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Operation Guide 3140
Signal Reception Troubleshooting
Check the following points whenever you experience problems with calibration signal
reception.
Problem
Probable Cause
• The watch is not in the Timekeeping Mode.
Cannot perform
• Your current Home City is not one of the
manual receive.
following city codes:
HNL, ANC, YVR, LAX, YEA, DEN, MEX,
YWG, CHI, MIA, YTO, NYC, YHZ, YYT, LIS,
LON, MAD, PAR, ROM, BER, STO, ATH, or
MOW.
• The countdown timer is running.
• You changed the time setting manually.
Auto receive is
• The watch was not in the Timekeeping or
turned on, but the
Level 3 receiving
World Time Mode, or you performed some
indicator does
button operation during the auto receive
not appear on the
operation.
• Even if receive is successful, the Level 3
display.
receiving indicator disappears every day
when the fi rst auto receive operation of the
day is performed.
• Time data (hour, minutes, seconds) only was
received during the last receive operation.
The Level 3 receiving indicator appears only
when time data and date data (year, month,
day) are both received.
• If the time is one hour off, the DST setting
Time setting is
incorrect
may be incorrect.
• The Home City code setting is not correct for
following signal
reception.
the area where you are using the watch.
• For further information, see "Important!" and "Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping
Precautions".
World Time
City code
The World Time Mode shows you the current time in 48
cities (29 time zones) around the world.
• If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check
UTC offset
your Home City time settings and make the necessary
changes.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C .
To view the time in another city
While in the World Time Mode, press D to scroll
Current time in
eastward through the city codes (time zones).
selected city
• For full information on city codes, see the "City Code
Table".
Timekeeping Mode time
To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
1. In the World Time Mode, use D to display the city code
DST indicator
(time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time
setting you want to change.
2. Hold down A to toggle Daylight Saving Time (DST
indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST indicator
not displayed).
• The DST indicator will appear whenever you display a
city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
• Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the
currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not
affected.
Countdown Timer
You can set the countdown timer within a range of one
Timekeeping Mode time
to 60 minutes. An alarm sounds when the countdown
(Hour : Minutes Seconds)
reaches zero.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing
C .
To set the countdown start time
1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the
Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the current
Minutes
Seconds
countdown start time starts to fl ash, which indicates the
setting screen.
• If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the procedure under "To use the
countdown timer" to display it.
2. While a setting is fl ashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change it.
3. Press A to exit the setting screen.
To use the countdown timer
Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.
• When the end of the countdown is reached, the alarm sounds for 10 seconds or until
you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is reset automatically to its
starting value after the alarm stops.
• Press D while a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press D again to
resume the countdown.
• To stop a countdown operation completely, fi rst pause it (by pressing D ), and then
press A . This returns the countdown time to its starting value.
• Calibration signal reception is disabled while a countdown timer operation is in
progress.
Stopwatch
Timekeeping Mode time
(Hour : Minutes Seconds)
What you should do
• Enter the Timekeeping Mode
and try again.
• Select one of the cities to the
left as your Home City.
• Stop the countdown timer
and try again.
Minutes
• Perform manual signal
receive or wait until the next
auto signal receive operation
To measure times with the stopwatch
is performed.
• Perform manual signal
Elapsed Time
receive or wait until the next
auto signal receive operation
Start
is performed.
• Check to make sure the
Split Time
watch is in a location where
it can receive the signal.
Start
Two Finishes
• Change the DST setting to
Start
Auto DST.
• Select the correct Home City
code.
Alarm
Timekeeping Mode time
(Hour : Minutes Seconds)
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
To set the alarm time
3. While a setting is fl ashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change it.
• When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Alarm Operation
The alarm sounds at the preset time for about 10 seconds (in all modes), or until you
stop it by pressing any button.
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
To turn the daily alarm and the Hourly Time Signal on and off
In the Alarm Mode, press D to cycle through the settings shown below.
• The alarm on indicator and the Hourly Time Signal on indicator are shown on the
display in all modes while these functions are turned on.
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
and two fi nishes.
• 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.
• Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen
on the display clears the split time and returns to
elapsed time measurement.
• The stopwatch measurement operation continues even
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
Seconds
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
1/100 second
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C .
Stop
Re-start
Split
Split release
(SPL displayed)
Split
Stop
First runner
Second runner
finishes.
finishes.
Display time of
first runner.
After you set (and turn on) the daily alarm, the alarm tone
sounds when the alarm time is reached. You can also turn
on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep
Alarm on indicator
for about one second every hour on the hour.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C .
Hourly time signal on
indicator
1. In the Alarm Mode, hold down A until the hour setting
of the alarm time starts to fl ash, which indicates the
setting screen.
• This automatically turns on the alarm.
2. Press C to move the fl ashing between the hour and
minute settings.
correctly as a.m. (no indicator) or p.m. ( P indicator).
Alarm On Indicator / Hourly Time Signal On Indicator
Alarm Off
Alarm On
Alarm Off
Signal Off
Signal Off
Signal On
Stop
Clear
Stop
Clear
Split release
Clear
Display time of
second runner.
Alarm On
Signal On
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