Casio 2496 User Manual

USER’S GUIDE 2496

About This Manual

• Button operations are indicated using the letters shown in the illustration.

• Each section of this manual provides you with the information you need to perform operations in each mode. Further details and technical information can be found in the “Reference” section.

General Guide

• Press C to change from mode to mode.

• In any mode, press A to illuminate the display.

Timekeeping Mode Data Bank Mode

Mail Mode

World Time Mode

Press C.

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Timekeeping

Hour : Minutes Seconds

Animated figure

Day of week

Year Month – Day

PM indicator

Read This Before You Set the Time and Date !

The times displayed in the Timekeeping Mode and World Time Mode are linked. Because of this, make sure you select a city code for your Home City (the city where you normally use the watch) before you set the time and date.

To set the time and date

Seconds

Day

3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use D and B to change

it as described below.

Setting Screen Button Operations

Seconds

12/24-Hour Format

DST

City Code

Hour, Minutes, Year, Month, Day

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date. You can also select the Timekeeping Mode display format (time and date or time and world time).

• In the Timekeeping Mode, animated figures appear whenever you press A to turn on the backlight, and whenever the minutes reach 00.

• You can also use the Timekeeping Mode to exchange user information by infrared. See “Data Communication” for more information.

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until

the seconds start to flash, which indicates the

Month

setting screen.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence

shown below to select other settings.

12/24-Hour

Format

Year

DST

Minutes

Press D to reset to 00.

Press D to toggle between 12-hour ( and 24-hour (

Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (

Use D (east) and B (west) to change the setting.

• For full information on city codes, see

the “City Code Table.”

) timekeeping.

24H

) and Standard Time (

Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting.

City code

Hour

OFF

12H

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Alarm ModeUser Information Mode

Stopwatch Mode

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4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• See “Daylight Saving Time (DST)” below for details about DST setting.

• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping

Mode is applied in all modes.

• The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year, month, and day) settings.

Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from Standard Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.

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To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until

the seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press C twice to display the DST setting

screen.

3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving

Time (

displayed) and Standard Time

(

displayed).

OFF

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

To select the Timekeeping Mode screen format

Each press of D in the Timekeeping Mode toggles the display between the Time–Date screen and the Time–World Time screen.

Time – Date Time – World Time

Press D.

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World time

• The world time that appears is the one that was on the display when you last exited the World Time Mode. See “World Time” for more information.

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USER’S GUIDE 2496

Data Bank

Remaining memory

Name

Telephone number

e-mail address

Date of birth

To create a new Data Bank record

Text area

Number area

New Data Screen

3. Input the name.

• You can input up to eight characters for the name.

• Use D (+) and B (–) to cycle through characters at the cursor position,

and then press C to move the cursor to the right. See “Inputting Text” for more information.

• Pressing C while the cursor is located at the eighth character moves

the cursor to the first digit of the number area.

4. After you input the name, press C as many times as necessary to move

the cursor to the number area (if it is not already there).

5. Input the telephone number.

• Use D (+) and B (–) to cycle through numbers at the cursor position in the sequence shown below, and then press C to move the cursor to the right.

Press D.

Press B.

• You can input up to 12 digits for the telephone number. Pressing C while the cursor is located at the 12th digit displays the date of birth input screen.

Year

Date (Month – Day)

The Data Bank Mode lets you store up to 60 records, each containing a name, telephone number, e-mail address, and date of birth. Records are automatically sorted based on the characters of the name. You can recall records by scrolling through them on the display.

• Instead of an e-mail address, you can use Data Bank Mode memory to store addresses, mobile phone numbers, URLs, etc.

• See “Sort Table” for details on how the watch sorts records.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the Data Bank Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

• See “Data Communication” for information about exchanging Data Bank records.

1. In the Data Bank Mode, use B and D to

cycle through the record screens until the new data screen appears.

• The new data screen is the one that is blank (contains no name and telephone number).

• If the message display, it means that memory is full. To store another record, you will first have to delete some of the records stored in memory.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor (

appears in the text area of the display.

• Steps 3 through 9 describe how to input a name, telephone number, e-mail address, and date of birth into the record. If you want to exit the setting screen and store the data you have input up to any point during steps 3 through 9, press A twice.

x 0 to 9 (space)

6. After inputting the phone number, press C as

many times as necessary to display the date of birth input screen.

7. Input the date of birth.

• Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting at the current cursor position, and then press C to move the cursor to the right.

• Input four digits (2 + 2) for the year.

8. While the cursor is located at the day setting

of the date of birth, press C to move the cursor to the text area.

9. Input the e-mail address.

• You can input up to 32 characters for the e-mail address.

FULL appears on the

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10. After the e-mail address is the way you want, press A to store the

record.

• When you press A to store data, the message

display for a while, indicating that data is being sorted. After the sort operation is complete, the cursor appears in the text area, ready for input of a new Data Bank record.

• Depending on how many records you have in memory, the sort operation can take up to 20 seconds.

11. Input more data (starting from step 3) or press A again to return to the

Data Bank record name and telephone number screen (without the cursor).

• The name can show six characters at a time, so longer text scrolls continuously from right to left. The last character is indicated by the symbol H after it.

SORT

appears on the

To recall Data Bank records

In the Data Bank Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through Data Bank record screens on the display.

Press D. Press B.

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Data type icons

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Name/Telephone Number Screen

• Each Data Bank record has a Name/Telephone Number screen, and an E-mail Address/Date of Birth screen. The Name/Telephone Number screen always appears first.

• Note that the E-mail Address/Date of Birth screen does not appear if it does not contain at least e-mail address or date of birth data. In this case, pressing D scrolls to the next Data Bank record.

• A data type icon indicates the type of data that is displayed to the left of it:

(Name), (Telephone number), (e-mail address), (date of birth)

• Pressing B returns to the previous record’s Name/Telephone Number screen, not the previous record’s E-mail Address/Date of Birth screen.

• The e-mail address can show six characters at a time. Longer text is displayed by alternating 6-character blocks at regular intervals. The last character of the address is indicated by the symbol H after it.

• Pressing D while the last Data Bank record (Name/Telephone Number screen or E-mail Address/Date of Birth screen) is on the display or B while the first record (Name/Telephone Number screen) is on the display displays the new data screen.

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E-mail Address/ Date of Birth Screen

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New Data Screen

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To edit a Data Bank record

1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through the record

screens and display the one you want to edit.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.

3. Use C to move the cursor to the character or digits you want to change.

4. Use D (+) and B (–) to change the character.

5. After making the changes that you want, press A to store the record.

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appears on the display indicating that data is being sorted. After

SORT

that, the record’s Name/Telephone Number screen appears.

To delete a Data Bank record

1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through the record

screens and display the one you want to delete.

• Note that performing the next two steps deletes the entire record, regardless of whether you start from the Name/Telephone Number screen or the E-mail Address/Date of Birth screen. You cannot delete only Name/Telephone Number screen or E-mail Address/Date of Birth screen data.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.

3. Press D and B at the same time to delete the record.

• The message deleted. After the record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.

4. Input data or press A to return to the new data screen.

• Pressing A causes the

data is being sorted. After that, the new data screen appears.

appears to indicate that the record is being

CLEAR

to appear on the display indicating that

SORT

• Use D (+) and B (–) to cycle through characters at the cursor position, and then press C to move the cursor to the right. See “Inputting Text” for more information.

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Mail

The Mail Mode lets you input up to four mail messages of up to 30 characters each. Input mail text can be sent to and received from another watch by IR.

Mail text

Page number

• Mail messages are identified by page numbers

Px1 through Px4.

• Up to six characters of mail text can be displayed at a time, so longer text is displayed by alternating 6-character blocks at regular intervals. The last character of mail text is indicated by the symbol H after it.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the Mail Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

• See “Data Communication” for information about exchanging mail messages.

To input mail text

1. In the Mail Mode, use D and B to select the

mail message page where you want to input text.

• Note that page Px4 is also used to store

received mail text. This means that if you receive a mail message while you have text stored on page Px4, the existing text will be overwritten by the newly received message.

Press D.

Press B.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor (

3. Input the text you want.

• Use D (+) and B (–) to cycle through characters at the cursor position, and then press C to move the cursor to the right. See “Inputting Text” for more information.

4. After inputting your text, press A to store it.

Px1

Px2

Px3

) appears on the display.

Px4

To edit mail message text

1. In the Mail Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through the messages

and display the one you want to edit.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.

3. Use C to move the cursor to the character you want to change.

4. Use D (+) and B (–) to change the character.

5. After making the changes that you want, press A to store them and return

to the mail message screen.

To delete a mail message

1. In the Mail Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through the messages

and display the one you want to delete.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.

3. Press D and B at the same time to delete the message.

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4. Input text, or press A to return to the mail message screen.

appears to indicate that the message is being deleted. After

CLEAR

the message is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.

World Time

Current time in the zone of the selected city code

Day of week

City code

Timekeeping Mode time (Home time)

World Time shows the current time in 40 cities (27 time zones) around the world.

• If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings and make the necessary changes.

• The upper part of the display alternates between the city code and the day of the week.

• 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 code

In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll through city codes (time zones) to the east or B to scroll to the west.

• For full information about city codes, see the “City Code Table.”

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

1. In the World Time Mode, use D and B to

display the city code whose Standard Time/ Daylight Saving Time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down A for about two seconds to toggle

Daylight Saving Time (DST displayed) and Standard Time (DST not displayed).

• The DST indicator is on the display 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.

Stopwatch

Seconds

1/100 second

Minutes

Hours

To measure times with the stopwatch

Elapsed Time

Start Stop Re-start Stop Clear

Split Time

Start Split Split release Stop Clear

Two Finishes

Start Split Stop Split release Clear

J J J J

DD D D B

J J J J

DB B D B

(SPL displayed)

J J J J

DB D B B

First runner finishes. Display time of first runner.

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times, and two finishes.

• The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.

• The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.

• The stopwatch measurement operation continues even if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.

• Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen on the display clears the split time and returns to elapsed time measurement.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

Second runner finishes.

Display time of second runner.

Alarms

Alarm number

Day of week

Alarm date (Month – Day)

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

Alarm Types

The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.

• Daily alarm

Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound everyday at the time you set.

• Date alarm

Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound at the specific time, on the specific date you set.

• 1-Month alarm

Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.

You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms with hour, minutes, month, day, and day of the week. When an alarm is turned on, 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 twice every hour on the hour.

• There are five alarm screens numbered1 through 5. The hourly time signal screen is indicated by

• Alarm settings (and Hourly Time Signal settings) are available in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

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