G-Shock GBA-400-1A User Manual

Setup Mode

Timer Mode Stopwatch Mode

Alarm Mode

World Time ModeTimekeeping Mode

(Approximately

0.5 seconds)

Control Mode*

Bluetooth indicator

MA1410-EC

HANDS indicator

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The information below applies to all

modes.

Your watch has seven modes. Navigate

between modes as shown below.

Use the (C) button to navigate between

modes. To enter the Control Mode, hold

down (B) for about 0.5 seconds.

* When the watch enters the Control

Basic Operations

Navigating Between Modes

Mode, it will establish a connection

with the phone and the Bluetooth

indicator will appear on its display.

Using the Rotary Switch

Rotate the rotary switch to change

settings.

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Rotating the rotary switch quickly three

times starts a fast forward or fast

reverse operation. To stop a fast

forward or fast reverse operation,

rotate the rotary switch in the opposite

direction or press any button.

Important!

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Rotate the rotary switch without

pulling it out. Pulling with strong

force can cause malfunction or

damage.

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To prevent error, the first

rotation performs no operation.

Keep rotating to perform the

desired operation. Error

prevention re-activates about

three minutes after the last

operation.

Shifting the Hands

Hour and minute hand shift moves the

hands for easy viewing of display info.

1. To shift the hour and minute hands,

hold down (L) as you press (C).

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This will cause the hour and minute

hands to move to a position where

they do not block the digital

display.

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The HANDS indicator flashes

while the hands are shifted.

Example:

Shifting the hands when it is 11:00

2. To return the hands to their normal

positions, holding down (L) as you

press (C) again.

Note

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This function can be used in any

mode.

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Watch button operations remain

the same when the hands are

shifted.

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Changing to another mode

returns the hands to their normal

positions.

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Shifted hands will return to their

normal positions if no button

operation is performed for one

hour.

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In all modes, hands shift

automatically while settings are

being configured. They move

back to their normal positions

after settings are complete.

Bluetooth indicator

22:00

14:00

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Using Mobile Link with a

Mobile Phone

While there is a Bluetooth connection between the watch and phone, the watch time setting is adjusted automatically and you can perform music app operations from the watch.

Note

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This section describes watch and phone operations.

X : Watch operation Y : Phone operation

Getting Ready

A Installing required app on your

phone

To use the watch with a phone, first tap one of the links below and install the CASIO G-SHOCK+ app on the phone.

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iOS (iPhone)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ id550075201?ls=1&mt=8

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Android (GALAXY, etc.)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/ details?id=com.casio.gshockplus

Android Users

Enable Bluetooth.

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If you are presented with a choice between “Bluetooth” and “Bluetooth Smart”, select “Bluetooth Smart”.

Note

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For details about setting procedures, see your phone documentation.

C Pairing the watch with a phone

Before you can use the watch in combination with a phone, you first need to pair them. Once the watch is paired with a phone, you normally do not need to pair them again.

1. Move the phone you want to pair with close to (within one meter of) the watch.

Y On the Home Screen, tap the “G-

SHOCK+” icon.

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If G’MIX App is not installed on the phone, the G’MIX App installation screen will appear. Follow the instructions that appear to install the app.

Y Select “GBA-400” and then tap

“Next”.

Auto Time Adjustment

The watch can be set to adjust its time

setting automatically each day in

accordance with the phone time.

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Using Auto Adjust

Schedule auto adjust for times the watch

and phone are normally close to each

other as shown in the illustration below.

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While you sleep at night

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While you work at your desk in the

afternoon

Note

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In addition to G-SHOCK+, there is also another G-SHOCK music app named G’MIX App. You can install G’MIX App on your phone by starting up G-SHOCK+ and then following the instructions that appear on the screen.

B Configuring Bluetooth settings

Enable the phone’s Bluetooth.

iPhone Users

Y On the Home Screen, tap “Settings” n “Bluetooth”.

Y Enable “Bluetooth”.

Y Tap “Settings” to return to the

“Settings” screen.

Y Tap in the following sequence: “Privacy” n “Bluetooth Sharing”.

Y Enable “G-SHOCK+”.

Y Perform operations as instructed

by the app.

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If a pairing prompt message appears, perform the operation shown on the phone screen.

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After pairing is complete, the Bluetooth indicator will appear on the watch to indicate it is connected with the phone.

Y Tap “Start”.

This displays the G-SHOCK+ top screen.

Note

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If pairing fails for some reason, perform the procedure again from step 2.

Important!

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Even if there is no Bluetooth

connection when the auto adjust

time is reached, a connection is

established and adjustment is

performed automatically. The

connection is automatically

terminated after time

adjustment is complete.

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The watch adjusts its time

setting automatically in

accordance with the phone time

while they are connected with

each other.

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Setting the Auto Adjust Time

Use G-SHOCK+ on the phone to set the

auto adjust time.

Y On the Home Screen, tap the “G-

SHOCK+” icon.

This displays “Searching for

watch...”.

X Hold down the (B) button for about

0.5 seconds.

This causes the watch and phone to

connect with each other, and the

watch to enter the Control Mode.

Y Tap “Watch settings”.

Y Tap “Basic settings”.

Y Tap “Time adjustment”.

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Perform the operation shown on

the phone screen.

Note

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Actual adjustment of the watch

time setting will occur about 30

seconds after the auto adjust

time.

Example: When 22:00 is set as

the auto adjust time, watch time

setting adjustment will start 30

seconds after 22:00.

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If time adjustment fails for some

reason, the watch will beep. If

this happens, move the watch

and phone close to each other.

Music App Operations

The CASIO G’MIX App music app

running on your phone can be controlled

from your watch.

Note

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G’MIX App provides three

modes for enjoying music.

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PLAYER Mode

This mode lets you adjust sound quality

and ambiance and playback music from

your phone’s music library.

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SEARCH Mode

When there is music playing in your area,

you can use this mode to find out its title.

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SOUNDER Mode

Use this mode to perform watch

operations for playing G’MIX App built-in

sounds or sounds you have created

yourself.

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Installing the G’MIX App

To use the functions described above

you need to install G’MIX App on your

phone as described below.

Y Tap the “G-SHOCK+” icon.

This displays “Searching for

watch...”.

Y Hold down the (B) button for about

0.5 seconds.

Y Tap “Music App settings”.

Perform the operation shown on the

phone screen.

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Using G’MIX App

There must be a connection between the

watch and phone to use G'MIX App.

Perform the operation below.

Y On the Home Screen, tap the “G-

SHOCK+” icon.

X Hold down the (B) button for about

0.5 seconds.

The watch enters the Control Mode.

X Use buttons or the rotary switch to

perform the operation you want.

Rotary switch

Song name

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Note

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With G’MIX App, you can assign

the following functions to the

rotary switch:

volume level, select track, select

album, select artist, select

playlist, select effect, select

SOUNDER sound.

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In the case of an iPhone, you

can control G’MIX App or the

standard iPhone Music app

from the watch. If you want to

control the standard iPhone

Music app from the watch,

perform the procedure below.

1. Remove G’MIX App from the

phone.

2. On the G-SHOCK+ top

screen, tap: “Music App settings” n “Music”.

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Certain music file types may not

be supported for playback with

G’MIX App.

Song Title Search

When there is music playing in your area,

you can use Song Title Search to find out

its title.

Important!

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Your phone needs to have the

CASIO G’MIX App music app

installed to use this functions.

l Music App Operations

X If the watch is connected with a

phone, hold down (B) for about 0.5

seconds to terminate the connection.

X On the watch, enter the

Timekeeping Mode and then quickly

rotate the rotary switch twice.

This will cause [SEARCH] to appear

on the display, indicating that search

has started.

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If the song title search is

successful, the song title will

appear on the watch display.

X Press any button other than (L) to

clear the song title from the display.

Note

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The displayed song title can be

up to 17 alpha characters

(letters, numbers, symbols) or

five Japanese (katakana)

characters long.

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[*CHECK App] will appear if

characters that are not

supported for display are

included or if there are multiple

titles for the song. If this

happens, use your phone to

check the song title.

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[*FAILED] will appear if the song

title cannot be found.

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This function is available only

while G-SHOCK+ and G’MIX

App are running on the phone.

Phone Finder

You can use phone finder to trigger a

tone on the phone to make it easy to find.

The tone is forced to sound even if the

phone is in the manner mode.

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This function is available only while G-

SHOCK+ is running on the phone.

Important!

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Do not use this function in areas

where phone call tones are

restricted.

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The tone sounds at a high

volume. Do not use this function

when listening to phone output

over earphones.

X If the watch is connected with a

phone, hold down (B) for about 0.5

seconds to terminate the connection.

X In the Timekeeping Mode, hold

down the (D) button for about one

second.

This will display the watch screen

shown below and cause the tone to

sound on the phone.

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It will take a few seconds before

the phone tone sounds.

X Press any button to stop the tone.

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You can press any watch button to

stop the phone tone only during

the first 30 seconds after it starts to

sound.

Perform the procedure below when there

is no connection between the watch and

a phone.

After disconnectionConnected

ConnectedNot connected

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Configuring Watch Settings

G-SHOCK+ can be used to easily

configure alarm, timer, and 12/24-hour

timekeeping settings.

Y Tap the “G-SHOCK+” icon.

X Hold down the (B) button for about

0.5 seconds.

This causes the watch and phone to

connect with each other, and the

watch to enter the Control Mode.

Y Tap “Watch settings”.

Y Select the setting you want to

change and then perform the

operation shown on the phone

screen.

World Time City Setting

With World Time, you can select the

desired World Time City from one

displayed in the G-SHOCK+ city list or

world map.

Y Tap the “G-SHOCK+” icon.

X Hold down the (B) button for about

0.5 seconds.

This causes the watch and phone to

connect with each other, and the

watch to enter the Control Mode.

Note

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G-SHOCK+ World Time lets

you select from among

approximately 300 cities as the

World Time City. If the city you

select with G-SHOCK+ is not

included in the 100 cities

supported by the watch, that

city’s time zone will be

registered to [EXTRA] in the

watch’s city list.

Adjusting Hand Alignment

You can use G-SHOCK+ to correct the

watch’s hand positions when they do not

indicate the same time as the digital

display.

Y Tap the “G-SHOCK+” icon.

X Hold down the (B) button for about

0.5 seconds.

This causes the watch and phone to

connect with each other, and the

watch to enter the Control Mode.

Y Tap “Watch settings”.

Y Tap “Basic settings”.

Y Tap “Adjusting home positions”.

Y Perform the operation shown on

the phone screen.

Connection

Cancelling a Connection with a

Phone

To terminate the Bluetooth connection,

hold down (B) for about 0.5 seconds until

the Bluetooth indicator disappears.

Connecting with a Phone

This section explains how to establish a

Bluetooth connection between a phone

that is paired with the watch.

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If the watch is not paired with the phone

you want to connect with, perform the procedure under “C Pairing the watch

with a phone” to pair them.

1. Move the phone close to (within one

meter of) the watch.

X If the Bluetooth indicator is not

displayed, hold down (B) for about

0.5 seconds to connect.

This will establish a Bluetooth

connection and cause the Bluetooth

indicator to appear.

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The watch will enter the Control

Mode.

Y Tap “Watch settings”.

Y Tap “World time”.

Y Perform the operation shown on

the phone screen.

Important!

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If you have problems

establishing a connection, it

could mean that G-SHOCK+ is

not running on the phone. On

the phone’s home screen, tap

the “G-SHOCK+” icon. Then on

the watch, hold down the (B)

button for about 0.5 seconds.

Airplane indicator

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Note

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The connection will be

terminated if you do not perform

any operation on the watch or

phone for a fixed amount of time

(connection limit time).

To specify the connection limit

time, perform the following

operation with G-SHOCK+: “Watch settings”n“Basic settings”n“Connection time”.

Next, specify a setting of 1 hour,

1.5 hours, or 2 hours.

Link Loss Alert

While there is a Bluetooth link between

the watch and a phone, the [LINKLOSS]

warning will appear on the watch display

in the following cases: if you do not

perform any phone operation, if the

distance between the watch and phone

becomes too great, if the phone is turned

off, if the connection is lost due to radio

interference or some other cause. A loss

of connection will cause the watch to

return to the Timekeeping Mode.

To re-connect, move the watch and

phone close to each other and then hold

down the watch’s (B) button for about 0.5

seconds.

Entering the Watch Airplane Mode

Use the Airplane Mode to disable

Bluetooth radio wave emissions.

Enter the Airplane Mode when in a

hospital, in an aircraft, or anywhere else

where radio wave emissions are

restricted.

Important!

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The functions below are

disabled in the Airplane Mode.

ー

Auto adjust

ー

Song title search

ー

Phone finder

ー

Bluetooth connection

X If the watch is connected with a

phone, hold down (B) for about 0.5

seconds to terminate the connection.

X Hold down (C) for about four

seconds.

This causes the watch to enter the

Airplane Mode and displays the

Airplane indicator.

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Each time the (C) button is held

down for about four seconds, the

watch enters or exits the Airplane

Mode.

X Press (C) five times to enter the

Setup Mode.

[SETUP] will appear on the display

followed by the watch device name.

Each press of (D) cycles the display

contents in the sequence shown

below.

Watch device name

Watch device address

Type of phone currently connected

* Displayed only when the watch is

paired with a phone.

X Press (C) to return to the

Timekeeping Mode.

Clearing Pairing Info

To unpair the watch from a phone, delete

the pairing information from G-SHOCK+,

the phone, and the watch.

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Clearing Pairing Information from

G-SHOCK+

X If the watch is connected with a

phone, hold down (B) for about 0.5

seconds to terminate the connection.

Y In the upper right corner of the G- SHOCK+ top screen, tap i to

display the “Connection settings”

screen.

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If “Tone” is selected for the G-SHOCK

+ “Link loss alert” setting, the watch will

beep when link loss occurs.

l Configuring Watch Settings

Viewing Mobile Link Info

Use the procedure below to view Mobile

Link Info on the watch.

X Hold down the (C) button for about

two seconds.

This will cause the watch to enter the

Timekeeping Mode.

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If the watch is connected with a

phone, hold down (B) for about 0.5

seconds to terminate the

connection.

Y On the “Previously registered

watch” list, select the one whose

pairing information you want to clear.

Y Tap “Delete pairing registration”.

Y Tap “Yes”.

This clears the watch’s pairing

information from G-SHOCK+.

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