Casio 2549 Owner's Manual

USER’S GUIDE 2549

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.

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General Guide

•Press C to change from mode to mode.

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

Timekeeping Mode	e-DATA MEMORY Mode	World Time Mode	Alarm Mode	Countdown Timer Mode	Stopwatch Mode
	Press
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Timekeeping

Month – Day			Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
			time and date.
Day of week			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.

PM

indicator

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

To set the time and date

City code

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the

seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting

screen.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown

below to select other settings.

Seconds

DST

City Code

Hour

Minutes

Day

Month

Year

12/24-Hour

Format

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

Screen	To do this:	Do this:
50	Reset the seconds to 00	Press D.
DSTOFF	Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (0N)	Press D.
	and Standard Time (0FF)
TYO	Change the city code	Use D(east) and B(west).
P10:58	Change the hour or minutes	Use D (+) and B (–).
12H	Toggle between 12-hour (12H) and 24-hour	Press D.
	(24H) timekeeping
2002	Change the year	Use D (+) and B (–).
6-30	Change the month or day

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

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

4.Press A to exit the setting screen.

•With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears on the display for times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and the A (AM) indicator appears for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m.

•With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without any indicator.

•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.

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 to display the DST setting screen.

3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (ON displayed) and Standard Time (OFF displayed).

• Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while GMT is selected as the Home City code.

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

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

e-DATA MEMORY

Text

Record number (Page number)

You can use the watch’s e-DATA MEMORY to store e-mail addresses, Web page URLs, and other text data.

You can also use a password to limit access to e-DATA MEMORY contents.

•All of the operations in this section are performed in the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, which you enter by pressing

C.

e-DATA MEMORY Management

e-DATA MEMORY can hold up to 315 characters total, while each record can contain up to 63 characters. The maximum number of records depends on the number of characters per record, as shown below.

•63 characters per record: 5 records

•7 or fewer characters per record: 40 records

To create a new e-DATA MEMORY record

1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, press D and B at the Remaining memory (%) same time to display the remaining memory screen.

• If 0 % is shown for remaining memory, 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 on the display, which indicates the setting screen.

• The setting screen also shows the record number that is automatically assigned to the new record.

3.Input the text you want.

• When inputting the text, use D (+) and B (–) to

cycle through characters at the current cursor location, and C to move the cursor to the right. See “Inputting Text”.

4.Press A to store your data and return to the e-DATA MEMORY record screen (without the cursor).

•Pressing A causes the message SET to appear for about two seconds as the data is stored. After that, the e-DATA MEMORY record screen appears.

•The text can show only three characters at a time, so longer text scrolls continuously from right to left. The last character is indicated by the symbol s after it. Press A to stop and restart scrolling.

•Records are stored in memory in the sequence they are created.

To recall e-DATA MEMORY records

In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to cycle through e-DATA MEMORY records as shown below.

					Press .
	Record 1		Record 2		Remaining	Password
					memory	setting
	(	)	(	)
					screen	screen
					Press .

Remaining Memory Screen

Password Setting Screen

•The value on the remaining memory screen is the percentage of memory that is still available. It does not indicate the number of records that can be stored.

•The Password Setting screen shows xxxx when a password is already registered.

•You can use the Password Setting screen to register, edit, or delete your password. See “Using a Password to Protect e-DATA MEMORY Data” for more information.

To edit an e-DATA MEMORY record
1.	In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to display the record you
	want to edit.
2.	Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
3.	Use C to move the flashing to the character you want to change.
4.	Use D (+) and B (–) to change the character.
5.	After making the changes you want, press A to store them and return to the	1
	e-DATA MEMORY record screen.

Alarms

Timekeeping Mode time Alarm number

Alarm number indicator

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

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To delete an e-DATA MEMORY record

1.In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D(+) and B(–) to display the record you want to delete.

2.Hold down Auntil the flashing cursor appears on the display.

3.Press Band Dat the same time to delete the record.

•The message CLR appears to indicate that the record is being deleted. After the record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.

4.Input data or press Ato return to the remaining memory screen.

Using a Password to Protect e-DATA MEMORY Data

You can register a 4-digit password to keep e-DATA MEMORY data secure.

Important!

Use a 4-digit password that is easy for you to remember, but difficult for others to decipher. If you forget the password, you will have to have your watch initialized (which deletes all data in memory) in order to access the e-DATA MEMORY again. To have the watch initialized, contact the store or dealer where you purchased it, and ask to have the AC operation performed.

To register a new password

1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B(–) to display the Password Setting screen.

• This displays a screen that shows SET PA55.

2. Hold down Afor about one second until NEW

appears, with the first 0 flashing.

• This is the New Password Setting screen.

3.Use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through numbers at the first digit.

4.When the first digit is the number you want, press Cto advance to the next digit.

5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 to input all four digits of the password you want.

•Pressing A while inputting a new password clears your input and returns to the Password Setting screen.

6.After all four of the password digits are the way you want, press Cto register them.

•Pressing C causes the message SET to appear for about one second as the password is stored. After that, the Password Setting screen appears.

•After registering a password, you can input, recall, edit and delete data, if you want. After you exit the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, you will have to input the password every time you want to enter it again.

To input the password

1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode.

2. On the Password Input screen (PA55 xxxx), press D or B. This causes the first digit of the password to flash.

3. Input the password.

• Use D(+) and B(–) to scroll through numbers at each digit.

•Press Cto advance to the next digit.

•Pressing Awhile inputting the password clears your input and returns to the Password Input screen.

4.After the password is the way you want, press C.

•If the input password matches the one registered, the message OK!appears, followed by an e-DATA MEMORY screen.

•If the password does not match, the message ERR appears, followed by the Password Input screen.

To change the password

1.Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode by inputting the current password.

2.Use D (+) and B (–) to display the Password Setting screen.

3.Perform the procedure starting from step 2 under “To register a new password” to specify the new password.

To delete the password

1.Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode by inputting the current password.

2.Use D (+) and B (–) to display the Password Setting screen.

3.Hold down Afor about one second until NEW appears, with the first 0 flashing.

4.Press Band Dat the same time to delete the password.

•The message CLR appears to indicate that the password is being deleted. After the password is deleted, the Password Setting screen appears.

World Time

City code

Timekeeping

Mode time

Current time in the zone of the selected city code

World Time shows the current time in 27 cities (29 time zones) around the world.

•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”.

•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.

•When the currently selected time zone is one that includes mostly ocean, a value indicating the zone’s Greenwich Mean Time differential appears in place of a city code.

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

1. In the World Time Mode, use Band Dto display the city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight

Saving Time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down Afor about one second 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.

•Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while GMT is selected as the city code.

You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the other four are one-time alarms. You can also input reminder text that appears 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 numbered AL1through AL4 for the one-time alarm, a snooze alarm screen indicated by SNZ. The Hourly Time Signal screen is indicated by SIG.

• The alarm number indicator points to the number of the alarm screen that is currently displayed. In the case of the snooze alarm screen, the snooze alarm indicator

() appears in the lower right corner of the display.

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

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.

• Monthly alarm

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

To set an alarm time

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D and B to scroll through the alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed.

Press . Press .

	• To set a one-time alarm, display one of the screens indicated by an alarm number
	from AL1through AL4. To set the snooze alarm, display the screen indicated
	by SNZ.
	• The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.
2.	After you select an alarm, hold down Auntil the hour setting of the alarm time
	starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
	• This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
3. Press Cto move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.
	Hour	Minutes	Month	Day	Text
	• Selecting the text causes the text input cursor (#) to appear. There are eight
	spaces in the text, so you have to press Ceight times to move to the Hour
	setting.
4. While a setting is flashing, use D, B, and C to change it as described below.

	Screen	To do this:	Do this:
A	12:00	Change the hour	Use D (+) and B(–).
		and minutes	• With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m.
			(A indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
	x-xx	Change the	• To set an alarm that does not include a month and/or
		month and day	day, set x for each setting.
		Input reminder	Use D (+) and B(–) to cycle through characters at the
#		text	current cursor location, and Cto move the cursor to the
			right. See “Inputting Text”.

•Pressing Band Dat the same time while any setting is flashing automatically sets the time to AM12:00 and the date to x-xx. It also clears any text that is input for the alarm.

Alarm on indicator

Snooze alarm indicator

Alarm Operation

5. Press Ato exit the setting screen.

•If you input reminder text, the text appears in place of the alarm number. When this happens, you can find out which alarm’s screen is displayed by checking the alarm number indicator or the snooze alarm indicator.

•If the reminder text is more than three characters, it will scroll form right to left.

•If the alarm has a month and/or day setting, the month/ day appears in the upper right corner of the display, in place of the Timekeeping Mode time.

The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off.

•To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.

•If you input reminder text for an alarm, the text appears for one minute on the Timekeeping Mode screen when the alarm time is reached. You can clear the reminder text display by pressing A, B, or D, or by exiting the Timekeeping Mode.

•In the case of the snooze alarm, the reminder text appears on the Timekeeping Mode screen for the initial alarm operation only.

•Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.

Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen Displaying the SNZ setting screen

Changing the DST setting of the Home City code in the World Time Mode

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.

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