FreeStyle Classic Tide Manual

BUTTONS

S1: Tide/start Button

S2: Stop/reset Button

S3: Mode Button

S4: Set Button

S5: Light Button

SPECIAL FEATURE

This SHARK product features unique Hydro Pushers®: these pushers can be pressed under water to a dynamic water pressure (not water depth) of 3 ATM.

DISPLAY MODE

The watch has seven display modes: NORMAL TIME (TIME-1), TIDE, CHRONOGRAPH (CHRONO), TIMER, HEAT TIMER, ALARM and FOREIGN TIME (TIME-2).

To change from one display mode to another, press S3 button once.

NOTE: In any setting mode, if there is no button pressed for approximately 30 seconds, the watch will automatically save the entered data and exit the setting procedure.

TO SET THE NORMAL TIME AND CALENDAR

1. Press S3 button to select NORMAL TIME mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for approximately 4 seconds, the message "SET TIME-1" will be displayed and the year digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
3. Press S3 button, the month digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
4. Press S3 button, the date digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
5. Press S3 button, the hour digits (including A.M. / P.M. for 12-hour format) will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
6. Press S3 button, the minute digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
7. Press S3 button, the second digits will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to reset the second digits to zero.
8. Press S3 button, the time format setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour format. The A.M. or P.M. indicator may be displayed to indicate the time period 12:00 A.M. – 11:59 A.M. or 12:00 P.M. – 11:59 P.M. respectively in 12-hour format.
9. Press S3 button, the calendar format setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to select among MM-DD-YY (month-date-year), DD-MM-YY (date-month-year) and YY-MM-DD (year-month-date).
10. Press S3 button, the day (of the week) language setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to select among English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
11. Press S3 button, the hourly chime setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between ON and OFF for the hourly chime setting.
12. Press S3 button, the button beep setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between ON and OFF for button beep setting. The button beep option will cause the watch to beep anytime a button is pressed.
13. Press S3 button once, the tide height unit setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between metric (meters) and imperial (feet) unit.
14. When finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm.

NOTE: The day is automatically calculated in accordance with the date.

NOTE: The date is displayed in the selected date format, but its setting sequence shall always be month, date, and then year, regardless of the date format selected.

DISPLAY FORMATS IN NORMAL TIME MODE

There are three display formats in NORMAL TIME mode: DATE/TIME, TIDE/TIME and BIG TIME.

To change from one display format to another, press S1 button once.

DATE/TIME:

TIDE/TIME:

In TIDE TIME format, the time of the next tide will come with the letter A/P representing A.M./P.M. in 12-hour format.

BIG TIME:

In BIG TIME format, there is no A.M./P.M. indication even the time format setting is set to 12-hour format. A shark fin animation shall occur once per minute. For even minutes, the fin shall move from left to right, and for odd minutes, the fin shall move from right to left.

NOTE: There are only two display formats in FOREIGN TIME mode: date/time and tide/time.

TO SET THE TIDE MODE

1. Press S3 button to select TIDE mode. The corresponding number and name of your selected favorite tide location will be displayed.
2. After approximately 2 seconds, any one of the three data display modes (TIDE STATUS GRAPH / SUNRISE TIME / SUNSET TIME, depends on the display mode left off during the last browsing) will be displayed.
3. In any one of the three data display modes, press and hold S4 button for approximately 4 seconds. The message "SET TIDE LOCATION" will be displayed and the corresponding number of your favorite tide location will blink.
4. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle forward or backward respectively the entries of your favorite tide locations (1-9) and select a tide location to set.
5. Press S3 button, the region entry will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle forward or backward respectively the region entries to set the geographical region of your selected tide location.
6. Press S3 button, the location entry will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle forward or backward respectively the location entries to set the geographical location of your selected tide location.
7. Press S3 button, the DST (daylight savings time) setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle among OFF, ON and AUTO. If AUTO is selected, the watch will automatically determine if the selected location is on DST. When DST is ON, the DST indicator DST will be displayed.
8. Press S3 button, the time offset (in the unit of minutes) to the tide data for the custom location will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to increase or decrease respectively the time offset (the available offsets are -120, -110, ..., -10, 0, +10, ..., +110, +120 minutes). The offset has no impact on the DST status.
9. Press S3 button, the custom location setting will blink. Press S1 or S2 button to toggle between YES and NO. If NO is selected, this would be the last step of setting sequence. Otherwise, the sequence continues to customize the 18-character name of the selected tide location.
10. Press S3 button, the first character of the 18-character custom location name will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle forward or backward respectively the English letter of the selected character. Press S3 button to proceed to the next character.
11. When finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm.

NOTE: For details of the geographical region and location of a tide location, please refer to the "LIST OF TIDE LOCATIONS" in this instruction manual.

TO USE THE TIDE, SUNRISE AND SUNSET DATA

1. Press S3 button to select TIDE mode. The corresponding number and name of your selected favorite tide location will be displayed.
2. After approximately 2 seconds, any one of the three data display modes (TIDE STATUS GRAPH / SUNRISE TIME / SUNSET TIME, depends on the display mode left off during the last browsing) will be displayed.
   
3. To change from one data display mode to another, press S4 button once.

TIDE STATUS GRAPH:

In TIDE STATUS GRAPH mode, press S1 button or S2 button to advance or retreat respectively the tide status graph at a 30-minute interval to display the upcoming or previous tide level(s).

NOTE: The tide status graph will be updated every 30 minutes.

SUNRISE TIME:

In SUNRISE TIME mode, press S1 button or S2 button to display the previous and the next sunrise time respectively.

SUNSET TIME:

In SUNSET TIME mode, Press S1 button or S2 button to display the previous and the next sunset time respectively.

NOTE: In all of the three data display modes, you can press and hold S1 button or S2 button until the "SCAN" message appears to initiate date scanning in the forward or backward direction respectively. Release either button when the desired date is displayed.

After abandoning the date scanning procedure, while the "SCAN" message is still displayed, press S1 button or S2 button to move forward or backward respectively the displayed date by one day. Press and hold the corresponding buttons to reinitiate date scanning. Scanning will stop automatically if the last date for which there is no tide data is reached.

NOTE: If there is no tide data for the date, the message "NO TIDE DATA FOR THE DATE" will be displayed.

NOTE: The time and calendar format will be the same as that of the NORMAL TIME mode.

TO USE THE CHRONOGRAPH

1. Press S3 button to select CHRONOGRAPH mode.
2. The chronograph will be displayed in its current state – stopped, running or reset.
3. To resume a stopped counting, press S1 button to resume from where it left off.
4. To start a new counting, reset the chronograph to zero first. Press S2 button to stop counting, then press and hold S2 button to reset counter to zero.

For the measurement of elapsed time:
In CHRONOGRAPH mode,

1. Press S1 button to start counting.
2. To stop counting, press S2 button. Press S1 button to resume from where it left off.
3. To reset to zero, press S2 button to stop counting and then press and hold S2 button.

NOTE: You can leave the chronograph running while switching over to other operating modes. The chronograph indicator will be displayed in NORMAL TIME mode and FOREIGN TIME mode when the timer is in use.

NOTE: The chronograph can count up to a maximum time of 99:59.59.99 (99 hours: 59 minutes.59 seconds.99 hundredths).

TO SET THE TIMER

1. Press S3 button to select TIMER mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for approximately 4 seconds, the message "SET TIMER" will be displayed and the hour digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
3. Press S3 button, the minute digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
4. Press S3 button, the second digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
5. Press S3 button, the action-at-end* setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to select among STOP AT END, REPEAT AT END and UP AT END.
6. When finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm the settings.

NOTE*: Illustration of the action-at-end setting:

1. STOP AT END – the timer will stop when the countdown reaches zero.
2. REPEAT AT END – the timer will reload and repeat the countdown when the countdown reaches zero with repetition number updated.
3. UP AT END – the timer will count up to a maxi-mum of 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds when the countdown reaches zero.

TO USE THE TIMER

1. Press S3 button to select TIMER mode.
2. Press S1 button to start counting.
3. To stop counting, press S2 button. Press S1 button to resume from where it left off.
4. To reload the timer, press S2 button to stop counting and then press S2 button again.
5. Upon completion of a countdown, the watch will react according to the action-at-end setting selected:
   If STOP AT END is selected, the timer will stop when the countdown reaches zero. A timer alert tune will be emitted and the backlight will flash.
   If REPEAT AT END is selected, the timer will reload and repeat the countdown when the countdown reaches zero with repetition number updated. If the timer is set to be less than 30 seconds, the timer will repeat with a beep generated; if the timer is set to be 30 seconds or more, the timer will repeat with a timer alert tune generated and the backlight will flash.
   If UP AT END is selected, the timer will count up to a maximum of 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds when the countdown reaches zero. A timer alert tune will be emitted and the backlight will flash.

NOTE: Regardless of the action-at-end setting selected, when a countdown reaches the final 1 minute, a "beep-beep-beep" sound will be emitted. When it reaches the final 30 seconds, a "beep-beep" sound will be emitted. When it reaches the final 10 seconds, a "beep" sound will be emitted every second.

NOTE: You can leave the timer running while switching over to other operating modes. The timer indicator (STOP AT END) / (REPEAT AT END) / (UP AT END) will be displayed in NORMAL TIME mode and FOREIGN TIME mode when the timer is in use.

TO SET THE HEAT TIMER

1. Press S3 button to select HEAT TIMER mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for approximately 4 seconds, the message "SET HEAT TIMER" will be displayed and the minute digits will blink.
3. Press S1 button to increase the digits by five units, or press S2 button to decrease the digits by five units. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
4. When finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm.

NOTE: The heat timer can count up to a maximum time of 35.00 (35 minutes).

TO USE THE HEAT TIMER

1. Press S3 button to select HEAT TIMER mode.
2. Press S1 button to start counting.
3. To stop counting, press S2 button. Press S1 button to resume from where it left off.
4. To reload the heat timer, press S2 button to stop counting and then press S2 button again.
5. Upon completion of a countdown, a heat timer alert tune will be emitted and the backlight will flash.

NOTE: When a countdown reaches the final 1 minute, a "beep-beep-beep" sound will be emitted. When it reaches the final 30 seconds, a "beep-beep" sound will be emitted. When it reaches the final 10 seconds, a "beep" sound will be emitted every second.

NOTE: You can leave the heat timer running while switching over to other operating modes. The heat timer indicator will be displayed in NORMAL TIME mode and FOREIGN TIME mode when the timer is in use.

NOTE: The heat timer is independent of the timer. Both may be running at the same time.

TO SET THE ALARM TIME

1. Press S3 button to select ALARM mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for approximately 4 seconds, the message "SET ALARM" will be displayed and the alarm entry setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle between ALARM 1 and ALARM 2 to set.
3. Press S3 button, the hour digits (including A.M./P.M. for 12-hour format) will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
4. Press S3 button, the minute digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
5. Press S3 button, the alarm frequency setting will blink. Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle forward or backward respectively the alarm frequency setting to be selected (DAILY, WEEKDAYS, WEEKENDS, SUN...SAT WKLY(Sunday through Saturday weekly)).
6. When finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm.

NOTE: The alarm time is displayed in the same time format as in NORMAL TIME mode.

NOTE: The alarm will automatically be activated after being set.

NOTE: Both ALARM 1 and ALARM 2 function in accordance with NORMAL TIME (TIME-1) only.

TO TURN ON/OFF THE ALARM

1. Press S3 button to select ALARM mode.
2. Press S1 button to toggle between ALARM 1 and ALARM 2.
3. Press S2 button to turn on the alarm, the alarm frequency setting will appear.
4. Press S2 button again to turn off the alarm, the message "OFF" message will be displayed.

WHEN AN ALARM OR HOURLY CHIME GOES OFF

A tune will be emitted by the hour when the hourly chime function is activated.

A 20-second alarm tune will be emitted and the backlight will flash at the designated time when the alarm is activated. To stop the tune, press any button.

If the alarm tune is done without any user interruption, the watch will automatically enter a snooze mode. The alarm will go off again after 5 minutes but for only once.

TO SET THE FOREIGN TIME AND CALENDAR

1. Press S3 button to select TIME 2 mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for approximately 4 seconds, the message "SET TIME-2" will be displayed and the year digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
3. Press S3 button the month digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
4. Press S3 button, the date digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
5. Press S3 button, the hour digits (including A.M./P.M. for 12-hour format) will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
6. Press S3 button, the minute digits will blink. Press S1 button to increase the digits by one unit or press S2 button to decrease the digits by one unit. Holding down either button will speed up the process.
7. When finished making all the settings, press S4 button to confirm.

NOTE: In FOREIGN TIME mode, only the year, month, date, hour and minute are open to setting. All other settings are synchronized between NORMAL TIME mode and FOREIGN TIME mode.

TO USE THE BACKLIGHT

Press S5 button to turn on the backlight for approximately 3 seconds.

To reduce carbon foot print, these SHARK instructions are printed with soy inks on recycled paper.