G-Shock G-7800-1 User Manual

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Operation Guide 3163

About This Manual

Depending on the model of your watch, display text
appears either as dark fi gures on a light background or light fi gures on a dark background. All sample displays in this manual are shown using dark fi gures on a light background.
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.

General Guide

Press C to change from mode to mode.
In any mode, press L to illuminate the display for about one second.
Whenever there are too many characters to fi t within the upper or lower display area,
the characters will scroll automatically from right to left.
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Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date.
You can select from among four different date (day of the week, year, month, day)
formats for the upper and lower parts of the display.
The calendar format for the upper display area depends on the currently selected
display format for the lower display area. Pressing B will cycle through the available calendar formats as described below.
Example: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
When the date format (lower display area) is one of these settings:
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Pressing D in the Timekeeping Mode switches to the Custom Memo (1 and 2) screen.
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Be sure to select your Home City (the site where you normally will use the watch)
and confi gure its current time and date settings before using the functions of this watch.
To set the time and date
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1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
2. Press C to move the fl ashing in the sequence shown
Pressing B will cycle the calendar format (upper display area) between these settings:
DDD YY (TUE 09) → YY DDD (09 TUE) → DDD (TUE) → YYYY (2009)
MMM YY (JUN 09) → YY MMM (09 JUN) → MMM (JUN) → YYYY (2009)
seconds start to fl ash, which indicates the setting screen.
below to select other settings.
3. When the setting you want to change is fl ashing, use D and B to change it as described below.
Screen To do this: Do this:
Reset the seconds to 00
Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (ON) and Standard Time (OFF)
Change the city code Use D (east) and B (west).
Change the hour or minutes Use D (+) and B (–).
Toggle between 12-hour (12H) and 24-hour (24H) timekeeping
Change the year Change the month or day Change the calendar display.* Use D and B. Confi gure the Flash Alert setting See Flash Alert. Change the font.** Use D and B.
* The following shows the available calendar display settings. Example: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 MMM.DD (JUN.30) DD.MMM (30.JUN) MM-DD (06-30) DD-MM (30-06) DDD DD (TUE 30) DD DDD (30 TUE) ** The following shows the available font settings.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Resetting the seconds to 00 while the current count is in the range of 30 to 59
causes the minutes to be increased by 1. In the range of 00 to 29, the seconds are reset to 00 without changing the minutes.
The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.
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
Adjust display contrast See Contrast Adjustment.
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See Daylight Saving Time (DST)” for details about the DST setting.
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1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the seconds start to fl ash, 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 (OFF displayed).
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate
that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
Press D.
Press D.
Use D (+) and B (–).
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Custom Memo

Custom Memo lets you input and store two memos, each containing up to 14 characters. In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to cycle between the screens shown below.
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The following are the characters you can input for a Custom Memo.
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The display can show up to seven characters of memo text at one time. If there are
more than seven characters, the text will scroll from right to left once when you press
to display the memo. To scroll the text while Custom Memo 1 or Custom Memo 2
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is displayed, press B.
To input memo text
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6. When the memo text is the way you want, press A. This exits the input screen.
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1. In the Timekeeping Mode, use D to select Custom Memo 1 or Custom Memo 2.
2. Hold down A for about two seconds until the fi rst character of the memo starts to fl ash.
This is the input screen.
3. Use D (+) and B (–) to scroll through input characters at the current fl ashing position.
4. When the character you want is displayed at the ashing position, press C to move the fl ashing to the next position to the right.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to input all of the characters you want.
To delete all currently input text, press D and B at
the same time.
Pressing C while the fl ashing is located at the last
(14th) character will cause it to move back to the fi rst character.

World Time

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World Time shows the current time in 31 cities (31 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 for another city code
In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll eastward through city codes or B to scroll westward.
For full information about city codes, see the City Code
Table.
If the current time for a city is wrong, check your
Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings and make necessary changes.
You can change your Home City code in the
Timekeeping Mode. For more information, see “To set the time and date.
1. In the World Time Mode, use D and B to display the city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time setting you want to change.
2. Hold down A for about two seconds to toggle between 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.
Note that the Standard Time/Daylight Saving 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 UTC is selected as the city code.

Countdown Timer

You can set the countdown timer within a range of one second to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown reaches zero.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
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Timer Types
There are three different settings that you can use in order to confi gure the timer as describe below.
Timer Types Screen When the end of the countdown is reached
One-time Timer CD-STOP
Countdown/Count Up Timer
Auto Repeat Timer CD-RPT
Timer Start Time
You can use one of the watchs preset start times or you can set your own start time, if you want.
Preset Start Times: You can select any one of the following fi xed preset start times.
Custom Timer: You can set the start time you want.
Timer Alarms
The watch beeps for about 10 seconds when the end of a countdown is reached. Pressing any button while the beeper is sounding stops it.
Setting the Timer
Using a preset timer: Display the screen for the preset start time you want and select
Using a Custom Timer: Display the Custom Timer screen, set the start time and select
1. In the Countdown Timer Mode, press B to scroll through the start times and display a preset start time or the Custom Timer screen.
Each press of B scrolls through the start time screens as shown below.
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The original start time appears on the display and the countdown stops. This type of timer is best when you normally need to start the countdown from the same start time.
An alert sounds and the watch starts an elapsed time measurement operation. The elapsed time operation is performed at one-second increments for up to 24 hours.
The timer automatically restarts a new countdown from the same the start time.
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2. Hold down A to display the setting screen. If you displayed a preset start time, holding down
will cause the timer type to fl ash. Advance to “To
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select the timer type in step 3.
If you displayed the Custom Timer, holding down
will cause the hour digit of the start time to fl ash.
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3. Press C to move the fl ashing to the setting you want to
change.
Each press of C moves the fl ashing between the
settings as shown below.
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Use D (+) and B (–) to change the currently fl ashing setting.
The start time can be set in 1-second increments up to
24 hours.
To confi gure a start time of 24 hours, set the start time
as 0:00:00.
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