Citizen Eco-Drive F150 Instruction Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Thank you for your purchase of this Citizen watch. Before using the watch, read this instruction manual carefully to ensure correct use. After reading the manual, store it in a safe place for future reference. Be sure to visit the Citizen website at http://www.citizenwatch-global.com/ . Here you will find a variety of information such as electronic setting guides, answers to frequently asked questions, Eco-Drive recharging information and more.
To check the movement number
A case number—4 alphanumeric characters and 6 or more alphanumeric characters—is engraved on the case back. (Figure on the right)
The first 4 characters of the case number represent the movement number of the watch. In the example on the right, “
Engraving position example
The engraving position may differ depending on watch model.
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Safety precautions — IMPORTANT
This manual contains instructions that should be strictly followed at all times not only for optimal use, but to prevent any injuries to yourself, other persons or property. We encourage you to read the entire booklet (especially, pages 74 to 85) and understand the meaning of the following symbols:
■ Safety advisories are categorized and depicted in this manual as follows:
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
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Highly likely to cause death or serious injury.
Can cause serious injury or death.
Can or will cause minor or moderate injury or damage.
Safety precautions
■ Important instructions are categorized and depicted in this manual as follows: (Following symbols are examples of Pictograms.)
Warning (caution) symbol followed by prohibited matters.
Warning (caution) symbol followed by instructions that should be followed or precautions that should be observed.
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Features
Satellite Wave-GPS
Receives location and time information sent from GPS satellites and adjusts the time and calendar on the watch automatically.
Light-Level Indicator
Indicates current power generation amount in 7 levels. It can be used as a reference for choosing a good charging place.
* “Eco-Drive” is an original technology of Citizen.
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• Eco-Drive
Never needs a new battery.
This watch is fueled by light.
• World time
Indicates the time around the
world by choosing one of 40 time zones.
• ±5-second average monthly accuracy
Keeps high accuracy without time signal reception.
• Perpetual calendar
No need for monthly and
leap-year date correction until February 28, 2100.

CONTENTS

Before using this watch .......
Band adjustment ...............
Protective stickers ..............
How to use a specially designed
crown/button ................
Component identification ...
Charging your watch ........
Checking the current power
reserve and power generation
amount .....................
Setting the world time ......
7
8
Obtaining location information
from satellite signal ..........
8
Setting the time zone
manually ....................
9
Receiving time
11
information ..............
Checking the previous
12
reception result of the satellite
signal .......................
18
Switching daylight saving time
and standard time .........
24
31
33
34
42
44
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CONTENTS
Information on satellite signal
reception .................
Checking and adjusting leap
second setting ............
Checking and adjusting the
rollover number setting ....
Adjusting the time and calendar
manually .................
Checking and correcting the
reference position .........
Troubleshooting ...........
6
Eco-Drive watch handling
precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Water resistance ...........
52
Precautionary items and usage
limitations ...............
55
Specifications .............
58
62 66
74 76
78 86

Before using this watch

After unpacking, the following must be done before using the watch:
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Checking the current power reserve (page 12)
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Setting the world time (page 24)
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Receiving the satellite signal (page 46)
This watch has a rechargeable cell which is charged by exposing the dial to light.
Expose the dial to direct sunlight regularly to charge the watch.
For details of charging, see pages 12.
• Especially, satellite signal reception is power-consuming. Be sure to keep your watch sufficiently charged.
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Band adjustment

We recommend seeking the assistance of an experienced watch technician for sizing of your watch. If adjustment is not done correctly, the bracelet may unexpectedly become detached leading to loss of your watch or injury. Consult your nearest authorized Citizen service center.

Protective stickers

Be sure to remove any protective stickers that may be on your watch (case back, band, clasp, etc.). Otherwise, perspiration or moisture may enter the gaps between the protective stickers and the parts, which may result in a skin rash and/or corrosion of the metal parts.
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How to use a specially designed crown/button

Some models are equipped with a specially designed crown and/or push button to prevent accidental operation.
Screw down crown/button
Unlock the crown/button prior to operate your watch.
Unlock Lock
Push the crown in to the
Screw down crown
Screw down push button
Rotate the crown counterclockwise until it releases from the case.
Rotate the locking screw counterclockwise, and loosen until it stops.
case. With gentle pressure towards the case, rotate the crown clockwise to secure it to the case. Be sure to tighten firmly.
Rotate the locking screw clockwise, and tighten fi rml y.
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Recessed button
Use a thing with a thin end to press and release the button.
• Metal objects may cause marring or scratching of the button.
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Component identification

RX-TME/RX-GPS:
Reception-in-progress indication
Reception
OK/NO:
result indication
Hour hand
Function hand
• Day indication
• Power reserve level scale (5 levels)
• Daylight saving time
(
SMT ON/OFF
)
Place name/
time zone
• The illustrations in this instruction manual may differ from the actual appearance of your watch.
• A solar cell is under the dial.
Button
Button
Crown
Minute hand
Date indication
Second hand
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Charging your watch

This watch has a rechargeable cell which is charged by exposing the dial to light, such as direct sunlight or fluorescent lamps (refer to page 16 for charging guidelines). For optimal performance, be sure to:
Put the watch in a location where the dial is exposed to bright light such as by the window even when it is not used.
Expose its dial to direct sunlight for 5 or 6 hours at least every half-a-month.
Avoid leaving it in dark places for long periods of time.
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Chargi ng your watch
CAUTION
• This watch contains a large-capacity rechargeable cell for performing power­consuming satellite signal reception. This large capacity cell takes more time to charge than those found in other Eco-Drive watches.
• If the surrounding temperature falls below 0°C (32°F) or exceeds 40°C (104°F),
Charge suspension temperature detection function
the “ charging will not be possible.
” will activate and
• Do not charge the watch at a high temperature (about 60°C (140°F) or higher) as doing so may cause movement malfunction.
• If the watch is obscured from light by long sleeves frequently, supplemental charging may be needed to ensure continual operation.
• The watch stops charging automatically after finishing (overcharging prevention function). The function prevents damage to performance of the watch and rechargeable cell due to overcharging.
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Chargi ng your watch
When the watch reaches a low charge state (insufficient charge warning function)
When the power reserve becomes low, the second hand moves once every two seconds. This is the insufficient charge warning function. Be sure to fully charge your watch as outlined on page 16.
• When the watch is sufficiently charged, the second hand will move normally.
• If you do not charge the watch for 5 days or longer after the insufficient charge warning movement has begun, the watch will be depleted of all power and stop.
CAUTION
If you do not charge the watch for 30 days after it has stopped, recharging will not be possible (over discharge detection function). Consult your nearest authorized Citizen service center if no hands start to move even after charging a stopped watch for one day or more exposing to direct sunlight.
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Chargi ng your watch
During the insufficient charge warning state
The time and date is indicated correctly. Operations below are available:
• Checking power generation amount
• Setting the world time
• Adjusting the time and calendar manually You cannot execute operations other than above such as obtainment of location information or reception of satellite signals.
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Chargi ng your watch
Charging time by environment
Below are the approximate charging times when exposing to light continuously. Please use this table as a reference only.
Charging time (approx.)
Environment Illuminance (lx)
Outdoors (sunny)
Outdoors
(cloudy)
20 cm (8 inches)
away from a
fluorescent lamp
(30 W)
Interior lighting
Exposing to direct sunlight is recommended to charge your watch.
lamp or interior lighting does not have sufficient illumination to charge the rechargeable cell efficiently.
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100 000 3 minutes 4.5 hours 30 hours
To work for one day
10 000 25 minutes 45 hours 300 hours
3 000 1.5 hours 160 hours 1040 hours
500 7.5 hours
To start working
normally when the
cell is discharged
To become fully
charged when the cell
is discharged
A fluorescent
Chargi ng your watch
Power save function
The hour, minute, and second hands stop automatically to save power as 3 days passed after stopping power generation.
• The watch is still running internally to keep the time and calendar correctly even after the power save function has activated.
• The power save function does not activate when the position of the crown is
.
or
• The power save status ends and the hands return to indicate the current time as the watch is operated or the dial is exposed to light and power generation starts.
Duration without additional charging after charging the watch fully
About 2 years in normal use.
• When receiving time signals every 6 days.
• The watch will keep running internally for up to 7 years with the power save function.
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Chargi ng your watch
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Checking the current power reserve and power generation amount

Always care about the current power reserve and charging environment of the watch to be sure it is charged sufficiently.
Indication of power reserve
in levels
4
3
Indication of power generation
amount in levels
0
1
2
2
1
Function hand
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0
4
5
Hour, minute and second hands
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Chargi ng your watch
1
Push the crown in to position .
2
Press and release the upper right button .
The power reserve and power generation amount at the moment of pressing the button are indicated in levels.
Power reserve level
Level of power generation amount
3
Press and release the upper right button to
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22
finish the procedure.
The hands returns to current time indication.
• They returns to current time indication automatically in about 10 seconds.
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Chargi ng your watch
Indication of power reserve in levels
Level 4 3 2 1 0
Power reserve
level scale
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Duration
24 - 19 months 19 - 14 months 14 - 5 months
(approx.)
Meaning
Power reserve is sufficient.
Power reserve is OK.
OK for normal use
5 months - 5 days
Power reserve is getting low.
Charge immediately.
5 days or shorter
Insufficient charge warning has started.
Chargi ng your watch
CAUTION
• At the level 0, the second hand starts to move once every two seconds (insufficient charge warning function, page 14). Some functions become unavailable while the function is activated. For details, see page 15.
• The function hand points to “OFF” and does not indicate the level of power reserve when temperature of the watch is too high or too low. (non-chargeable state) Check it again at a location of suitable temperature.
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Chargi ng your watch
Indication of power generation amount in levels
The level of power generation amount means power being generated by the solar cell represented in 7 levels (0 - 6).
Level 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Level scale
of power
generation
amount
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Meaning
Sufficient power generation for charging.
Charge in a brighter location where the level of power generation amount reaches “5” or “6”.
Chargi ng your watch
CAUTION
• The level of power generation amount indicated is that of the moment you engage this function. The level indication does not reflect any change in power generation after engaging this function.
• The level may vary even under the same brightness due to the entry angle of light to the dial of the watch or other elements. The level may also vary depending on difference of models.
• The indication level “6” of power generation amount corresponds to generation in cloudy outdoors (about 10 000 lx illuminance) or a brighter location.
• Use the level of power generation shown as general reference only.
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Setting the world time

This watch can indicate the time around the world according to which of 40 time zones (offsets from UTC—Coordinated Universal Time) is chosen. You can set offsets from UTC through any of the two ways below.
Method What to set
Obtaining location information
from satellite signal (page 31)
Setting the time zone manually
(page 33)
• Daylight saving time information is not contained in the satellite signal. Adjust the setting manually before and after the daylight saving time period (page 44).
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A time zone is set automatically and time and calendar are adjusted based on the chosen zone.
A time zone is chosen manually.
Setti ng the world tim e
How to read indication of the world time setting
The watch has 40 time zone markers with several representative area names. A time zone is set by pointing the second hand at one of the markers.
Time zone markers
In the illustration on the left, the second hand points to 28 seconds and time zone setting is “+11.5”.
• Time zones are represented by offsets from UTC.
• Time zone markers and area names may differ from the illustration in some models.
Second hand
Representative area
names
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Setti ng the world tim e
Table of time zones and representative places
• Countries or regions may change time zones for various reasons.
Time zone Second hand Area name Representative area
LON
PAR
ATH
RUH
DXB
KHI
DEL
London
Paris
Athe ns
Riyadh
Tehran
Dubai
Kabul
Karachi
Delhi
Kathmandu
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0
+1
+2
+3
+3.5
+4
+4.5
+5
+5.5
+5.75
0 sec.
2 sec.
4 sec.
6 sec.
7 sec.
8 sec.
9 sec.
10 sec.
12 sec.
13 sec.
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