MA0407-EA
Operation Guide 2900/2901
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.
(Light)
General Guide
• Press C to change from mode to mode.
• In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
Timekeeping Mode
Press .
Alarm Mode
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
PM indicator
Day of week
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, press B to change it as
described below.
Seconds
Hour, Minutes, Year, Month,
Day, Day of week
• Pressing B while the seconds are in the range of 30 to 59 resets them to 00 and
adds 1 to the minutes. In the range of 00 to 29, the minutes are unchanged.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.
• The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar makes allowances for different month
lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change
it except after you have the watch’s battery replaced.
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
In the Timekeeping Mode, press B to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping and
24-hour timekeeping.
• With the 12-hour format, the
for times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears to the left of
the hour digits 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, with
indicator.
• The
Alarm Mode and Dual Time Mode screens.
• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all other modes.
Seconds
Hour : Minutes
Month – Day
To change this setting
and indicators are not displayed with the Timekeeping Mode time on the
time and date.
To set the time and date
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 Hour
Perform this button operation
Press B to reset to 00.
Press B to increase the setting.
Holding down B changes the setting at high speed.
(PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits
Minutes
YearMonthDay of week Day
Stopwatch Mode
Dual Time Mode
Alarm
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
Mode indicator
Timekeeping Mode tim
(Hour : Minutes)
To set an alarm time
To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound
Press any button.
To turn the Daily Alarm and Hourly Time Signal on and off
Alarm on indicator
Hourly time signal
on indicator
To test the alarm
In the Alarm Mode, hold down B to sound the alarm.
When the daily 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.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds,
regardless of the mode the watch is in.
1. In the Alarm Mode, hold down A until the hour setting
starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
• This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
2. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and
minutes.
3. While a setting is flashing, use B to increase it.
Holding down B changes the setting at high speed.
• With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m.
(no indicator) or p.m. (
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
In the Alarm Mode, press B to cycle through the on and
off settings as shown below.
Alarm On Indicator/Hourly Time Signal On Indicator
Both on Hourly Time
• The alarm on (x) indicator flashes while the alarm is
sounding.
• The alarm on (
(
) indicator are displayed in all modes.
y
indicator).
Daily alarm
Both off
only
) indicator and Hourly Time Signal on
x
Signal only
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Operation Guide 2900/2901
Stopwatch
Seconds
Hours
Mode indicator
1/100 second
To measure times with the stopwatch
Elapsed time
Start Stop Re-start Stop Clear
Split time
Start
Two Finishes
Start
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
and two finishes.
Minutes
• 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.
Split
(SPL displayed)
Split Stop Split release Clear
First runner
finishes.
Display time of
first runner.
Split release Stop Clear
Second runner
finishes.
Display time of
second runner.
Dual Time
The Dual Time Mode lets you keep track of time in a different time zone.
• In the Dual Time Mode, the seconds count is synchronized with the seconds count
of the Timekeeping Mode.
To set the Dual Time
Seconds Hour : Minutes
1. Press C to enter the Dual Time Mode.
2. Hold down A until the hour setting starts to flash,
which indicates the setting screen.
3. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and
minutes settings.
4. Press B to increase the setting. Holding down B
changes the setting at high speed.
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Mode indicator
Timekeeping Mode time
(Hour : Minutes)
Illumination
Three-second indicator
To specify the illumination duration
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down B for about two seconds to toggle the
illumination duration between three seconds (
(
3"
not displayed).
• Pressing B also toggles between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping.
• When the three-second setting is selected, the three-second (
on the display in all modes.
• To protect against running down the watch’s battery, the watch automatically
switches to the 1.5-second setting about seven hours after the three-second setting
is selected. To continue to use the three-second setting, perform the above
procedure again.
The watch has an EL (electro-Iuminescent) panel that
causes the entire display to glow for easy reading in the
dark.
• See “Illumination Precautions” for other important
information.
To illuminate the display
In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
• You can specify 1.5 seconds or three seconds as the
illumination duration. See “To specify the illumination
duration” for more information.
3"
displayed) and 1.5 seconds
3"
) indicator remains
Reference
This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch operation.
It also contains important precautions and notes about the various features and
functions of this watch.
Auto return features
If you leave a screen with flashing digits for one or two minutes without performing
any operation, the watch automatically saves any settings you have made up to that
point and exits the setting screen.
Illumination Precautions
• The electro-luminescent panel that provides illumination loses power after very long
use.
• Illumination may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.
• Illumination automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
• The watch may emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This is
due to vibration of the EL panel used for illumination, and does not indicate
malfunction.
• Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.
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