Casio 5553 Operation Guide

Operation Guide 5553

Getting Acquainted

Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO watch. To get the most out of your purchase, be sure to read this manual carefully.

• Be sure to keep all user documentation handy for future reference.

About This Manual

• Depending on the model of your watch, display text appears either as dark figures

on a light background or light figures on a dark background. All sample displays in this manual are shown using dark figures on a light background.

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• 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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World Time ………………………………………………………………………………E-20

To view the current time in another time zone ……………………………… E-21 To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and

Daylight Saving Time ………………………………………………………E-22

To swap your Home City and World Time City ……………………………… E-23

Alarms ……………………………………………………………………………………E-24

To set an alarm time ……………………………………………………………E-25 To test the alarm ………………………………………………………………E-26 To turn an alarm on and off ……………………………………………………E-27 To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off …………………………………… E-28

Illumination ……………………………………………………………………………E-29

To illuminate the display manually …………………………………………… E-29 To specify the illumination duration……………………………………………E-30 To turn the auto light switch on and off ………………………………………E-32

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General Guide

• Press C to change from mode to mode.

• To return to the Timekeeping Mode from any other mode, hold down C for about

three seconds.

• In any mode (except a setting mode), press B to illuminate the display.

Timekeeping Mode

Contents

Getting Acquainted …………………………………………………………………… E-1

General Guide ………………………………………………………………………… E-6

Timekeeping …………………………………………………………………………… E-8

To set the time and date ……………………………………………………… E-9 To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting ………………E-12

Stopwatch ………………………………………………………………………………E-14

Countdown Timer………………………………………………………………………E-17

To use the countdown timer ……………………………………………………E-18 To configure countdown start time settings …………………………………E-19

Hand Home Position Correction …………………………………………………… E-33

To adjust home positions ………………………………………………………E-33

Reference ………………………………………………………………………………E-35

To turn the button operation tone on and off ………………………………… E-36

Specifications …………………………………………………………………………E-40

Stopwatch Mode (page E-14)

Alarm Mode (page E-24)

Countdown Timer Mode (page E-17)

World Time Mode (page E-20)

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Timekeeping

You can adjust the Home Time city date and time in the Timekeeping Mode.

• Pressing A in the Timekeeping Mode will toggle lower display between the

screens shown below.

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Home City Date Home City Time

Day of the week Day of the week

Date

PM indicator

SecondsSeconds

Hour : Minutes

To set the time and date

City code

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A for about two

2. Use D and B to select the city code you want.

seconds until “SET” appears on the lower display. This is the setting mode.

• Note that keeping A depressed too long (for about

five seconds) will cause a different type of setting mode to be entered (page E-33).

• Make sure you select your Home City code before

changing any other setting.

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

Table” at the back of this manual.

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Operation Guide 5553

3. Press C to change the flashing screen content in the sequence shown below to select the other settings.

C C

4. When the timekeeping setting you want to change is flashing, use D or B to change it as described below.

Screen: To do this: Do this:

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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 change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting

DST indicator

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CC C C C

City

Code

Illumination

Duration

12/24-Hour

DST

Format

Button

Operation Tone

Change the city code Use D (east) and B (west).

Toggle the DST setting between Daylight Saving Time ( Standard Time ( ).

Toggle between 12-hour ( ) and 24-hour ( ) timekeeping

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A for about two seconds until “SET” appears on the display.

• Note that keeping A depressed too long (for about

five seconds) will cause a different type of setting mode to be entered (page E-33).

2. Press C. This will display the DST setting screen.

Seconds Hour Minutes

) and

Press D.

YearMonthDay

CCCC

Stopwatch

You can use the stopwatch to measure elapsed time and split times.

• The digital display range of the stopwatch is 999 hours,

59 minutes, 59.99 seconds. The stopwatch continues to run until you stop it. If it reaches the above limit, it will restart the time measurement from zero.

• The stopwatch operation continues even if you exit the

Stopwatch Mode.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C (page E-7).

Screen: To do this: Do this:

5. Press A to exit the setting mode.

• The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year,

month, and day) settings.

3. Use D to toggle the DST setting on and off.

• The default DST setting is OFF ( ).

4. When the setting you want is selected, press A to exit the setting mode.

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

12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping

• With the 12-hour format, the PM indicator (P) appears on the lower display for times

in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no 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

the PM indicator (P).

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

applied in all other modes.

Elapsed Time Measurement

In the Stopwatch Mode, press D to start and stop elapsed time measurement.

• Pressing A while elapsed time measurement is in progress will display the current

split time.

(Stopped) (Stopped)(Measurement)

Reset the seconds to Press D.

Change the hour and minutes

Change the year, month, or day

Toggle the button operation tone between (on) and (off)

Toggle the display illumination duration between 1.5 seconds ( ) and three

)

seconds (

(Split time displayed.)

Split cancel

DST off ( ) DST on ( )

Start Split Stop

DA DAA

(Measured time displayed.)

Use D (+) and B (–).

Press D.

(Measured time displayed.)

Display time reset

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Stopwatch hand

Elapsed time seconds

• Pressing D without resetting the displayed time will restart elapsed time

measurement from where it was last stopped (cumulative elapsed time measurement).

• An ongoing elapsed time measurement operation continues even if you exit the

Stopwatch Mode. In this case, the stopwatch hand indicates the current minutes count.

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To use the countdown timer

Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.

• When the end of the countdown is reached, the alarm will sound for 10 seconds or

until you stop it by pressing any button.

• The countdown time is reset to its starting value automatically after the alarm stops.

• Press D while a countdown operation is in progress to pause it.

Press D again to resume the countdown.

• To stop a countdown timer operation completely, first pause it (by pressing D),

and then press A. This returns the countdown time to its starting value. Note that the countdown start time cannot be changed while a countdown timer operation is ongoing or paused. To change the start time, you first need to stop the countdown timer operation completely as described above.

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Measured time or split time

Hours

• Alternates with “SPL” during

split time display.

Minutes, seconds, 1/100 seconds

Countdown Timer

You can set the countdown timer start time within a range of one minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown reaches zero.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing

(page E-7).

Seconds

Start time (Hours : Minutes)

To configure countdown start time settings

Start time (Hours : Minutes)

1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the

Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A for about two seconds until the hour setting of the countdown start time starts to flash. This is the setting mode.

• Holding down A will initially cause “Hold” to appear

on the screen. Keep A depressed until “Hold” disappears.

• If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the

procedure under “To use the countdown timer” (page E-18) to display it.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below, and select the setting you want to change.

Start Time

(Hours)

3. Press A to exit the setting mode.

Start Time

(Minutes)

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