Casio DBC32-1A Operation Manual

MO0407-EA

Operation Guide 2888

About This Manual

• Button operations are indicated using the letters shown in the illustration. Keypad keys are indicated by their main keycap markings within square brackets in bold, such as [2].

• 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.

Keypad

General Guide

• Press B to change from mode to mode.

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

Timekeeping Mode

Press B.

Data Bank Mode

▲

Timekeeping

Hour : Minutes

Day of week

Year Month–Day

PM indicator

To set the time and date

Language indicator

Seconds Year Month Day

• The currently selected language indicator flashes on the display while the Language setting is selected in the above sequence.

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

• You must input two digits for the hour, minutes, year, month, and day settings. If

you want to specify 3 o’clock, for example, input 03 for the hour. For the year setting, input the two rightmost digits.

To do this:

Reset the seconds to 00 Change the year, month,

day, hour, or minutes

Change the language

• While the language indicator is flashing on the display, use [+] and [÷] to cycle

through the language indicators as shown below until the one for the language you want to select is displayed.

[+]

Indicator Language

ENx English POR Portuguese ESP Spanish FRA French NED Dutch

[÷]

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

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

month, and day) settings.

• See the “Day of the Week List” for information on abbreviations used.

• In addition to the day of the week display, the language setting also affects the type

of characters you can input for the name in the Data Bank Mode.

• Holding down A in the Timekeeping Mode displays the indicator for the currently

selected language. Keeping A depressed for one second changes to the Timekeeping Mode setting screen (indicated by the flashing seconds digits). If you accidentally display the setting screen, press A again to exit.

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set the time and date. You can also view the Dual Time Mode screen or Data Bank

Seconds

Mode screen from the Timekeeping Mode.

Note

This watch is capable of displaying text for the day of the week in any one of 13 different languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, German, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, and Russian).

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

seconds digits start to flash. This is the setting screen.

2. Use C and B to move the flashing in the sequence

shown below to select other settings.

Press C. Press B.

Minutes Hour Language

Do this:

Press [0]. Input values on the keypad keys.

• The flashing moves to the right each time you input a value.

• While the hour or minutes is flashing (12-hour timekeeping only), press [=PM] to toggle between AM (A indicator) and PM (P indicator).

Use [+] and [÷].

Indicator Language

DAN Danish DEU German ITA Italian SVE Swedish POL Polish

Indicator Language

RO Romanian T)R Turkish PUC Russian

Calculator Mode

▲

Alarm Mode

▲

Dual Time Mode

Stopwatch Mode

▲

To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping

In the Timekeeping Mode, press C to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping (indicated by A or P on the display), or 24-hour timekeeping.

• 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.

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

To display the Dual Time screen and Data Bank screen in the Timekeeping Mode

Holding down [÷] in the Timekeeping Mode displays the Dual Time screen. Holding down [+] displays the record you were viewing when you last used the Data Bank Mode.

Dual Time Screen Data Bank Screen

Holding down C for about two seconds in the Timekeeping Mode toggles between Daylight Saving Time (DST displayed) and Standard Time (DST not displayed).

• Note that pressing C in the Timekeeping Mode also

toggles between 12-hour timekeeping and 24-hour timekeeping.

• The DST indicator appears on the Timekeeping and Alarm Mode displays to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

Hold down [÷] Hold down [+]

Data Bank

Remaining number of records

Telephone number

Creating a New Data Bank record

When creating a new Data Bank record, you can input the name and then the telephone number, or you can input the telephone number and then the name. Being able to input the phone number first helps to avoid forgetting a number as you input the name.

The Data Bank Mode lets you store up to 25 records, each containing name and telephone number data. Records are automatically sorted based on the characters of the name. You can recall records by scrolling through

Name

them on the display.

• The characters you can input for the name depend on the language you select in the Timekeeping Mode. See “To set the time and date” for more information. Changing the language setting does not affect names that are already stored.

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

• Holding down [=PM] in the Data Bank Mode displays the number of remaining records.

Operation Guide 2888

To input the name and then the phone number of new Data Bank record

Name area

Number area

New Record Screen

3. In the name area, use [+] and [÷] to cycle through characters at the cursor position. The characters cycle in the sequence shown below.

[+]

(space)

[÷]

• The above character sequence is for English input. See “Character List” for the

character sequences of other languages.

4. When the character you want is at the cursor position, press C to move the cursor to the right.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the name is complete.

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

6. After you input the name, press C as many times as necessary to move the cursor to the number area.

• When the cursor is located at the eighth space of the name area, moving the

cursor to the right causes it to jump to the first digit of the number. When the cursor is at the 15th digit of the number, moving it to the right (by pressing C) causes it to jump to the first character in the name.

• Pressing C moves the cursor the right, while B moves it to the left.

7. In the number area, use the keypad to input the telephone number.

• Each time you input a digit, the cursor automatically moves to the right.

• The number area initially contains all hyphens. You can leave the hyphens or

replace them with numbers or spaces.

• Use [.SPC] to input a space and [–] to input a hyphen.

• If you make a mistake while inputting numbers, use C and B to move the cursor

to the location of the error and input the correct data.

• You can input up to 15 digits for the number.

8. Press A to store your data and exit the Data Bank record input screen.

• When you press A to store data, the name and number you input flash for about

one second as Data Bank records are sorted. After the sort operation is complete, the Data Bank record screen appears.

• The name 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

To input the telephone number and then the name of new Data Bank record

Name area

Number area

New Record Screen

• If you do not input anything for about two or three minutes, or if you press B, the

watch will exit the input screen and change to the Timekeeping Mode. Anything you have input up to that point will be cleared.

3. After inputting the telephone number, hold down A until the flashing cursor (_) appears in the name area of the display. This is the record input screen.

4. Input the name that goes with the number.

• Use [+] and [÷] to cycle through the characters at the cursor position. Use C

and B to move the cursor. For details about character input, see steps 3 through 5 under “To input the name and then the phone number of new Data Bank record”.

5. After inputting the name, press A to store your data and exit the Data Bank record input screen.

To recall Data Bank records

In the Data Bank Mode, use [+] (+) and [÷] (–) to scroll through Data Bank records on the display.

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

• Pressing [+] while the last Data Bank record is on the display displays the new

record screen.

To edit a Data Bank record

1. In the Data Bank Mode, use [+] (+) and [÷] (–) to scroll through the records and display the one you want to edit.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display. This is the record input screen.

3. Use C (right) and B (left) to move the flashing to the character you want to change.

4. Use the keypad to change the character.

• For details about character input, see steps 3 (name input) and 7 (number input)

under “To input the name and then the phone number of new Data Bank record”.

5. After making the changes that you want, press A to store them and exit the Data Bank record input screen.

To delete a Data Bank record

1. In the Data Bank Mode, use [+] (+) and [÷] (–) to scroll through the records and display the one you want to delete.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display. This is the record input screen.

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

•

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 A to return to the Data Bank record screen.

1. In the Data Bank Mode, press C to display the new

record screen.

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

• If the new record screen does not appear when you press C, 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 name area of the display. This is the record input screen.

A to Z

(alphabet)

1. In the Data Bank Mode, press C to display the new

record screen.

2. Use the keypad to input the telephone number.

• Pressing a number key as the first input in a new Data Bank record will input the number at the first position of the number area, and automatically move the cursor to the next position to the right. Input the rest of the phone number.

• Use [.SPC] to input a space and [–] to input a hyphen.

• If you make a mistake while inputting the phone number, press C. This will return to the blank new record screen, so you can restart your input.

to -

(symbol)

0 to 9

(number)

s after it.

Calculator

You can use the Calculator Mode to perform ar ithmetic calculations, as well as currency conversion calculations. You can also use the Calculator Mode to turn the input tone on and off.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the Calculator Mode, which you

enter by pressing B.

• Before starting a new calculation or currency conversion operation in the Calculator

Mode, first use C to display one of the screens shown below.

Press C.

▲

Timekeeping Mode time

• Arithmetic and currency conversion calculation input and result values can be up to eight digits for positive values, and seven digits for negative values.

• Exiting the Calculator Mode causes all currently displayed values to be cleared.

How the

• Pressing C while the current screen (arithmetic calculator or currency converter screen) shows a value other than zero will clear the screen to zero, without changing to the other screen.

• Pressing C while an but does not clear the current calculation to zero.

• Pressing C while the current screen (arithmetic calculator or currency converter screen) is cleared to zero, will switch to the other screen.

Performing Arithmetic Calculations

You can perform the following types of arithmetic calculations in the Calculator Mode: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, arithmetic constants, powers, and approximate values.

Calculator Screen

C button affects the current screen in the Calculator Mode

E (error) indicator is displayed clears the E (error) indicator,

To perform arithmetic calculations

Operator area

Operator symbol

Value input area

Example

(Basic Calculation)

12.3 + 74 - 90 = -3.7

(12 - 0.5) × 3 ÷ 7 =4.9285714

(Constant Calculation)

10 + 7 = 17 12 + 7 = 19

(2.3)4 = 27.9841

• To perform a constant calculation, input the value you want to use as a constant and then press one of the arithmetic operator keys twice. This makes the value you input a constant, which is indicated by the

• An

E (error) indicator will appear whenever the result of a calculation exceeds 8

digits. Press C to clear the error indicator. After that, you will be able to continue the calculation using an approximate result.

• The following table describes how to correct input errors and how to clear the calculator after you finish using it.

When you need to do this:

Correct or change the value you are currently inputting, without deleting the part of the calculation you have input up to the current value

Correct or change the arithmetic operator (+, –, ×, ÷) you have just input

Completely clear the calculation you are inputting

Clear a displayed calculation result (produced by pressing the [+], [–],

××

[

×], [÷], or [=PM] key) and its

××

calculation

Currency Conversion Calculations

You can register a single currency exchange rate for quick and easy conversion to another currency.

• The default conversion rate is multiplication operator and 0 is the exchange rate. Be sure to change the value to the exchange rate value and the operator (multiplication or division) you want to use.

[1] [2] [.SPC] [3] [+] [7] [4][–] [9] [0] [=PM]

[1] [2] [–] [.SPC] [5] [

[7] [+] [+] [1] [0] [=PM] [1] [2] [=PM]

[2] [.SPC] [3] [

To change the exchange rate and the operator

Operator symbol

Exchange rate

To check the current exchang e rate and operator setting

1. While the currency converter screen is displayed in the Calculator Mode, hold down

A until the exchange rate starts to flash on the display. This is the setting screen.

• The setting screen will also show the current exchange rate and operator setting.

2. Press A to exit the setting screen.

Value input area

When the calculator screen is displayed in the Calculator Mode, you can use the keypad to input calculations just as you do with any standard calculator. See the examples below for details.

• Be sure to press C to clear the arithmetic calculator

screen to zero before beginning each calculation. If the screen is already cleared, pressing C will switch to the currency converter screen.

• While you are inputting a calculation, values are displayed in the value input area, and operators are displayed in the operator area of the display.

××

×] [

××

n indicator next to the operator symbol.

× 0 (multiply the input value by 0). × represents the

1. While the currency conver ter screen is displayed in the

Calculator Mode, hold down A until the exchange rate starts to flash on the display. This is the setting screen.

2. Use the keypad to input the exchange rate and the

operator ([

• To clear the displayed exchange rate to zero, press

3. Press A to exit the setting screen.

▲

Currency Converter Screen

Operation

××

×] [3] [÷] [7] [=PM]

××

+K 1&

××

×] [=PM] [=PM] [=PM]

××

Perform this key operation:

Press C to clear the displayed value and return to the the value you want.

Without pressing C, press the key for the correct arithmetic operator.

Press C to clear the displayed value and return to the C again.

Press C.

××

×]or [÷]) you want to use.

××

+K 19

XK 2& 9841

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