Citizen F900 User Manual
F900 User’s guide
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• This watch is solar-powered. Expose the dial to light and use it sufficiently charged.
• To see details of charging time, specifications, and operations, refer to the instruction manual:
Component identification
Hands and buttons Indication
F900 instruction manual
Hour hand
Function hand
Second hand
PD L
FE N
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Dual time indication
• Actual appearance may differ from the illustrations above.
Changing the mode
Pull the crown out to position 1.
1.
The second hand points to the 30-second and stops.
Rotate the crown to change the mode.
2.
• Turn the crown so that the mode hand will point to a marker of the
mode indication securely.
Mode Content
Mode for indicating home time (with the hour, minute and
TME
second hands and date/day of week indication) and local time
(with the dual time indication).
Mode for checking power generation amount. For details,
LLI
see “Checking power generation amount (Light-Level
Indicator)”.
Mode where the dual time indication always shows UTC
UTC
(Coordinated Universal Time).
Mode for using the chronograph. For details, see “Using the
CHR
chronograph”.
Mode for using the alarm function. For details, see “Using
ALM
alarm”.
Mode for setting time and calendar manually. For details, see
SET
“Adjusting the time and calendar manually”.
Push the crown in to position 0 to finish the procedure.
3.
Reception result
KH I
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+5.5
+6
+7
+8
TY O
Reception-inprogress indication
RX-GPS
(
DE L
Mode indication
DA C
BKK
Place name/time
BJ S
zone
Date indication
)
indication
OK/NO
(
DE L
DA C
+6
+7
BKK
+8
BJ S
Minute hand
B
Button
Mode hand
Crown
Button
A
Crown’s position
0 1 2
Reception-in-
progress indication
Indications of the
function hand
• Day of week
• Power reserve level
(5 levels)
• Summer time
setting
SMT ON/OFF
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Checking the power reserve
Change the mode to [
1.
to position
Press and release the upper right button B.
2.
0
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The function hand indicates the power reserve in levels and the second
hand points the current time zone setting of the home time.
• The power reserve level is always shown in the [
Level 4 3 2 1 0
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Power
reserve
level scale
Duration
(approx.)
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1.5 - 1 year
1 year - 10
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Power
Meaning
reserve is
Power reserve is OK.
sufficient.
Press and release the upper right button B to finish the
3.
procedure.
The second hand returns to indicate the seconds.
• The hand returns automatically in 10 seconds without pressing the
button.
TME
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10 - 4
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4 months 5 days
Power
reserve is
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Charge immediately.
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5 days or
shorter
Insufficient
charge
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Checking power generation amount (Light-Level Indicator)
Change the mode to [
1.
The function hand indicates the power reserve in levels.
Press and release the upper right button B.
2.
The second hand indicates power generation amount in levels.
• Power generation amount is measured in 1-second interval and
indicated in level.
Level
6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Indication
Sufficient power
Meaning
generation for
charging.
Press and release the upper right button B to finish the
3.
procedure.
The second hand returns to indicate the seconds.
• The hand returns automatically in 30 seconds without pressing the
button.
] and push the crown in to position 0.
LLI
Charge in a brighter location where the
level of power generation amount reaches
“5” or “6”.
Checking the reception result of the satellite signal
Change the mode to [
1.
to position
Press and release the lower right button
2.
0
.
The second hand indicates the result of the last reception.
OK
The reception succeeded.
NO
The reception failed.
• The indication shows the result of the last reception, regardless types of
received information, or information of location or time.
TME
] or [
] and push the crown in
UTC
A
Receiving the satellite time signal
• To cancel the reception, press and hold any button until the second hand
returns to indicate the seconds.
Obtaining location information
The watch sets the world time and adjusts the time and calendar for the
home time automatically using location information obtained.
• It may take 30 seconds - 2 minutes to obtain location information.
• Each time zone is based on data as of January 2015.
Change the mode to [
1.
to position
Press and hold the upper right button B until the second
2.
0
.
hand points “RX-GPS” (about 2 seconds).
• After finishing the reception, the second hand indicates the new setting
and returns to indicate the seconds.
Time reception
• It may take 3 -30 seconds to receive time information.
Change the mode to [
1.
to position
Press and hold the lower right button A until the second
2.
hand points “
• After finishing the reception, the second hand indicates the reception
result and returns to indicate the seconds.
Leap second reception
• It may take 36 seconds - 13 minutes to receive leap second information.
Change the mode to [
1.
2.
to position
Press and hold the lower right button A for 7 seconds.
Release the button after the second hand points “
fully around to point “
Reception starts.
• After finishing the reception, the second hand indicates the reception
result and returns to indicate the seconds.
.
0
RX-TME
.
0
RX-TME
TME
TME
] or [
] or [
] and push the crown in
UTC
] and push the crown in
UTC
” (about 2 seconds).
TME
] or [
” again.
] and push the crown in
UTC
RX-TME
.
” and turns
Setting the world time manually
This watch can indicate the time around the world according to which of 40
time zones (offsets from UTC—Coordinated Universal Time) is chosen.
Change the mode to [
1.
to position
2
.
TME
] or [
] and pull the crown out
LLI
The second hand indicates the current time zone setting of the home
time.
• When the mode is [UTC], you can only change the time zone setting
of the home time.
Press and release the upper right button B.
2.
The second hand indicates the current time zone setting of the local
time.
• Each time you press button
, the minute hand of setting target
B
slightly moves and the target (home time/local time) of time zone
setting changes alternately.
Rotate the crown to choose a time zone.
3.
Time indication changes.
Push the crown in to position 0 to finish the procedure.
4.
The second hand returns to indicate the seconds.
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.
On the illustration in the right, the second
hand points to 28 seconds and time zone
setting is “+11.5”.
• Time zones are represented by offsets from
UTC.
Time zone marker
C
T
U
S
E
Second
T
hand
24
4
8
12
+11
+12
NO U
AK L
C
H
R
M
L
A
L
I
L
7
+9.5
+10
AD L
SY D
Representative
area
+6
+7
+8
BJ S
+9
TY O
Table of time zones and representative places
Time
Second
Area
zone
0
+1
+2
+3
+3.5
+4
+4.5
+5
+5.5
+5.75
+6
+6.5
+7
+8
+8.75
+9
+9.5
+10
+10.5
+11
hand
0 sec.
2 sec.
4 sec.
6 sec.
7 sec.
8 sec.
9 sec.
10 sec.
12 sec.
13 sec.
14 sec.
15 sec.
16 sec.
18 sec.
20 sec.
21 sec.
23 sec.
25 sec.
26 sec.
27 sec.
name
LON
PAR
ATH
RUH
—
DXB
—
KHI
DEL
—
DAC
—
BKK
BJS
(HKG)
—
TYO
ADL
SYD
—
NOU
Representative
area
London
Paris
Athens
Riyadh
Tehran
Dubai
Kabul
Karachi
Delhi
Kathmandu
Dhaka
Yangon
Bangkok
Beijing/
Hong Kong
Eucla
Toky o
Adelaide
Sydney
Lord Howe
Island
Noumea
Time
zone
+11.5
+12
+12.75
+13
+14
-12
-11
-10
-9.5
-9
-8
-7
-6
-5
-4.5
-4
-3.5
-3
-2
-1
Second
hand
28 sec.
29 sec.
31 sec.
32 sec.
34 sec.
36 sec.
38 sec.
40 sec.
41 sec.
42 sec.
44 sec.
46 sec.
48 sec.
50 sec.
51 sec.
52 sec.
53 sec.
54 sec.
56 sec.
58 sec.
Area
name
—
AKL
—
TBU
—
—
MDY
HNL
—
ANC
LAX
DEN
CHI
NYC
—
SCL
—
RIO
FEN
PDL
Representative
area
Norfolk Island
Auck land
Chatham Islands
Nuku’alofa
Kiritimati
Baker Island
Midway
Honolulu
Marquesas
Islands
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Denver
Chicago
New York
Caracas
Santiago
St. John’s
Rio de Janeiro
Fernando de
Noronha
Azores
Interchanging the home time and local time
Change the mode to [
1.
to position
Press and release both the lower right button A and upper
2.
right button
.
0
simultaneously.
B
A confirmation tone sounds and the home time and local time
interchange.
• Date and day of week indication follows the new home time after the
interchange.
TME
] or [
] and push the crown in
LLI
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BKK
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