Timex W279 Getting Started

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Please read instructions carefully to understand how to operate your Timex
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FEWER DISTRACTIONS FOR BETTER WORKOUTS
Preserve momentum and avoid breaking your stride. Use the TapScreen technology to take a lap/split without
having to slow down or take your eyes off the road. You can set the SLEEK
pace and audible distinct alerts will let you know when to speed up or slow down to stay on pace.
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Set up the SLEEK 250 watch with your goals and personal settings.

BUTTON FUNCTIONS

Use the buttons on the watch to set preferences and time workouts.
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IndIGLO night-light or button
Press to turn on night-light, or hold to activate Night-Mode
Start/SPLIt/+
Start a workout or timer, take a lap/split, or increase values in settings screens.
MOdE
Cycle through the watch modes, or move to the next field in settings screens.
StOP/rESEt/SEt
Stop a running workout or timer, reset a stopped time, or enter and exit settings screens.
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When enabled, start a workout or timer, take a lap/split in Chrono mode, or stop an interval timer or timer.
dISPLay/taP On-OFF/-
Scroll through data during a workout, decrease values in settings screens, or enable the TapScreen
before a workout.

SETTING THE TIME AND DATE

Set the time, date, and the format in which time and date display.
1. Hold SET until SET TIME displays.
2. Press START/SPLIT/+ and DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/- to choose the time zone to set.
3. Press MODE.
4. Continue pressing START/SPLIT/+, DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/-, and MODE to set time, date, time format,
and date format.
5. Press SET to exit.

SETTING YOUR TARGET PACE

Set your goal for workouts in minutes per mile/km.
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Target pace
(TARGET PACE)
Maximum target range
(TARGET RANGE +)
Minimum target range
(TARGET RANGE -)
Target distance
(TARGET DIST)
1. Press MODE until SETUP displays.
2. Pres START/SPLIT/+ until TARGET TIME displays.
3. Press SET.
4. Press START/SPLIT/+ and DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/- to select ON.
5. Continue pressing MODE, START/SPLIT/+, and DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/- to set target pace, target range,
and target distance.
6. Press SET to exit.
Your total time (target pace multiplied by target distance) displays.
Use Chrono mode to track your lap, split and delta times to train more efficiently.
To start the chrono just tap the watch face. To take a lap/split, tap again and your data will be displayed for five
seconds meanwhile the chronograph continues running. Press stop to stop the workout and press again to find
the options to save or erase.
If your target pacer is on, when you take a split the watch compares your current pace with your target pace
and distinct alerts will advise to adjust or keep the running pace. Slow beeps indicate you're behind pace, a
single beep lets you know you're on pace, and fast beeps indicate you're ahead. An onscreen message tells you
just how far ahead or behind you are.
Use the Interval Timer mode to help you keep track of complex interval workouts.
DESIGNING YOUR INTERVAL WORKOUT TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
You can set up 2 separate interval workouts, each with up to 8 intervals. Each interval can time up to 24 hours,
and you can choose a name for each interval to help you know what activity you should be performing.
You can set up your interval workouts to repeat when a set of intervals is complete, expanding the complexity
of workouts the watch can manage for you. The watch keeps track of repetitions for you, and with customizable
names for the intervals you always know how intense your run should be at a given time.
1. Press MODE until INT TIMER displays.
2. Press SET.
3. Press START/SPLIT/+ and DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/- to select the workout to set up, and then press MODE.
4. Press START/SPLIT/+ and DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/- to set number of times to repeat the intervals, and then
press MODE to begin setting up intervals.
5. Press START/SPLIT/+ and DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/- to choose a name for the interval, and then press MODE.
6. Press START/SPLIT/+, DISPLAY/TAP ON-OFF/-, and MODE to set the time for the interval.
7. If you want to set up an additional interval, press MODE until the interval number at the top of the
display flashes, press START/SPLIT/+ to select the next interval, and then press MODE to begin
setting the time.
nOtE: You can also select an interval you already configured if you need to make changes.
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 until all intervals are set. You can set up to 8 intervals for each workout.
9. Press STOP/RESET/SET.
Follow these steps to time an interval workout.
1. Press MODE until INT TIMER displays.
2. Press START.
3. When one interval ends, an alert sounds prompting
you to begin the next interval. The name and time for
the new interval display.
4. Press STOP to stop the workout.
5. Press RESET when workout is stopped to select SAVE
or ERASE.
6. Hold RESET to reset the chronometer and save or erase the workout data.
If you selected SAVE in step 5, all workout data is saved. If you selected ERASE in step 5, the workout is erased
but not saved.
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The number of minutes in which you want to complete each mile or kilometer.
The time by which your pace may exceed your target and still be considered
ON TARGET.
The time by which your pace may fall short of your target and still be considered
ON TARGET.
The distance you want to cover during a workout (optional).

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