refer to the following pages for remedies.
・When the watch cannot receive radio signals within the signal reception range. → AT TROUBLE Reception of a radio signal page 136
If the above remedies do not solve the problem, set the time referring to the How to
Manually Set the Time section below.
※ For the signal reception range, refer to Radio Signal Reception Range Indication page 92.
・To use the watch overseas → Time Zone Adjustment Function (To use the watch overseas) page 102.
■ How to Manually Set the Time
When the watch is used continuously in conditions in which the
watch cannot receive a radio signal, set the time manually.
→ Radio Signal Reception Range Indication page 92
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・ To use the watch in a signal receivable condition again, conduct automatic signal reception to set the time.
→ Automatic Reception and Manual Reception page 91
※ W hen the watch is unable to receive a radio signal, it can move depending on normal quartz
movement (loss / gain: ±15 seconds per month on average).
※ W hen the watch receives a radio signal after manual adjustment of the time, it displays the received time.
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Keep pressing down the Button until the second hand
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moves to the 0-second position (for 4 seconds).
A fter the second hand moves to the 0-second position
and stops, the watch will start to receive radio signals.
Keep
pressing down
※ T o p r e s s t h e
the Button for
B u t t o n , u s e a n
4 Seconds.
object with a long
tapered tip.
page 86
※ I f the time zone is set to a region other than Tokyo (Japan),
the second hand does not move to the 0-second position.
(The manual reception function will not work.)
C heck the time zone setting. → HOW TO SET THE TIME ZONE page 104
3 Leave the watch untouched for several minutes.
(For twelve minutes at the longest)
W hen the second hand starts moving in one-
second intervals, the reception is completed.
Reception takes some time. (12 minutes at the longest)
※ It depends on the radio signal conditions.
<Display before completing the reception>
The second hand indicates the reception level. (Updated every minute)
Receiving Level High：H Low：L
Display
Radio signal condition Easy to receive Hard to receive
※ In conjunction with the second hand movement, the minute hand advances by one minute.
1 Pull out the crown and
push it back immediately.
The second hand will stop moving.
Pull the
crown out
and push
it back.
※ I f your watch has
a screw lock type
crown, unlock it.
→ page 87
※ W h e n t h e h a n d s r e m a i n s t i l l f o r
l o n g e r t ha n 10 s e c o n ds , t h e wa t c h
a u t o m a t i c a l l y r e t u r n s t o t h e T I M E
display mode. If this happens, perform
the procedure from the beginning again.
When the second hand starts moving in
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one-second intervals, check if the signal
reception was successfully conducted.
Upon completion of the signal reception,
check if the reception was successful.
→ How to Check the Reception Status page 96
<If the reception has failed>
The second hand indicates the reception result by pointing to N.
Reception result：N
After fi ve seconds, the watch returns to the TIME display mode.
→ If the Reception has failed: The second hand points to N page 97
Within 10 seconds after carrying
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out the procedure 1, press the
Button and immediately release it.
The second hand will move to the 0-second position and stop.
The watch enters the Manual Time Setting mode.
※ T o press the Button, use
an obje c t w i t h a long
tapered tip. page 86
Press the
Button and
release it.
※ W hen 10 seconds have elapsed after carrying out the procedure
1, the watch automatically returns to the TIME display mode. If
this happens, perform the procedure from the beginning again.
※ W hen the watch enters the Manual Time Setting
mode, the reception results will be indicated as
N, since the reception results data will be lost.
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