WATCHMINDER2
Thank you for purchasing the WatchMinder2. The
watch was invented by a psychologist who works
with children and adults who have attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). The watch has a
number of other applications(see www.watchminder.
com).
AD/HD
LD
Elderly
Chronic Illness
Brain Injury and Stroke
Medication Compliance
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Behavior Modification and
Self-Monitoring
Independence Training and
Vocational Rehabilitation
Research, Data Collection
and Clinical Trials Studies
Assistive Device for 504 Plans
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The WatchMinder2 has the following functions:
TM & DT (real-time calendar clock) (P7-P8)
B OR V (bell or vibration alarm) (P8-P9)
TRAINING mode (use to train or improve a
behavior) (P9-P17)
REMINDER mode (use to remember a specific
task or chore) (P18-P26)
TMR (countdown timer) (P26-P28)
SW (stopwatch) (P28-P29)
SPECIAL OPERATING NOTES
1. The power consumption of the vibrator and
EL backlight ar e quite high. A battery should
last several months under normal circum stances. If you use a large number of vibration
alerts, you will need to change the battery
more frequently.
2. The bell/vibration alert for all modes will last
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for 10 seconds (one second bell/vibration with
one second interval) unless it is turned off by
a push of any button.
3. In setting time in all modes, a 24-hour system
will be applied, but it will be displayed in a
12-hour system. (1 pm is "13")
4. Push LIGHT button, which is left blank
without a label "LIGHT", the backlight comes
on for 5 seconds and turns off automatically.
5. Push and hold down SW/+ or TMR/- button
to count up/down rapidly after 3 seconds while
setting.
6. Push TRAIN/SET and REMIND/GO TO at
the same time to view current date.
7. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to exit TRAINING and
REMINDER modes.
8. Push TRAIN/SET to exit TM & DT, TMR,
SW and B OR V.
9. The watch is water resistant, NOT water
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proof. DO NOT IMMERSE IN WATER.
10. Pressing RESET will delete all stored
information in watch except personalized
messages.
11. TRAINING and REMINDER modes can
operate at the same time.
12. Messages repeat daily and there is no need
to re-program the watch.
HOW TO CHANGE BATTERY
1. One CR-2032 battery powers the watch (CPU,
bell/vibrator and light). A capacitor is installed
as back up power to allow an owner 4 to 6
seconds to replace battery. If it takes more than
4 to 6 seconds to replace a battery, all settings
will be erased except the personalized messages.
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open back cover unload battety
load battery close back cover
2. Low battery warning: A symbol of low battery
will appear at the 4th line at times when battery
is low. An owner should replace the battery as
soon as possible in this case. (Note: The symbol
may only display while vibration/bell goes off
or light is on. In case the backlight looks dim,
the vibration is weak, the watch resets itself
or one of the modes stops working, an owner
must replace the battery ASAP, even if symbol
of low battery is NOT on.)
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SPECIAL NOTES FOR ALL MODES
1. A 60- second duration is allowed for an owner
to make decision while setting.
2. A blank space and the following letters/
numbers/symbols (hereinafter referred to as
characters) are in memory for an owner to
create personalized messages. A message is
limited to 9 letters/numbers/symbols and a
blank space is counted as one character.
A to Z English capital alphabet
N with ~ on top after Z for Spanish
0 to 9 numbers
Blank space next to the left of letter "A"
Symbols include ! @ # $ & ? < > . , - + =
3. If a message contains more than 6 characters,
it will move slowly across the screen.
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I. TM&DT
1. Push TRAIN/SET and TMR/- buttons together
to go to TM&DT . (Note: Push TMR/- first and
then TRAIN/SET) LCD displays Y00 M00 in
the 2nd line and D00 W00 in the 3rd line; Year
digit begins to blink.
2. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to adjust year. (Note:
Number of year begins at 00 and ends at 99,
i.e. when you go pass 99, it returns to 00.)
3. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to month
digit, which begins to blink.
4. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to adjust month.
5. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to date digit,
which begins to blink.
6. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust date.
(Note: You do not need to set the day of a week.
It comes on the screen automatically after
you set date.)
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7. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to hour
digit (remember-24 hour clock), which begins
to blink.
8. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust hour.
9. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to minute
digit, which begins to blink.
10. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust minute.
11. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to second
digit, which begins to blink.
12. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to adjust second.
13. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter . LCD displays
current time.
II. B OR V
1.Push SW/+ and REMIND/GO TO buttons
together to go to B OR V (Note: Push SW/+
first and then REMIND/GO TO). LCD
displays sub-modes B OFF and V OFF. Submode
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B OFF begins to blink.
2. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to B OR V.
3. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to scroll OFF or ON.
4. Push TRAIN/SET to enter. If you turn B ON,
you are in sub-mode BEEP. Symbol of beep
displays in the 4th line. If you turn V ON, you
are in sub-mode VIBRATION. Symbol of
vibration displays in the 4th line. If you turn
off beep and vibration, both symbols of beep
and vibration disappear. When you turn on B
OR V, you will hear a bell or feel a vibration.
III. TRAINING
SPECIAL NOTES FOR TRAINING MODE
a. There are 19 preset messages in memory as
follows:
BATHRM (bathroom); BE POS (be positive);
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BREATH (breathe); COUGH; FOLDIR
(follow directions); FOLRUL (follow rules);
GIVPOS (give positive reinforcement);
GOODJB (good job); HANDUP (raise hand);
IGNORE; POSIMG (positive image);
POSTUR (posture); PRAY; PYATTN (pay
attention); RELAX; REST; SIT; STOP;
STRTCH (stretch).
b. There are two alarm schedules FIXED (every
2,3,5,10,15,20,30,45 or 60 minutes) or
RANDOM (CPU randomly chooses from
2,3,5,10,15,30 and 60 minutes). You can shoose
one of these (FIX or RDM) and the daily start
(S) time and end (E) time.
c. Once the TRAINING mode is set, it operates
simultaneously with other modes and repeats
every 24 hours unless it is reset. An owner
should delete a training setting before he/she
sets a new one.
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d. If a TRAINING message is not responded to
by pushing any button, except LIGHT and
RESET buttons, it will come back with an
alert in 30 seconds. This "snooze" feature
is limited to one additional time.
e. If the start time is set before current time,
the TRAINING mode will not work for that
day and will be activated the next day.
f. If a TRAINING alert and a REMINDER alert
are activated at the same time, TRAINING
will win and REMINDER message will come
on screen after TRAINING message disappears.
CREATING PERSONALIZED MESSAGES (3
maximum)
1. Push TRAIN/SET button to go to TRAIN. LCD
displays sub-mode: NEW (create personalized
message) DEL (delete personalized message)
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SET (set up training mode) REV (review or delete
current training mode set up) in the 2nd and 3rd
lines. Sub-mode NEW begins to blink.
2. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter . LCD displays
in the 3rd line the first six characters of the table
of characters in memory. The 3rd character begins
to blink.
3. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to select a character
you would like to use. This selected character
begins to blink.
4. Push REMIND/GO TO button to enter. The
selected character will appear in the 2nd line and
it begins to blink again in the 3rd line. (e.g. Enter
"B" and "B" begins to blink again.)
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until your personalized
message appears in the 2nd line of the screen.
(Note: In editing a personalized message, an
owner should delete the whole message to
correct a mistake in case of an error.)
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6. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter the personalized
message into memory. LCD returns to step 1.
7. Repeat the above steps 2 to 6 to create two
additional personalized messages. The 3
personalized messages will be saved in memory
before the factory preset messages.
8. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to go back to current
time while sub-modes appear.
DELETING PERSONALIZED MESSAGES
1. To delete a personalized message, push
TRAIN/SET button to go to TRAIN. LCD
displays sub-mode NEW DEL SET REV in the
2nd and 3rd lines. Sub-mode NEW begins to
blink.
2. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to sub mode DEL.
3. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter. LCD displays
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the first personalized message in the 2nd line,
which begins to blink/scroll, and the second
personalized message in the 3rd line. (Note: If
there is no personalized message in memory,
the sub-mode DEL will not be activated.)
4. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to the
personalized message you would like to delete.
5. Push TRAIN/SET button to delete it while it is
blinking/scrolling. LCD returns to step 1.
6.Repeat steps 2 to 5 to delete the other 2
personalized messages if necessary.
7. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to go back to current
time while sub-modes appear.
SETTING UP TRAINING MODE
1. Push TRAIN/SET button to go to TRAIN. LCD
displays sub-mode: NEW DEL SET REV in the
2nd and 3rd lines. Sub-mode NEW begins to
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blink.
2. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to sub-mode
SET.
3. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter. LCD displays
the first preset message in the 2nd line, which
begins to blink/scroll, and sub-modes FIX RDM
in the 3rd line.
4. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to select a message you
would like to have (see note a. on P9-P10 above).
5. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to FIX,
which begins to blink in the 3rd line.
6. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to fixed
intervals if you would like to use FIX sub-mode.
Fixed interval "3" begins to blink.
7. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to select an interval
(2,3,5,10,15,20,30,45 or 60 minutes) you would
like to use and push REMIND/GO TO button
to go to time setting. If you would like to use
random sub-mode RDM, skip step 6 and push
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SW/+ or TMR/- button to select sub-mode RDM
while FIX is blinking. Sub-mode RDM begins
to blink.
8. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to time
setting. (In random sub-mode, CPU randomly
chooses from these time intervals:(3,5,10,15,
20,30 and 60 minutes.) The start hour digit
begins to blink in the 2nd line. You will see a
letter "S" (meaning start time) right before the
hour digit and a letter "E" (meaning end time)
right before the hour digit in the 3rd line.
9. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to start
hour digit (remember-24 hour clock), start
minute digit, end hour digit or end minute digit
you would like to adjust and push SW/+ or
TMR/- to adjust them.
10.Push TRAIN/SET button to enter. LCD
returns to step 1.
11. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to go back to current time
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while sub-modes appear.
REVIEWING SETTINGS
1. To review/delete your settings, push TRAIN/SET
button to go to TRAIN. LCD displays sub-mode:
NEW DEL SET REV in the 2nd and 3rd lines.
Sub-mode NEW begins to blink.
2. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to REV.
3. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter . LCD displays
your selected message in the 2nd line and sub mode REV DEL in the 3rd line with REV blinking.
4. Push TRAIN/SET button to review your setting
item by item, or push REMIND/GO TO button
to go to DEL while REV is blinking if you would
like to delete a setting and push TRAIN/SET to
confirm. LCD returns to step 1.
5. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to go back to current
time while sub-modes appear.
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IV. REMINDER
SPECIAL NOTES FOR REMINDER MODE
a. There are 59 preset messages in memory as
follows:
BANK; BATH; BATHRM (bathroom);
BCKPCK(backpack); BOOKS; CALL;
CALHME (call home); CALWRK (call work);
CATH (catheter); CHORES; CK APL (check
appliance); CLEAN; COPYHW (copy
homework assignment); COUGH; DESK; DO
HW (do homework); DRESS; EAT; EMAIL;
EXRCSE (exercise); GO BED; GO DR;
GOHOME (go home); GO MTG (go meeting);
GO WRK (go work); HELP; MAIL; MKFOOD
(make food); MEDS1 (medication number one);
MEDS2; MEDS3; MEDS4; MEDS5; MEDS6;
ORGNZR (organizer); PAYBIL (pay bills); PET;
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PLAY; PRAY; PRCTCE (practice); PU KID
(pick up kids); READ; REST; SCHOOL;
SNACK;STOP; STORE;STRTCH(stretch);
STUDY; TEETH; TEST; TLKTCH(talk to
teacher); TRASH; TURNHW(turn in homework);
TV ; VIDEO; WAKEUP; WATER; WRITE.
b. You are allowed to set up to 30 reminder
messages and you can use the same message
multiple times. If two messages are activated at
the same time, they will come on screen in turn.
Once it is set, it operates simultaneously with
other modes and repeats daily, weekly, monthly
or annually as the case may be. It is
recommended that you keep a written record of
your reminder settings to facilitate revision of
your reminder settings or in case your settings
are lost.
c. If you set year, month, date and time for a
reminder message, it will be activated on the
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appointed time of the date in that particular
year OR it will repeat annually without a year
setting (00). If you set month, date and time for
a reminder message, it will be activated on the
appointed time of the date in that particular
month OR it will repeat monthly without a
month setting (00). If you would like to set a
reminder message to repeat weekly, skip year,
month and date (00) settings and set the day of
week (01=Mon....07=Sun.) and time only.
IF YOU SET THE TIME ONLY FOR A
REMINDER MESSAGE, IT WILL REPEAT
DAILY.
d. If a REMINDER message is not responded
to by pushing any button except LIGHT and
RESET buttons, it will come back with an alert
in 30 seconds. This "snooze" feature is limited
to one additional time.
e. If an alarm time is set before current time, it
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will not work for the day and will be activated
the next day.
f. If a TRAINING alert and a REMINDER alert
are activated at the same time, TRAINING will
win and REMINDER message will come on
screen after TRAINING message disappears.
g. If you use a pocket organizer or PDA, use the
WatchMinder2 to remind you to check your
organizer (ORGNZR). You can have greater
detail of the task to be performed in your organizer .
CREATING PERSONALIZED MESSAGES
(12 maximum)
1. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to REMIND.
LCD displays sub-mode: NEW (create
personalized message) DEL (delete personalized
message) SET (set up reminder mode) REV
(review or delete current reminder mode set up)
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in the 2nd and 3rd lines. Sub- mode NEW begins
to blink.
2. Follow steps 2 to 8 under TRAINING to set
your 12 personalized reminder messages.
DELETING PERSONALIZED MESSAGES
1. To delete a personalized message, push
R EMIND/GO TO button to go to REMIND.
LCD displays sub-mode: NEW DEL SET REV
in the 2nd and 3rd lines. Sub-mode NEW begins
to blink.
2. Follow steps 2 to 7 under TRAINING to delete
your 12 personalized reminder messages.
SETTING UP REMINDER MODE
Please read Note c. on P19-P20 carefully before
setting a reminder message.
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1. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to REMIND.
LCD displays sub-mode: NEW DEL SET REV
in the 2nd and 3rd lines. Sub-mode NEW begins
to blink.
2. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to sub-mode
SET.
3. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter. LCD displays
the first preset message in the 2nd line, which
begins to blink.
4. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to select a message.
5. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to time
setting. LCD displays YEAR: 00 (2nd line) MO:
00 (3rd line). Year digit begins to blink.
6. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust year or
push REMIND/GO TO button to skip year (00).
Month digit begins to blink.
7. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust month
or push REMIND/GO TO button to skip month
(00). Date digit begins to blink.
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8. If you would like to set a reminder message for
it to repeat weekly, push REMIND/GO TO
button again to skip date (00) and the week digit
(01=Mon....07=Sun.) begins to blink.
9. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust day of
a week (01-07) and push REMIND/GO TO
button to go to hour digit. Hour digit begins
to blink.
10. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to adjust hour and push
REMIND/GO TO button to go to minute digit.
Minute digit begins to blink.
11. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to adjust minute
and push TRAIN/SET to enter. LCD returns
to step 1. You are ready to set the other reminder
message. (Note: The reminder settings are
saved in the order that a reminder message
is set.)
12. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to return to current
time while sub-modes appear.
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REVIEWING SETTINGS
1. To Review/delete your settings push
REMIND/GO TO button to go to REMIND.
LCD displays sub-mode: NEW DEL SET REV
in the 2nd and 3rd lines. Su-mode NEW begins
to blinks.
2. Push REMIND/GO TO button to go to sub mode REV.
3. Push TRAIN/SET button to enter. LCD displays
the first selected message in the 2nd line and
sub-mode REV DEL in the 3rd line with the first
selected message blinking/scrolling.
4. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to select the selected
message you would like to review/delete. (Note:
You can push REMIND/GO TO button to
view the number of a setting while your
selected message appears.)
5. Push TRAIN/SET button to review your setting
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item by item, or push REMIND/GO TO button
to go to DEL if you would like to delete a setting
and push TRAIN/SET to delete it. LCD returns
to step 1.
6. Push SW/+ or TMR/- button to go back to
current time while sub-modes appear.
V. TMR (You can set TMR up to 99 hours 59
minutes and 59 seconds)
1. Push TMR/- button to go to TMR. LCD displays
second digit in the 2nd and 3rd lines to the right,
minute digit in the 3rd line to the left and hour
digit in the 2nd line to the left. The hour digit
begins to blinks.
2. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to adjust hour digit or push
REMIND/GO TO button to go to the minute
digit or second digit you would like to adjust,
which begins to blink.
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3. Push SW/+ or TMR/- to count up or down to the
number you would like to have. Push
REMIND/GO TO button to advance to the next
item you would like to adjust and push SW/+
or TMR/- to count up or down to the number
you would like to have. Repeat until you set the
countdown time you wish.
4. Push TRAIN/SET button to start countdown.
5. If you would like to engage an automatic repeat
feature, skip step 3 and 4 and push REMIND/GO
TO button until REPEAT notation "R" appears
in the first line. (Note: Push REMIND/GO TO
button again to turn off repeat feature.)
6. Push TRAIN/SET button to start countdown.
7. Push TMR/- button to pause and to stop the
TMR. Push TMR/- button again to continue.
8. Bell or vibration goes off at the end of countdown
and the countdown function repeats after alert
if repeat feature is engaged. The TMR is turned
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off automatically at the end of alert and LCD
returns to current time.
9. Push SW/+ button to reset to zero during
countdown and the TMR is ready to be set again
or push TRAIN/SET button to interrupt and to
go back to current time during countdown.
Note: TRAIN or REMIND will win if it is
activated while the TMR is running, and the
TMR will be turned off automatically.
VI. SW
(You can time an event up to 99 hours, 59
minutes, 59 seconds and 99/100 second.)
1. Push SW/+ button to go to SW. LCD displays
hundredth of second digit: 00 at the far right
hand corner, second digit: 00 in the 2nd and 3rd
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lines to the right, minute digit: 00 in the 3rd line
to the left and hour digit: 00 in the 2nd line to
the left.
2. Push SW/+ button to start the SW.
3. Push TMR/- button to pause and to stop the SW.
Push TMR/- button again to continue.
4. Push SW/+ button to pause and to stop the SW
and push SW/+ again to reset to zero. The SW
is ready to be re-started again. Push TRAIN/SET
button to interrupt and to go back to current time.
Note: TRAIN or REMIND will win if it is
activated while the SW is running, and the SW
will be turned off automatically.
WARRANTY
The WatchMinder2 is warranted to be free of
manufacturing defects for one year from the date
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of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any
watch which has been misused, neglected or
damaged in an accident or in the replacement of
batteries, or the back cover of the watch. The
warranty is void if the watch has been tampered
with by any person other than an authorized service
center of WatchMinder2. The owner assumes full
responsibility for damages incurred while changing
batteries, the back cover and the wrist band. Should
you experience a manufacturer's defect during the
warranty period, please ship the watch to
WatchMinder2 at the address listed below, in a
secure package with original packing materials and
with a copy of the original invoice showing date
of purchase. Your package should be insured.
Please indicate the problem with the watch. Also
include $6.00 in check, money order or credit card
to cover the return shipping charges.
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Ship to: WATCHMINDER
PMB #278
5405 Alton Parkway #5A
Irvine, CA 92604-3718 USA
IF YOU NEED TECHNICAL SUPPORT , CALL
800-961-0023.
WATCHMINDER2 DOES NOT ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMIT ATIONS, DAMAGES OR INJURIES
RESULTING FROM INACCURACY OR FAILURE
OF THIS WATCH. THE WATCHMINDER2 IS NOT
A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP.
PLEASE USE THIS DEVICE IN CONSULTATION
WITH YOUR DOCTOR OR CLINICIAN.
IF YOU BOUGHT THE WATCH FROM A
COMPANY OTHER THAN W ATCHMINDER,
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INC., PLEASE CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY
FOR A REFUND.
30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE (APPLIES
ONLY TO WATCHES PURCHASED DIRECTLY
FROM W ATCHMINDER, INC.). YOU MAY RETURN
THE WATCHMINDER2 FOR A REFUND OF THE
PURCHASE PRICE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING THE WATCH. TO OBTAIN THE
REFUND, YOU MUST CALL 800-961-0023 (2#) AND
GET A RETURN AUTHORIZATION UNMBER.
RETURN THE WATCH WITH ALL PARTS AND
P ACKING MATERIALS, FREIGHT PREPAID, WITH
A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL INVOICE. YOU MUST
PAY THE SHIPPING BOTH WAYS.
WATCHMINDER2 IS THE REGISTERED
TRADEMARK OF WATCHMINDER, INC.
US PATENT NUMBER 5,861,797 AND OTHER
PATENTS PENDING.
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