G-Shock G-2900 User Manual

MA0309-EA

Operation Guide 2548/2821

About This Manual

• The operational procedures for Modules 2548 and 2821 are identical. All of the illustrations in this manual show Module 2548.

• 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

(Light)

Module 2548

Module 2821

mode. Further details and technical information can be found in the “Reference” section.

General Guide

• Press C to change from mode to mode.

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

Timekeeping Mode World Time Modee-DATA MEMORY Mode Stopwatch ModeCountdown Timer ModeAlarm Mode

Press .

• Module 2821 does not display an AM indicator (A).

Timekeeping

Hour : Minutes

PM indicator

Day of week

Month – Day

To set the time and date

City code

Seconds City Code

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

Screen

OFF

TYO

10:58

12H

2003

6-30

•

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

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

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• 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. Note that Module 2821 does not display an AM indicator (A).

• 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.

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

month, and day) settings.

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

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.

Seconds

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

12/24-Hour Format

YearDay

12H

) and 24-hour

Month

To do this:

Reset the seconds to Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (0N)

and Standard Time (0FF) Change the city code Change the hour or minutes Toggle between 12-hour (

(24H) timekeeping Change the year Change the month or day

Hour

Do this:

Press D. Press D.

Use

D (east) and B (west).

Use

D (+) and B (–).

Press D.

Use

D (+) and B (–).

Minutes

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

e-DATA MEMORY

Text

To create a new e-DATA MEMORY record

Remaining memory (%)

4. Press A to store your data and return to the e-DATA MEMORY record screen (without the cursor).

• Pressing A causes the message

data is stored. After that, the e-DATA MEMORY record screen appears.

• The text 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 it. Press A to stop and restart scrolling.

• Records are stored in memory in the sequence they are created.

Record number (Page number)

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

(

displayed) and Standard Time (

• Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time

and Daylight Saving Time while the Home City code.

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate

that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

You can use the watch’s e-DATA MEMORY to store e-mail addresses, Web page URLs, and other text data. You can also use a password to limit access to e-DATA MEMORY contents.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

e-DATA MEMORY Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

e-DATA MEMORY Management

e-DATA MEMORY can hold up to 315 characters total, while each record can contain up to 63 characters. The maximum number of records depends on the number of characters per record, as shown below.

• 63 characters per record: 5 records

• 7 or fewer characters per record: 40 records

1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, press D and B at the same time to display the remaining memory screen.

• If

% is shown for remaining memory, 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 ( the display, which indicates the setting screen.

• The setting screen also shows the record number that

is automatically assigned to the new record.

3. Input the text you want.

• When inputting the text, use D (+) and B (–) to

cycle through characters at the current cursor location, and C to move the cursor to the right. See “Inputting Text”.

SET to appear for about two seconds as the

OFF

displayed).

GMT is selected as

) appears on

s after

Operation Guide 2548/2821

To recall e-DATA MEMORY records

In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to cycle through e-DATA MEMORY records as shown below.

Press .

Record 1

()

Remaining Memory Screen Password Setting Screen

• The value on the remaining memory screen is the percentage of memory that is still available. It does not indicate the number of records that can be stored.

• The Password Setting screen shows xxxx when a password is already registered.

• You can use the Password Setting screen to register, edit, or delete your password. See “Using a Password to Protect e-DATA MEMORY Data” for more information.

To edit an e-DATA MEMORY record

1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to display the record

you want to edit.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.

3. Use C to move the flashing to the character you want to change.

4. Use D (+) and B (–) to change the character.

5. After making the changes you want, press A to store them and return to the

e-DATA MEMORY record screen.

To delete an e-DATA MEMORY record

1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to display the record

you want to delete.

2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.

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

• The message After the record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.

4. Input data or press A to return to the remaining memory screen.

Using a Password to Protect e-DATA MEMORY Data

You can register a 4-digit password to keep e-DATA MEMORY data secure.

Important!

Use a 4-digit password that is easy for you to remember, but difficult for others to decipher. If you forget the password, you will have to have your watch initialized (which deletes all data in memory) in order to access the e-DATA MEMORY again. To have the watch initialized, contact the store or dealer where you purchased it, and ask to have the AC operation performed.

To register a new password

3. Use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through numbers at the first digit.

4. When the first digit is the number you want, press C to advance to the next digit.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to input all four digits of the password you want.

• Pressing A while inputting a new password clears your input and returns to the Password Setting screen.

6. After all four of the password digits are the way you want, press C to register them.

• Pressing C causes the message

password is stored. After that, the Password Setting screen appears.

• After registering a password, you can input, recall, edit and delete data, if you want.

After you exit the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, you will have to input the password every time you want to enter it again.

To input the password

4. After the password is the way you want, press C.

• If the input password matches the one registered, the message

followed by an e-DATA MEMORY screen.

• If the password does not match, the message

Password Input screen.

To change the password

1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode by inputting the current password.

2. Use D (+) and B (–) to display the Password Setting screen.

3. Perform the procedure starting from step 2 under “To register a new password” to specify the new password.

To delete the password

1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode by inputting the current password.

2. Use D (+) and B (–) to display the Password Setting screen.

3. Hold down A for about one second until

4. Press B and D at the same time to delete the password.

• The message

password is deleted, the Password Setting screen appears.

Record 2

()

CLR appears to indicate that the record is being deleted.

1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B (–) to display the Password Setting screen.

• This displays a screen that shows

2. Hold down A for about one second until appears, with the first 0 flashing.

• This is the New Password Setting screen.

SET to appear for about one second as the

1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode.

2. On the Password Input screen ( or B. This causes the first digit of the password to flash.

3. Input the password.

• Use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through numbers at

each digit.

• Press C to advance to the next digit.

• Pressing A while inputting the password clears your

input and returns to the Password Input screen.

CLR appears to indicate that the password is being deleted. After the

Remaining memory screen

Press .

ERR appears, followed by the

NEW appears, with the first

Password setting screen

SET

xxxx PA55

OK!appears,

PA55

NEW

), press D

flashing.

World Time

City code

Timekeeping Mode time

Current time in the zone of the selected city code

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

• Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the currently displayed city code. Other city codes are not affected.

• Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while

GMT is selected as the city code.

World Time shows the current time in 27 cities (29 time zones) around the world.

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

To view the time in another city code

In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll through city codes (time zones) to the east or B to scroll to the west.

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

• If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings and make the necessary changes.

• When the currently selected time zone is one that includes mostly ocean, a value indicating the zone’s Greenwich Mean Time differential appears in place of a city code.

1. In the World Time Mode, use B and D to display the

city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time setting you want to change.

2. Hold down A for about one second to toggle Daylight

Saving Time (DST displayed) and Standard Time (DST not displayed).

• The DST indicator is on the display whenever you display a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

Alarms

Alarm number

Alarm time (Hour : Minutes)

Timekeeping Mode time

• Alarm settings (and Hourly Time Signal settings) are available in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

Alarm Types

The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.

• Daily alarm

Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound everyday at the time you set.

• Date alarm

Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound at the specific time, on the specific date you set.

• 1-Month alarm

Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.

• Monthly alarm

Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to sound every month at the time you set, on the day you set.

To set an alarm time

• To set a one-time alarm, display one of the screens indicated by an alarm number from

AL1through AL4. To set the snooze alarm, display the screen indicated

SNZ.

• The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.

2. After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour setting of the alarm time starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

• This operation automatically turns on the alarm.

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

Hour TextMinutes Month Day

• Selecting the text causes the text input cursor (#) to appear. There are eight

spaces in the text, so you have to press C eight times to move to the Hour setting.

You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the other four are one-time alarms. You can also input reminder text that appears when the alarm time is reached. You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.

• There are five alarm screens numbered

AL4 for the one-time alarm, a snooze alarm screen

indicated by indicated by

• In the case of the snooze alarm screen, the snooze alarm indicator ( of the display.

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D and B to scroll through the

SNZ. The Hourly Time Signal screen is SIG.

) appears in the lower right corner

alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set is displayed.

Press .

AL1through

Press .

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