MA0905-EA

Operation Guide 3171

About This Manual
• Depending on the model of your watch, display text appears either as dark figures
on a light background or light figures on a dark background. All sample displays in
this manual are shown using dark figures on a light background.
• Button operations are indicated using the letters shown in the illustration.

(Light) (Light)

• 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.

Timekeeping Mode Alarm Mode Stopwatch Mode Dual Time Mode

Press .

Timekeeping Alarm
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current When the daily alarm is turned on, the alarm tone sounds
Day of week time and date. Timekeeping Mode time when the alarm time is reached.
Hour : Minutes (Hour : Minutes) You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
Month – Day To set the time and date Mode indicator the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the • All of the operations in this section are performed in the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
screen.
2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown Alarm Operation
below to select other settings. The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds,
regardless of the mode the watch is in.
Seconds Hour Minutes

Day of the week Day Month Year

PM indicator Seconds Alarm time

(Hour : Minutes)
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, press B to change it as
described below. To set an alarm time
To change this setting Perform this button operation
1. In the Alarm Mode, hold down A until the hour setting
starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
Seconds Press B to reset to 00. • This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
Hour, Minutes, Year, Month, Press B to increase the setting. 2. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and
Day, Day of week Holding down B changes the setting at high speed. minutes.
3. While a setting is flashing, use B to increase it.
• Pressing B while the seconds are in the range of 30 to 59 resets them to 00 and
Holding down B changes the setting at high speed.
adds 1 to the minutes. In the range of 00 to 29, the minutes are unchanged.
• With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
(no indicator) or p.m. ( indicator).
• The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2099.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar makes allowances for different month
lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no reason to change
it except after you have the watch’s battery replaced.
To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping Press any button.
In the Timekeeping Mode, press B to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping and
24-hour timekeeping. To turn the Daily Alarm and Hourly Time Signal on and off
• With the 12-hour format, the (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits In the Alarm Mode, press B to cycle through the on and
Alarm on indicator off settings as shown below.
for times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears to the left of
the hour digits for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m. Alarm On Indicator/Hourly Time Signal On Indicator
• With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, with
indicator.
• The and indicators are not displayed with the Timekeeping Mode time on the
Alarm Mode and Dual Time Mode screens. Both on Both off Daily alarm Hourly Time
• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is only Signal only
applied in all other modes.
• The alarm on ( ) indicator flashes while the alarm is
sounding.
• The alarm on ( ) indicator and Hourly Time Signal on
Hourly time signal ( ) indicator are displayed in all modes.
on indicator

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down B to sound the alarm.

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Stopwatch Specifications
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times, Accuracy at normal temperature: ±20 seconds a month
1/100 second and two finishes. Timekeeping: Hour, minutes, seconds, p.m., month, day, day of the week
Mode indicator Minutes • The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours, Time system: Switchable between 12-hour and 24-hour formats
59 minutes, 59.99 seconds. Calendar system: Full Auto-calendar pre-programmed from the year 2000 to 2099
• The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero
Alarm: Daily alarm; Hourly Time Signal
after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
• The stopwatch measurement operation continues even Stopwatch
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode. Measuring unit: 1/100 second
• Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen Measuring capacity: 23:59' 59.99''
on the display clears the split time and returns to Measuring modes: Elapsed time, split time, two finishes
elapsed time measurement. Dual Time: Hour, minutes, seconds, p.m.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the Illumination: EL backlight (electro-luminescent panel); Selectable illumination
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C. duration
Hours Seconds Battery: One lithium battery (Type: CR1216)
Approximately 3 years on type CR1216 (assuming alarm operation 10 seconds/day,
To measure times with the stopwatch and one light operation 1.5 seconds/day)

Elapsed time

Start Stop Re-start Stop Clear

Split time

Start Split Split release Stop Clear

(SPL displayed)
Two Finishes

Start Split Stop Split release Clear

First runner Second runner Display time of
finishes. finishes. second runner.
Display time of
first runner.

Dual Time
The Dual Time Mode lets you keep track of time in a
Timekeeping Mode time different time zone.
(Hour : Minutes) • In the Dual Time Mode, the seconds count is
Mode indicator synchronized with the seconds count of the Timekeeping
Mode.

To set the Dual Time

1. Press C to enter the Dual Time Mode.
2. Hold down A until the hour setting starts to flash, which
indicates the setting screen.
3. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and
minutes settings.
4. Press B to increase the setting. Holding down B
changes the setting at high speed.
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Hour : Minutes Seconds

Illumination
The watch has an EL (electro-Iuminescent) panel that
causes the entire display to glow for easy reading in the
dark.
• See “Illumination Precautions” for other important
information.

To illuminate the display

In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
• You can specify 1.5 seconds or three seconds as the
illumination duration. See “To specify the illumination
duration” for more information.
Three-second indicator

To specify the illumination duration

In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down B for about two seconds to toggle the
illumination duration between three seconds ( displayed) and 1.5 seconds
( not displayed).
• Pressing B also toggles between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping.
• When the three-second setting is selected, the three-second ( ) indicator remains
on the display in all modes.
• To protect against running down the watch’s battery, the watch automatically
switches to the 1.5-second setting about seven hours after the three-second setting
is selected. To continue to use the three-second setting, perform the above
procedure again.

Reference
This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch operation.
It also contains important precautions and notes about the various features and
functions of this watch.

Auto return features

If you leave a screen with flashing digits for one or two minutes without performing
any operation, the watch automatically saves any settings you have made up to that
point and exits the setting screen.

Illumination Precautions
• The electro-luminescent panel that provides illumination loses power after very long
use.
• Illumination may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.
• Illumination automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
• The watch may emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This is
due to vibration of the EL panel used for illumination, and does not indicate
malfunction.
• Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.