Freestyle TIDE 3.0 Manual

TIDE 3.0
FEATURES:
• Tide data for 75 beaches worldwide
• 180 minute offset
• Displays present and future tide data
• 9 programmable favorite locations
• Optional big time with shark fin anima-
tion
• 100 meters H20
CONTROL BUTTONS
S1: Start Button
S2: Stop/Reset Button
S3: Mode Button
S4: Set Button
S5: Light Button
DISPLAY MODE
The watch has six display modes: NORMAL
TIME, TIDE, CHRONO, TIMER, HEAT TIMER
and ALARM.
To change from one display mode to
another, press S3 button once
NOTE: In any setting mode, if there is no
manipulation for about 120 seconds, the
watch will automatically exit the setting
procedure.
TO SET THE TIME AND CALENDAR
1. Press S3 button to select NORMAL TIME
mode.
2. Press and hold S4 button for two sec-
onds until the "SET" message appears
and the Time Zone blinks on the display.
3. Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle
between Time Zone 1 and Time Zone 2.
4. Press S3 button once, the Hour digits
(including AM / PM for 12-hour format)
will blink.
5. 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 once, the Minute digits
will blink.
7. Press S1 button or S2 button to set the
Minute digits.
8. Press S3 button once, the Second digits
will blink.
9. Press either S1 button or S2 button to
set the Second digits to zero.
10.Press S3 button once, the Month digits
will blink.
11.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the
Month digits.
12.Press S3 button once, the Date digits
will blink.
13.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the
Date digits.
14.Press S3 button once, the Year digits
will blink.
15.Press S1 button or S2 button to set the
Year digits.
16.Press S3 button once, the Time Format
will blink.
17.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle
between 12-hour and 24-hour Time
Format.
18.Press S3 button once, the Date Format
will blink.
19.Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle
among MM-DD-YY (month-date-year),
DD-MM-YY (date-month-year) and YY-
MM-DD (year-month-date) to set the
Date Format.
20.Press S3 button once, the Day (of the
week) Language will blink.
21.Press S1 button or S2 button to cycle
among English, French, Portuguese and
Spanish to set the Day Language.
22.Press S3 button once, the Hourly Chime
status will blink.
23.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle
between ON and OFF of Hourly Chime.
24.Press S3 button once, the Button Beep
status will blink.
25.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle
between ON and OFF of Button Beep.
26.Press S3 button once, the Big Time Op-
tion status will blink.
27.Press S1 button or S2 button to toggle
between ON and OFF of Big Time Op-
tion.
28.Press S3 button once, the Tide Height
unit will blink.
29.Press S1 button or S2 button totoggle
between feet and meters for Tide Height
unit.
30.After finished making all the settings,
press S4 but-ton to confirm the settings.
NOTE: The date is displayed in the current
Date Format, but the setting sequence
shall always be month, date, and then year,
regardless of the Date Format chosen.
NOTE: The available days of the month
shall be determined by the month setting.
If February is set, the available days of the
month shall be 1 to 29. If February 29 is set
for a year that is not a leap year, the date
shall be corrected to February 28 upon exit
from the setting procedure.
NOTE: For Big Time Option, if OFF is
selected, only date/time and tide/time
formats will be available in NORMAL TIME
mode; if ON is selected, the Big Time
display format shall also be available in
NORMAL TIME mode
NOTE: The Time Format and Date Format
settings apply only to the selected Time
Zone; while the settings of Day Language,
Hourly Chime, Button Beep, Big Time
Option and Tide Height unit apply to both
Time Zones.
DIFFERENT DISPLAY FORMATS IN NOR-
MAL TIME MODE
There are three display formats in each
Time Zone in NORMAL TIME mode: date/
time, tide/time and big time.
To change from one Time Zone to another,
press S2 button once.
To change from one display format to
another, press S1 button once.
In date/time display format,
the primary time day and date are shown
in the top of the display; the time in hours,
minutes and seconds is shown in the bot-
tom of the display. The data is shown in the
Date and Time Formats of the displayed
Time Zone, which are set in this mode
along with the date and time.
If there is previous and upcoming tide data,
the left-hand part of the display shows
the tide status for the currently selected
tide location. Otherwise, no graphic is
displayed.
In tide/time display format,
the display is identical to the date/time
format except that the next tide (high or
low) for the currently selected tide location,
the time of the next tide, and its height are
shown in place of the day and the date. The
tide time is shown in the same format as
the primary time. The Tide Height is shown
in the current Tide Height unit selected.
If no previous or upcoming tide data is
available, this format shall be unavailable
and the format shall revert to date/time.
In big time display format,
only the hours and minutes of the primary
shown, no AM/PM indication.
A shark fin animation shall occur once per
minutes. For even minutes, the fin shall
move from left to right one dot column at
a time, and for odd minutes, the fin shall
move from right to left.
The big time display format is included only
if the Big Time Option is on.
NOTE: The current tide level and direction
(rising or falling) shall be presented by a
tide status graphic, which is represented by
an arrow head two dots high and three dots
wide. The steps shall appear as follows:
In displays 1 through 10, the tide is rising;
while in display s 11 through 20, the tide
is falling. When the time of day advances
to the minute after the time of high tide,
display 11 is shown; when the time of day
advances to the minute after the time of
low tide, the sequence repeats beginning
with display 1.
TO USE TIDE DATA
For displaying tide information of current
time and location,
1. Press S3 button to select TIDE mode.
The favorite number and the name of
current tide location will appear.
2. After two seconds, the next upcoming
tide (high or low), base on the primary
time, for the current tide location will be
displayed. The date will be displayed in
the top line, the next tide will be dis
played in the middle line followed by the
time of that tide (with a superscript A/P
representing AM/PM in 12-hour format),
and the height of the next tide will be
displayed in the bottom line (including
minus sign if necessary).
3. Press S1 or S2 button to display the
previous and next tide respectively.
4. Press and hold S1 button or S2 button
until the "SCAN" message appears to
initiate date scanning in the forward or
backward direction respectively.
5. Release either button when the desired
date is displayed.
6. After abandoning the date scanning
procedure, while the "SCAN" message is
still displayed, press S1 button or S2 but-
ton to move forward or back
ward respectively the displayed date by
one day. Press and hold the correspond-
ing buttons to reinitiate date scanning.
NOTE: If no previous or upcoming tide data
is available, the sentence "NO TIDE DATA
FOR DATE" will be displayed.
NOTE: The date, time and tide height unit
will be displayed in the formats of the
primary time set in NORMAL TIME mode.
NOTE: If the displayed time represents DST
(daylight savings time), which means that
the time was adjusted from the stored tide
data, the DST flag will appear.
NOTE: Scanning shall stop automatically
if the last date for which there is tide data
is reached.
For setting tide location,
1. Press S3 button to select TIDE mode.
The favorite number and the name of
current tide location will appear.
2. Press S4 button, the "SET" message ap-
pears and the FAV (favorite) number
blinks on the display. The default favorite
number is the one for the current
location.
3. P ress S1 button or S2 button to move
forward or backward respectively the
favorite number and therefore the cor
time are responding location name to be selected.
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