Timex W-229, 660-095000 User Manual

LAP 1 = 7.11 LAP 2 = 7.50

SPLIT 2 = 15.01

LAP 3 = 7.08

SPLIT 3 = 22.09

LAP 4 = 7.30

SPLIT 4 = 29.39

SPLIT 1 = 7.11

LAP 1 = 7.11 LAP 2 = 7.50

SPLIT 2 = 15.01

LAP 3 = 7.08

SPLIT 3 = 22.09

LAP 4 = 7.30

SPLIT 4 = 29.39

SPLIT 1 = 7.11

LAP 1 = 7.11 LAP 2 = 7.50

SPLIT 2 = 15.01

LAP 3 = 7.08

SPLIT 3 = 22.09

LAP 4 = 7.30

SPLIT 4 = 29.39

SPLIT 1 = 7.11

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W-229 660-095000 NA

THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING YOUR TIMEX® WATCH.

EXTENDED WARRANTY Available in U.S. only.

pay with AMEX, Discover, Visa or MasterCard by calling 1 800-448-4639 during normal business hours. Payment must be made within 30 days of purchase. Name, address, telephone number, purchase date, and 5-digit model number required. You can also mail a check for $5 to: Timex Extended Warranty, P.O. Box 1676, Dept. EF, Little Rock, AR 72203.

Please read instructions carefully to understand how to operate your Timex® watch.

• Time with 12- or 24-hour format

• Date with MM-DD or DD.MM format

• 3 time zones

• Optional hourly chime

• Temperature (-5°F to 125°F or -21°C to 52°C)

• Tide tracker

• 100-hour chronograph with display of lap and split times

• 24-hour countdown timer (count down and stop or repeat)

• Occasion reminders

• 3 daily/weekday/weekend alarms with 5-minute backup

• Customizable mode set

• INDIGLO® night-light with Night-Mode® feature Press MODE repeatedly to step through modes: Tide, Chrono, Timer, Occasion, Alarm 1,Alarm 2, and Alarm 3.

Press MODE to exit current mode and return to Time mode.

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FEATURES AND BASIC OPERATION

SET

(DONE)

MODE

(NEXT)

Button functions shown with secondary functions in parentheses

START (+)

STOP (–)

·SPLIT

INDIGLO BUTTON

·RESET

TIME

To set time, date, and options:

1) With time and date showing, press and hold SET.

2) Current time zone (1, 2, or 3) ﬂashes. Press + or - to select the time zone to set, if desired.

3) Press NEXT. Hour ﬂashes. Press + or - to change hour (including AM/PM); hold button to scan values

4) Press NEXT. Minutes ﬂash. Press + or - to change minutes

5) Press NEXT. Seconds ﬂash. Press + or - to set seconds to zero.

6) Press NEXT. Month ﬂashes. Press + or - to change month.

7) Press NEXT. Day ﬂashes. Press + or - to change day.

8) Press NEXT. Year ﬂashes. Press + or - to change year.

9) Press NEXT to set options. Press + or - to change value and then press NEXT to go to next option. Press DONE at any step to exit and save settings. Available options are 12- or 24-hour time format, MM-DD or DD.MM date format, temperature unit (Fahrenheit or Celsius), hourly chime N, beep for button presses, customizable mode set (Select “HIDE” for unwanted modes - they are removed from mode sequence).

If you hide a mode, you can turn it back on later using procedure above. In Time mode, press START·SPLIT repeatedly to see, in order, temperature, time of next tide, 2nd time zone, and

3rd time zone. Data is shown for 3 seconds after button is released. Hold START·SPLIT for 4 seconds to keep the data you are viewing as the default. If temperature or tide is the default, the ﬁrst press of START·SPLIT shows date. Again, you may hold START·SPLIT button for 4 seconds while the date is visible to return to date as the default display. See TEMPERATURE and TIDE sections for more details.

Press and hold STOP·RESET to see next upcoming occasion (see OCCASION section). Release and immediately press and hold again to see subsequent occasions.

TEMPERATURE

See TIME section for instructions on displaying temperature. When worn on wrist, temperature reading is affected by body heat. For more accurate readings, remove watch

and put in shade for at least several minutes. Watch can measure water temperature also, if submerged. Be sure to select temperature display (See TIME)

before placing watch in water, as buttons should not be pressed when watch is underwater. Temperature readings are taken every minute, and more frequently if temperature is changing.

TIDE

Tide mode provides tracking of high and low tides. Press MODE repeatedly until TIDE appears. Countdown to next tide is shown at top of display.Time and type of next tide (H = high; L = low) are shown at

bottom. Press + or - to see later or earlier tides. Date of displayed tide is shown rather than countdown. Hold either

button to scan quickly. The primary factor in determining tides is moon position. Tide tracker uses moon position to predict high and low

tides, which are 6 hours and 12.5 minutes apart. Tides are also inﬂuenced by sun position and shape of shoreline, so tide clock cannot precisely give times of high

and low tides. Periodic adjustment may be necessary. To set tide tracker, enter time and type of last

1) Press SET. Tide type ﬂashes. Press + or - to select H (high) or L (low) for last tide.

2) Press NEXT. Hour ﬂashes. Press + or - to change hour (including AM/PM); hold button to scan values.

3) Press NEXT. Minutes ﬂash. Press + or - to change minutes.

4) Press NEXT. Number of daily tide cycles ﬂashes. Press + or - to change value. Most locations have 2 cycles (2 high and 2 low tides per day). If unsure, leave setting at 2.

5) Press DONE at any step when done setting.

(most recent) tide:

For tide information, go to www.timex.com/expedition

CHRONOGRAPH

This mode provides a chronograph (stopwatch) function. Press To start, press START·SPLIT. Chrono counts up by hundredths of a second up to one hour, then by seconds up to

100 hours. Stopwatch icon W ﬂashes to indicate chrono is running. To stop, press STOP·RESET. Stopwatch icon W freezes to indicate chrono is stopped. To resume, press START·SPLIT, or to reset (clear) chrono, press and hold STOP·RESET. When chrono is already running, it will continue to run even if you exit chrono mode. Stopwatch icon W appears

in TIME mode.

MODE to go to Chrono mode.

While chrono is running, press START·SPLIT to take a split. Lap and split times will be displayed with lap number. To set display format, press SET. Then, press + or - to select desired format. Press DONE to exit. NOTE:

• When a split is taken, times are frozen on the display for 10 seconds. Press MODE to release display and show running chrono immediately.

TIMER

Timer mode provides a countdown timer with alert. Press MODE repeatedly until TIMER appears. To set countdown time:

1) Press SET. Hours ﬂash. Press + or - to change hours; hold button to scan values.

2) Press NEXT. Minutes ﬂash. Press + or - to change minutes.

3) Press NEXT. Seconds ﬂash. Press + or - to change seconds.

4) Press NEXT. Action at end of countdown ﬂashes. Press + or - to select STOP or REPEAT, indicated by hourglass icon with arrow I.

5) Press DONE at any step when done setting.

To start timer, press START·SPLIT. Timer counts down every second from countdown time. Hourglass icon H ﬂashes to indicate timer is running.

To pause countdown, press To resume countdown, press Watch beeps and night-light ﬂashes when countdown ends (timer reaches zero). Press any button to silence. If

REPEAT AT END selected, timer repeats countdown indeﬁnitely.

STOP·RESET. Hourglass icon H freezes to indicate timer is stopped.

START·SPLIT, or to reset countdown, press

STOP·RESET.

Timer continues to run if you exit mode. Hourglass icon H appears in Time mode.

OCCASION

Occasion mode allows you to set reminders for occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and appointments. Press MODE repeatedly until OCCASN appears.

Today’s date is shown with today’s occasion in top line. Press + or - to step through dates; hold button to scan dates. Occasion for displayed date is always shown. Non-recurring occasions may be set for dates up to one year in advance.

To set occasion:

1) Press SET. Date ﬂashes. Press + or - to select date; hold button to scan dates. Occasion for displayed date is always shown.

2) Press NEXT. Occasion ﬂashes. Press + or - to change occasion. ANNIV, BDAY, BILL-YR, and HOLI-YR repeat yearly and BILL-MO repeats monthly.

3) To set occasions for other dates, press

4) Press DONE at any step when done setting.

NEXT and select date and occasion as in previous steps.

Occasion Reminders Watch alerts you of occasions at 8:00 AM on day of occasion. You may choose to receive no alert or an alert at a

different time or day. You may choose different alerting for each occasion type. E.g., all birthdays may alert one day prior while all holidays may have no alert.

To set occasion reminder alerts:

1) Go to today’s date by pressing + or - (hold button to scan dates). You may also go to today’s date by simply entering Occasion mode.

2) From today’s date, press - to go to ALERT SETUP.

3) Press SET. Occasion type ﬂashes. Press + or - to select occasion type. Your settings will affect all occasions of the selected type.

4) Press NEXT. Alert status (ON/OFF) ﬂashes. Press + or - to turn alert on or off for selected occasion type. If Off selected, next 4 steps are skipped.

5) Press NEXT. Alert time hour ﬂashes. Press + or - to change hour; hold button to scan values.

6) Press NEXT. Alert time minutes ﬂash. Press + or - to change minutes.

7) Press NEXT. AM/PM ﬂashes if in 12-hour time format. Press + or - to change.

8) Press NEXT. Alert day ﬂashes. Press + or - to set alert for 0 - 9 days prior to occasion.

9) To set alerts for other occasion types, press NEXT. Occasion type ﬂashes. Select occasion type as in step 3 and continue with setting procedure.

Hand icon F appears when displayed occasion type has a reminder alert. When alert sounds in Time mode, hand icon F ﬂashes. Press any button to silence. See Time mode for instructions on viewing upcoming occasions.

TIP: For reminder at end of every month, set BILL-MO for ﬁrst of month and alert one day prior.

ALARM

The watch has three alarms. Press MODE repeatedly until ALM 1, ALM 2, or ALM 3 appears. To set alarm:

1) Press SET. Hour ﬂashes. Press + or - to change hour; hold button to scan values.

2) Press NEXT. Minutes ﬂash. Press + or - to change minutes.

3) Press NEXT. AM/PM ﬂashes if in 12-hour time format. Press + or - to change.

4) Press NEXT. Alarm day setting ﬂashes. Press + or - to select DAILY,WKDAYS, or WKENDS.

5) Press DONE at any step when done setting.

To turn alarm on/off, press START·SPLIT. Alarm clock icon a appears when alarm is on in this mode and in Time mode. When alarm sounds, night-light ﬂashes. Press any button to silence. If no button is pressed, alarm will sound for

20 seconds and repeat once ﬁve minutes later. Each of the three alarms has a different alert melody.

INDIGLO® NIGHT-LIGHT WITH NIGHT-MODE® FEATURE

Press INDIGLO® button to illuminate watch display for 2 - 3 seconds (5 - 6 seconds while setting). Electroluminescent technology used in the INDIGLO® night-light illuminates entire watch face at night and in low light conditions. Any button pressed while INDIGLO® night-light is on keeps it on.

Press and hold INDIGLO® button for 4 seconds to activate NIGHT-MODE® feature P will appear in Time mode. Feature causes any button press to activate INDIGLO® night-light for 3 seconds. NIGHT-MODE® feature may be deactivated by pressing and holding INDIGLO® button again for 4 seconds, or it automatically deactivates after 8 hours.

TER RESISTANCE

. Moon icon

If your watch is water-resistant, meter marking or (

O) is indicated.

Water-Resistance Depth p.s.i.a. * Water Pressure Below Surface

30m/98ft 60 50m/164ft 86

100m/328ft 160

*pounds per square inch absolute

WARNING: TO MAINTAIN WATER-RESISTANCE, DO NOT PRESS ANY BUTTONS UNDER WATER.

1. Watch is water-resistant only as long as lens, push buttons and case remain intact.

2. Watch is not a diver watch and should not be used for diving.

3. Rinse watch with fresh water after exposure to salt water.

BATTERY

Timex strongly recommends that a retailer or jeweler replace battery. Battery type is on watch back. If present, push/short internal reset switch after replacing battery. Battery life estimates are based on certain assumptions regarding usage; battery life may vary depending on actual usage.

DO NOT DISPOSE OF BATTERY IN FIRE. DO NOT RECHARGE. KEEP LOOSE BATTERIES AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

(U.S. – LIMITED WARRANTY – PLEASE SEE FRONT OF INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

Your TIMEX® watch is warranted against manufacturing defects by Timex Corporation for a period of ONE YEAR from the original purchase date. Timex and its worldwide afﬁliates will honor this International Warranty.

Please note that Timex may, at its option, repair your watch by installing new or thoroughly reconditioned and inspected components or replace it with an identical or similar model. IMPORTANT — PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WARRANTY DOES

NOT COVER DEFECTS OR DAMAGES TO YOUR WATCH:

1) after the warranty period expires;

2) if the watch was not originally purchased from an authorized Timex retailer;

3) from repair services not performed by Timex;

4) from accidents, tampering or abuse; and

5) lens or crystal, strap or band, watch case, attachments or battery.Timex may charge you for replacing any of these parts.

THIS WARRANTY AND THE REMEDIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TIMEX IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some countries and states do not allow limitations on implied warranties and do not allow exclusions or limitations on damages, so these limitations may not apply to you. This warranty gives you speciﬁc legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from country to country and state to state.

To obtain warranty service, please return your watch to Timex, one of its afﬁliates or the Timex retailer where the watch was purchased, together with a completed original Watch Repair Coupon or, in the U.S. and Canada only, the completed original Watch Repair Coupon or a written statement identifying your name, address, telephone number and date and place of purchase. Please include the following with your watch to cover postage and handling (this is not a repair charge): a US$ 7.00 check or money order in the U.S.; a CAN$6.00 cheque or money order in Canada; and a UK£2.50 cheque or money order in the U.K. In other countries, Timex will charge you for postage and handling. NEVER INCLUDE A SPECIAL WATCHBAND OR ANY OTHER ARTICLE OF PERSONAL VALUE IN YOUR SHIPMENT.

For the U.S., please call 1-800-448-4639 for additional warranty information. For Canada, call 1-800-263-0981. For Brazil, call +55 (11) 5572 9733. For Mexico, call 01-800-01-060-00. For Central America, the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas, call (501) 370-5775 (U.S.). For Asia, call 852-2815-0091. For the U.K., call 44 020 8687 9620. For Portugal, call 351 212 946 017. For France, call 33 3 81 63 42 00. For Germany, call 49 7 231 494140. For the Middle East and Africa, call 971-4-310850. For other areas, please contact your local Timex retailer or Timex distributor for warranty information. In Canada, the U.S. and in certain other locations, participating Timex retailers can provide you with a postage-paid, pre-addressed Watch Repair Mailer for your convenience in obtaining factory service.

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