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Operation Guide 3212
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 the watch in the Alarm Mode for two or three minutes without performing
any operation, it changes to the Timekeeping Mode automatically.
• If you leave a screen with flashing digits or a cursor on the display for two or three
minutes without performing any operation, the watch saves any settings you have
made up to that point and exits the setting screen automatically.
Scrolling
The B and D buttons are used in various modes and setting screens to scroll
through data on the display. In most cases, holding down these buttons scrolls at high
speed.
Initial Screens
When you enter the World Time or Alarm Mode, the data you were viewing when you
last exited the mode appears first.
World Time
• The seconds count of the World Time is synchronized with the seconds count of the
Timekeeping Mode.
• All World Time Mode times are calculated from the current Home City time in the
Timekeeping Mode using UTC time offset values.
• The UTC offset is a value that indicates the time difference between a reference
point in Greenwich, England and the time zone where a city is located.
• The letters “UTC” is the abbreviation for “Coordinated Universal Time”, which is the
world-wide scientific standard of timekeeping. It is based upon carefully maintained
atomic (cesium) clocks that keep time accurately to within microseconds. Leap
seconds are added or subtracted as necessary to keep UTC in sync with the Earth’s
rotation.
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.
• 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.
• Illumination turns off automatically whenever an alarm sounds.
• Frequent use of illumination runs down the battery.
PPG Pago Pago –11
HNL Honolulu –10
ANC Anchorage –9
YVR Vancouver
LAX Los Angeles
–8
YEA Edmonton
DEN Denver
–7
MEX Mexico City
CHI Chicago
–6
MIA Miami
YTO Toronto –5
NYC New York
SCL Santiago
YHZ Halifax
–4
YYT St. Johns –3.5
RIO Rio De Janeiro –3
RAI Praia –1
UTC
LIS Lisbon
0
LON London
MAD Madrid
PAR Paris
ROM Rome
+1
BER Berlin
STO Stockholm
City Code Table
• Based on data as of June 2009.
• The rules governing global times (UTC offset and GMT differential) and summer
time are determined by each individual country.
City
Code
UTC offset/
GMT Differential
City
City
Code
UTC offset/
GMT Differential
City
ATH Athens
CAI Cairo +2
JRS Jerusalem
MOW Moscow
JED Jeddah
+3
THR Tehran +3.5
DXB Dubai +4
KBL Kabul +4.5
KHI Karachi +5
DEL Delhi +5.5
DAC Dhaka +6
RGN Yangon +6.5
BKK Bangkok +7
SIN Singapore
HKG Hong Kong
BJS Beijing
+8
TPE Taipei
SEL Seoul
TYO Tokyo
+9
ADL Adelaide +9.5
GUM Guam
SYD Sydney
+10
NOU Noumea +11
WLG Wellington +12
Specifications
Accuracy at normal temperature: ±30 seconds a month
Timekeeping: Hour, minutes, seconds, p.m. (P), day, day of the week
Time format: 12-hour and 24-hour
Calendar system: Full Auto-calendar pre-programmed from the year 2000 to 2099
Other: Home City code (can be assigned one of 48 city codes); Daylight Saving
Time (summer time)/Standard Time
World Time: 48 cities (29 time zones)
Other: Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time
Alarms: 5 alarms (four one-time alarms; one snooze alarm); Hourly Time Signal
Stopwatch
Measuring unit: 1/100 second
Measuring capacity: 23:59'59.99''
Measuring modes: Elapsed time, split time, two finishes
Countdown Timer
Measuring unit: 1 second
Input range: 1 minute to 24 hours (1-minute increments and 1-hour increments)
Illumination: EL Backlight (electro-luminescent panel)
Other: Button operation tone on/off
Battery: One lithium battery (Type: CR1616)
Approximately 3 years on type CR1616 (1.5 seconds of light operation and 20
seconds of beeper operation per day)
