Casio MA0604-EB User Manual

MA0604-EB

Operation Guide 2993

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 Stopwatch Mode Preset Timer Mode Alarm ModeWorld Time ModeCountdown Timer Mode

Press .

Timekeeping

Month – Day

Day of week

PM indicator

Hour : Minutes

To set the time and date

Seconds City Code

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

Screen

To do this:

50

Reset the seconds to

OFF

Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (ON)
and Standard Time (

Change the city code

P

10:58

Change the hour or minutes
Change the year

6-30

Change the month or day

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

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

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

DST indicator

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
time and date.

Seconds

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.

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

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.

DST

Month

00

OFF

)

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 (

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• The DST indicator is on the display while Daylight
Saving Time is turned on.

Year MinutesDay

Do this:

Press D.
Press D.

Use D (east) and B (west).
Use D (+) and B (–).

OFF

Hour

displayed).

To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping

In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping and
24-hour timekeeping.

• With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears 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, without
any indicator.

• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all other modes.

• The P indicator is not displayed with the Timekeeping Mode time on the Preset
Timer Mode, Countdown Timer Mode, World Time Mode, and Alarm Mode screens.

Stopwatch

Initial Stopwatch Mode

Screen

Timekeeping Mode time

Minutes Seconds

•

Press B to pause and

restart elapsed time
measurement.

To measure times with the stopwatch

Elapsed Time

Start

*1 Elapsed time measurement in the lower display continues.

Using the Watch for Official Timing of a Sport Event

After you set a game or event time, the watch will perform an alert operation (beeper
or vibration) when the time in the lower display reaches that time.
If the event is interrupted for some reason, you can press B to pause and restart
timing in the upper display. The lower display shows the total elapsed time since the
start of the timing operation. You can calculate the total amount of time that play was
interrupted (lost time or injury time) by subtracting the upper display time from the
lower display time.

Stop*

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time. The upper
display and lower display can be used for official timing of
an event or game.

• You can configure the watch for beeper alert or vibration
alert. For details about vibration alert, see “Vibration
Alert”.

• The measurement range of the upper display is
59 minutes 59 seconds.

• The measurement range of the lower display is
99 minutes 59 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.

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

Elapsed Time Screen

1

Re-start

•

This time measurement (1/100

second) cannot be paused.

Minutes Seconds

•

This time measurement cannot be

paused.
It shows the total elapsed time
since the timing operation started.

Hold down

1

Stop*

Clear

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Operation Guide 2993

To set the event time

To start timing at the beginning of an event

When the current time in the lower display reaches the event start time, press B to
start timing.

• This will display elapsed time measurement in the upper and lower displays.

To pause timing

1. Press B. This stops elapsed time measurement in the upper display.

• Elapsed time measurement in the lower display continues.

2. To restart elapsed time measurement in the upper display, press B again.

When the preset event time is reached

• The watch performs an alert operation when the elapsed time measurement in the
lower display (total elapsed time since timing started) reaches the preset event time.

• Elapsed time measurement continues to be performed even after the preset event
time is reached.

To reset elapsed time measurement to zero

1. Press B. This stops elapsed time measurement in the upper display.

• Elapsed time measurement in the lower display continues.

2. Hold down D until the initial Stopwatch Mode screen appears.

1. In the Stopwatch Mode, hold down A until the current
event time setting starts to flash in the lower display.
This is the setting screen.

• If the current event time is not displayed, use the

procedure under “To reset elapsed time measurement
to zero” to display it.

2. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B (–) to
change it.

• You can set the event time in the range of 1 minute to

60 minutes, in 1-minute units.

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• “

” indicates there is no event time set.

3. Press A to exit the setting screen.

Preset Timer

Timekeeping Mode time

Preset timer time

To perform a preset timer operation

10 minutes 12 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes

Number of repeats

Auto-repeat on indicator

• When the end of the countdown is reached, an alert operation (beeper or vibration)
is performed for 10 seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button.

• When the end of the countdown is reached while auto-repeat is turned off, the watch
will go into an elapsed time operation and display how much time has elapsed since
the end of the countdown was reached. The elapsed time operation will stop
automatically when it reaches 60 minutes. At that time the countdown timer start
time selection screen will appear.

• When the end of the countdown is reached while auto-repeat is turned on, a new
countdown starts from the selected preset start time. The number of repeats is
displayed above the timer time. The number of repeats display changes to “
when the count reaches 100.

• To stop a countdown operation completely, first pause it (by pressing B), and then
press D. This will display the initial Preset Timer Mode screen.

The watch includes a number of different preset times
that you can select for the countdown start time.
The currently selected alert operation (beeper or
vibration) is performed when the countdown reaches zero.

• The following are the preset start times, all in minutes:
10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45.

• You can also select auto-repeat, which automatically
restarts the preset start time you selected, whenever
zero is reached.

• You can configure the watch for beeper alert or vibration
alert. For details about vibration alert, see “Vibration
Alert”.

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

1. In the Preset Timer Mode, use D to scroll through the

preset times until the one you want to use is displayed.

25 minutes

30 minutes45 minutes 40 minutes 35 minutes

• To turn on auto-repeat, hold down A while a start
time selection screen is displayed. The number of
repeats will appear above the timer time.

• Frequent use of auto-repeat and the alert operation
(beeper or vibration) can run down the battery.

2. Press B to start the countdown timer.

• Press B while a countdown operation is in progress
to pause it. Press B again to resume the countdown.

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”

Countdown Timer

Countdown timer
number

Timekeeping
Mode time

Start time
(Minutes Seconds)

• An alert operation (about one second) is performed when any countdown timer
(except for the last one in the series) reaches zero. When the last countdown timer
in the series reaches zero, an alert operation is performed for about five seconds.

• You can turn on an auto-repeat feature that restarts the timer sequence from the
beginning when the end of the last timer is reached.

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

To configure countdown timer settings

Press .

Press .

3. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other

settings.

4. While a setting is flashing, use D and B to change it as described below.

Screen

To do this:

Change the countdown timer number

03'00''

Change the minutes (00 - 59)
Change the seconds (00 - 55, 5-second units)
Toggle auto-repeat on ( ) and off ( )

• Any timer whose start time is
operation.

• There is no auto-repeat for individual countdown timers. In the Countdown Timer
Mode, auto-repeat repeats the entire set of timers.

Number of repeats

Auto-repeat on indicator

To perform a countdown timer operation

In the Countdown Timer Mode, press B to start the countdown of the lowest
numbered countdown timer that has a start time setting that is not zero.

• To pause the countdown timer that is currently counting down, press B. Press B
again to restart.

• During a countdown timer operation, any countdown timer whose start time is zero

00'00'

(

') is skipped.

• The first countdown timer of the series is the lowest numbered one with a start time
that is not zero. The final countdown timer of the series is the highest numbered one
with a start time that is not zero.

• While auto-repeat is turned off, the watch performs an alert operation (beeper or
vibration) when each countdown timer reaches zero. An alert operation is performed
for about five seconds when the final countdown timer reaches zero.

• While auto-repeat is turned on, the watch beeps (or vibrates) once when each
countdown timer reaches zero. A five-second alert operation is performed when the
final countdown timer reaches zero, unless the start time of the final countdown
timer is 10 seconds or less. In such a case, the alert operation for the final
countdown timer is only one second long.

• Timing restarts from the first timer when the final countdown timer reaches zero. The
number of repeats is displayed above the timer time. The number of repeats display
changes to “

• An ongoing countdown timer operation continues to be performed even if you exit
the Countdown Timer Mode.

• To stop a countdown timer operation, first press B to pause the countdown of the
current timer, and then press D. This will display Countdown Timer 1 (

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With the countdown timer, you can set up to nine start
times, which are counted down in sequence one after the
other.
The countdown timer can be used for interval training (for
example, three minutes running with
with

, five minutes running with ) or for timing
an multi-period event (for example, 45 minutes of play
with

, 15 minutes rest with , 45 minutes play

with

).

• You can configure the watch for beeper alert or vibration

alert. For details about vibration alert, see “Vibration
Alert”.

• The watch performs an alert operation (beeper or

vibration) when any timer reaches zero.

1. In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the

countdown timer number starts to flash. This is the
setting screen.

2. Use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through the countdown

timer numbers until the one you want to set is
displayed.

MinutesCountdown timer numbers Seconds Auto-repeat

00'00'

' will not be used during the countdown timer

5. Set the times of all of the timers that you want.

6. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• When auto-repeat is turned on, the number of repeats

will appear above the timer time.

• Frequent use of auto-repeat and the alert operation

(beeper or vibration) can run down the battery.

” when the count reaches 100.

, 1 minute rest

Do this:

Use D (+) and B (–).
Use D (+) and B (–).

Press D.

).

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