Module No. 2203/2204/2205 2203/2204/2205-1
GENERAL GUIDE
•Press C to change from mode to mode.
•Pressing E in any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates to the display for about three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the display.
•If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes while a setting screen (with flashing digits) is on the display, the watch automatically exits the setting screen.
•If you do not perform any operation for a few minutes in any mode besides stopwatch mode, the watch automatically reverts to the normal timekeeping screen.
Timekeeping Mode |
Day Counter Mode |
Alarm Mode |
Stopwatch Mode |
Memo Mode |
Press C.
TIMEKEEPING MODE
Month |
Day |
Day of week
Hour Seconds
Minutes
PM indicator
DST indicator 2
Press D to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping.
•With 12-hour timekeeping, times between midnight and noon are indicated by A (am), while times between noon and midnight are indicated by P (pm).
•The A and P indicators do not appear for 24-hour timekeeping.
•Pressing B plays a randomly selected melody. To stop a playing melody, press any button besides E.
•Pressing E while a melody is playing toggles the display between an animated character and the name of the melody.
•Press E to illuminate the display for about three sec-
onds. When 12-hour timekeeping is being used, pressing E also displays an animated character.
Timekeeping Mode Settings
In addition to settings for the current time and date, the Timekeeping Mode setting screen also lets you turn button tones and melody play on and off, adjust tones and melody volume, and adjust display contrast.
To make Timekeeping Mode settings
1.While in the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the seconds digits flash on the display, indicating the setting screen.
2.Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press E to move the flashing in the opposite direction.
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ABOUT THE BACKLIGHT
Pressing E in any mode besides the Alarm Mode illuminates the display for about three seconds. The backlight is disabled while a setting screen is on the display.
•The backlight of this watch employs an electro-luminescent (EL) light, which loses its illumination power after very long term use.
•Frequent use of the backlight shortens battery life.
•The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.
•The backlight automatically turns off an alarm sounds.
•The watch emits an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This does not indicate malfunction.
DAY COUNTER MODE
Mode indicator
Text
Year
Month Target Date
Day
Day counter record number
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3. While the seconds setting is selected (flashing), press
Dor B to reset it to 00.
•If you press D or B while the seconds setting is in the range of 30 to 59, the seconds are reset to 00 and 1 is added to the minutes. If the seconds setting is in the range of 00 to 29, the minutes count is unchanged.
• While the DST (Daylight Saving Time) setting is selected, press D or B to toggle it on and off.
• DST indicator 1 is displayed in the Timekeeping Mode setting screen only when the DST setting is selected. It shows ON when the DST setting is on, and OFF when the DST setting is off.
• DST indicator 2 is displayed in the Timekeeping Mode, Day Counter Mode and Alarm Mode when the DST setting is turned on.
•While the SOUND setting is selected, press D or B to turn the beep and musical tone on and off, as shown below.
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Beep |
Musical tone |
Off |
• While the VOL setting is selected, press D or B to toggle it between loud and soft.
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Loud |
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•With some models, changing the volume setting affects volume very little.
•While the CNT setting is selected, press D to make the display darker, or B to make it lighter.
•While any other setting is selected (flashing), press D to increase it or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed (except for
the CNT setting).
4. After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the setting screen.
•The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date.
•The date can be set within the range of January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2039.
•The watch's built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances for different month lengths and leap years.
Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change it except after the replacement of the watch's battery.
Number of days |
DAYS indicator |
The Day Counter Mode lets you count the number of days from the Timekeeping Mode’s current date to a specific target date.
•There are five Day Counter records, each of which can be assigned up to 12 characters of text and a target date.
•When a target date is reached, the DAYS indicator flashes on the display in the Timekeeping Mode. The DAYS indicator also flashes in the Day Counter Mode when the screen for the target date is on the display.
•The DAYS indicator flashes on the target date each year, regardless of the year setting of the target date.
•The initial default date for a Day Counter record is 2001/1/1, and the text area contains All spaces. (All spaces for the text display a series of hyphens “–––––”.)
Recalling Day Counter Data
In the Day Counter Mode, press D to scroll through the Day Counter record screens.
•The day count is a negative value whenever the target date comes before the current date.
To set the target date
1.In the Day Counter Mode, press D to display a record number you want to set.
2.Hold down A until the first (leftmost) text character starts to flash on the display. This indicates the input screen.
3.Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below. Press E to move the flashing in the opposite direction.
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4.While the flashing is located within the text area, use D or B to scroll through characters at the current location of the flashing. Holding down either button scrolls through characters at high speed.
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See the “CHARACTER LIST” for details.
5.While any other setting is selected, press D to increase it or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes the setting at high speed.
•Pressing D and B at the same time while the flashing is located within the text area clears any input text and resets the date setting to the current date. At this time the message “CLEAR” appears on the display.
•Pressing D and B at the same time while the flashing is located within the date area resets the date setting to the current date without affecting the text.
6. After you make the settings you want, press A to exit the input screen.
• The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1940 to December 31, 2039.