USERS GUIDE 2568
Getting Acquainted
About This Manual
Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO watch. To get the most out of your
Button operations are indicated using the letters shown
purchase, be sure to carefully read this manual and keep it on hand for later reference
in the illustration.
when necessary.
Each section of this manual provides you with the
information you need to perform operations in each
Expose the watch to bright light to charge its battery before using it.
mode. Further details and technical information can be
You can use this watch even as its battery is being charged by exposure to bright
found in the ŇReference section.
light.
Be sure to read ŇBattery of this manual for important information you need
to know when exposing the watch to bright light.
If the display of the watch is blank...
If the Power Saving on (S) indicator flashes on the
display, it means that the display is blank because the
watchs Power Saving function has turned off the
display to conserve power. Power Saving automatically
turns off the display and puts the watch into a sleep state
whenever your watch is left for a certain period where it
is dark.
The initial factory default setting is Power Saving on.
The watch recovers from the sleep state if you move it
*
to a well-lit area , if you press any button, or if you
angle the watch towards your face for reading.
*
It can take up to five seconds for the display to turn on.
See ŇPower Saving function for more information.
General Guide
World Time Mode
Data Bank Mode
Press C to change from mode to mode.
In any mode (except when a setting screen is on the display), press B to illuminate
the display.
Timekeeping Mode
Press C.
Alarm Mode
Day Counter Mode
Countdown
Stopwatch Mode
Timer Mode
Timekeeping
In addition to the day of the week display, the language setting also affects the type
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set the time and date.
Day of week
of characters you can input for the name in the Data Bank Mode and the text in the
Month Day
Year
Note
Day Counter Mode.
This watch is capable of displaying text for the day of the
Holding down A in the Timekeeping Mode displays the indicator for the currently
week in any one of 16 different languages (English,
selected language. Keeping A depressed for about two seconds changes to the
Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, German,
Timekeeping Mode setting screen (indicated by the seconds flashing). If you
Italian, Czech, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Romanian,
accidentally display the setting screen, press A again to exit.
Turkish, Russian, and Japanese).
To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
Hour : Minutes Seconds To set the time and date
In the Timekeeping Mode, press D to toggle between 12-hour timekeeping (indicated
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
PM indicator
by A or P on the display), or 24-hour timekeeping.
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
Language indicator
With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears on the display for times in the
screen.
range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and the A (AM) indicator appears for times in the range
2. Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
below to select other settings.
With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
any indicator.
The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all modes.
Seconds
DST on/off
Hour
Minutes
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
Language
Day
Month
Year
Saving Time.
The currently selected language indicator flashes on the display while the
To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
Language (setting) is selected in the above sequence.
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use B and D to change it as
DST indicator
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
described below.
screen.
To change this setting
Perform this button operation
2. Press C to move the flashing to the DST on/off setting.
Seconds
Press D to reset to 00.
3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (ON
displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
DST on/off
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
(ON displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate
Hour, Minutes, Year,
Use D (+) and B () to change the setting.
that Daylight Saving Time is turned on in the
Month, Day
Timekeeping, Alarm, and Day Counter Mode.
Language
Use B and D to change the language setting.
While the language indicator is flashing on the display, use B and D to cycle
World Time
through the language indicators as shown below, until the one for the language
you want to select is displayed.
The World Time shows the current time in 28 cities (29
Timekeeping
UTC
time zones) around the world.
mode time
Press D.
Indicator
Language
Indicator
Language
Indicator
Language
differential
The time settings of the Timekeeping Mode and the
City code
ENx
English
DEU
German
RO
Romanian
World Time Mode are independent from each other, so
you must make separate settings for each.
POR
Portuguese
ITA
Italian
T)R
Turkish
Whenever you change the time setting for any city in the
ESP
Spanish
CES
Czech
PUC
Russian
World Time Mode, the settings of all other cities are
FRA
French
SVE
Swedish
JPN
Japanese
changed accordingly.
NED
Dutch
POL
Polish
The UTC differential value indicates the number of hours
DAN
Danish
E
Greek
difference in time between the currently selected time
Press B.
zone and UTC.
Current time in
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
the selected city
The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
code
month, and day) settings.
See the ŇDay of the Week List for information on abbreviations used.
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To set the current time in the World Time Mode
10. Press A to store your data and return to the Data Bank record screen (without
1. In the World Time Mode, use D to select the city code
the cursor).
DST indicator
whose time you want to set.
When you press A to store data, the name and number you input flash for about
2. After you select a city code, hold down A until the DST
one second as Data Bank records are sorted. After the sort operation is complete,
on/off setting of the World time starts to flash, which
the Data Bank record screen appears.
indicates the setting screen.
The name can show only three characters at a time, so longer text scrolls continuously
3. Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
from right to left. The last character is indicated by the symbol after it.
below to select other settings.
To recall Data Bank records
Minutes
Hour
DST on/off
In the Data Bank Mode, use D to scroll through Data Bank records on the display.
To edit a Data Bank record
1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D to scroll through the records and display the one
4. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use B and D to change it as
you want to edit.
described below.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
To change this setting
Perform this button operation
3. Use C to move the flashing to the character you want to change.
4. Use D (forward) and B (back) to change the character.
Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
5. After making the changes that you want, press A to store them and return to the
(ON displayed) and standard time (OF displayed).
Data Bank record screen.
The above operation toggles all World Time city
DST on/off
codes between Daylight Saving Time and Standard
To delete a Data Bank record
Time.
1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D to scroll through the records and display the one
Use D (+) and B () to change the setting.
Hour, Minutes
you want to delete.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
While the settings are flashing on the display, pressing B and D at the same
3. Press B and D at the same time to delete the record.
time changes the DST on/off, hour, and minutes settings so they match the
The message CLR appears to indicate that the record is being deleted. After the
Timekeeping Mode time.
record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.
When setting the world time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
4. Input data or press A to return to the Data Bank record screen.
correctly as a.m. (A indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Alarms
The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is
turned on in the World Time Mode.
You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms
Note that you cannot make settings for individual city codes. Daylight Saving Time
Timekeeping
Alarm date
with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is
(summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from Standard Time.
Mode time
(month Day)
turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is
Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.
reached. One of the alarms can be configured as a
snooze alarm or a one-time alarm, while the other four are
To view the time in another city code
one-time alarms.
In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll city codes (time zones).
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
For full information on city codes, see the ŇCity Code Table.
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
There are five alarms numbered 1 through 5. You can
Alarm number
Data Bank
configure Alarm 1 as a snooze alarm or a one-time
Alarm time
alarm. Alarms 2 through 5 can be used as one-time
(Hour : Minutes)
The Data Bank Mode lets you store up to 30 records,
alarms only.
Remaining memory
each containing name and telephone number data.
Alarm settings (and Hourly Time Signal settings) are
Records are automatically sorted based on the characters
available in the Alarm Mode, which you enter by
of the name. You can recall records by scrolling through
pressing C.
them on the display.
The characters you can input for the name depend on
Alarm Types
the language you select in the Timekeeping Mode. See
The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.
ŇTo set the time and date for more information.
Daily alarm
Changing the language setting does not affect names
Name
Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to
that are already stored.
L
sound everyday at the time you set.
See ŇSort Table for details on how the watch sorts
records.
Date alarm
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes
Data Bank Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
the alarm to sound at the specific time, on the specific date you set.
1-Month alarm
Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the
Telephone number
alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.
To create a new Data Bank record
Monthly alarm
1. In the Data Bank Mode, use D to display the new data
Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm
screen.
Name area
to sound every month at the time you set, on the day you set.
To jump directly to the new data screen, press B and
D at the same time.
To set an alarm time
If the new data screen does not appear when you
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to scroll through the alarm
press D, it means that memory is full. To store
Alarm number
screens until the one whose time you want to set is
another record, you will first have to delete some of
displayed.
the records stored in memory.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor (_) appears in
Number area
Alarm1
Alarm 2
Alarm 3
the name area of the display.
New Data Screen
3. In the name area, use B and D to cycle through
characters at the cursor position. The characters cycle
Hourly Time
Alarm 5
Alarm 4
in the sequence shown below.
Signal
Each of the five alarm screens has an alarm number.
Press D.
The Hourly Time Signal screen does not have an
A Z
@ -
0 9
to
to
to
(space)
alarm number.
(alphabet)
(symbol)
(number)
Press B.
2. After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour
setting of the alarm time starts to flash, which indicates
The above character sequence is for English input. See ŇCharacter List for the
the setting screen.
character sequences of other languages.
This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
4. When the character you want is at the cursor position, press C to move the cursor
3. Use C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.
to the right.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until the name is complete.
Minutes
Month
Day
You can input up to eight characters for the name.
Hour
6. After you input the name, press C as many times as necessary to move the cursor
to the number area.
4. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B () to change it.
When the cursor is located at the eighth space of the name area, moving the
To set an alarm that does not include a month (Daily alarm, Monthly alarm), set x
cursor to the right causes it to jump to the first digit of the number. When the
for the month. Use D and B until the x mark appears (between 12 and 1) while
cursor is at the 16th digit of the number, moving it to the right (by pressing C)
month setting is flashing.
causes it to jump to the first character in the name.
To set an alarm that does not include a day (Daily alarm, 1-Month alarm), set xx
7. In the number area, use B and D to cycle through numbers and symbols
for the day. Use D and B until the xx mark appears (between the end of the
(hyphen, brackets, space) at the cursor position. The characters cycle in the
month and 1) while the day setting is flashing.
sequence shown below.
When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time
Press D.
correctly as a.m. (A indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
(space)
0 to 9
[
]
x
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Press B.
Alarm Operation
8. When the character you want is at the cursor position, press C to move the cursor
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the
to the right.
watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until you complete number input.
of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off or change it to a one-
You can input up to 16 digits for the number.
time alarm.
The number initially contains all hyphens. You can leave the hyphens as they are
Pressing any button stops the alarm tone operation.
or replace them with numbers or other symbols (brackets, space).
Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen
Displaying the alarm setting screen
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To test the alarm
To delete a Day Counter record
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
1. In the Day Counter Mode, scroll through the records and display the one you want
to delete.
2
2
5
5
To turn Alarms through and the Hourly Time Signal on and off
2
5
2
2
5
5
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select a one-time alarm
3. Press B and D at the same time to delete the record.
(alarm number 2 through 5) or the Hourly Time Signal.
The message CLR appears to indicate that the record is being deleted. After the
2. Press A to toggle it on and off.
record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display and Timekeeping Mode
The on/off status of Alarms 2 through 5 and the Hourly
current date is set as the target date, ready for input.
Time Signal is shown by indicators along the bottom of
4. Input data or press A to exit the setting screen.
the displays.
The alarm on indicators and Hourly Time Signal on
Stopwatch
indicator are displayed in all modes.
Alarm on
While an alarm is sounding, the applicable alarm on
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
indicator
indicator flashes on the display.
and two finishes.
Timekeeping
Hourly time signal
1/100 second
Mode time
The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours, 59
on indicator
minutes, 59.99 seconds.
1
1
To select the operation of Alarm11
1
The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select Alarm1.
after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
2. Press A to cycle through the available settings in the sequence shown below.
The stopwatch measurement operation continues even
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
1
1
Snooze on indicator and Alarm1 on indicator
1
1
Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen
Press A.
Hours
on the display clears the split time and returns to
Minutes
elapsed time measurement.
Seconds
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm off
Snooze alarm on
One-time alarm on
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
The snooze on indicator and Alarm1 on indicator are displayed in all modes.
To measure times with the stopwatch
The snooze on indicator flashes during the 5-minute intervals between alarms.
Elapsed Time
The alarm indicator (Alarm1 on and/or snooze on) flashes while the alarm is
sounding.
A
D
D
D
D
➤
➤
➤
➤
Start
Stop
Re-start
Clear
Stop
Day Counter
Split Time
Timekeeping
The Day Counter lets you count the number of days from
A
D
A
A
D
➤
➤
➤
➤
Mode time
the Timekeeping Modes current date to a specific target
Text area
Start
Split
Clear
Split release
Stop
date.
(SPL displayed)
There are five Day Counter records, each of which can
be set with its own text and target date (year, month,
Two Finishes
day).
A
A
D
A
D
➤
➤
➤
➤
When the target date falls before the current date (as
Split
Clear
kept in the Timekeeping Mode), the number of days is
Stop
Split release
displayed as a negative value.
First runner
Second runner
Display time of
Year
Target date
finishes.
second runner.
finishes.
Whenever the date specified by any one of the Day
(Alternate at
Display time of
Counters matches the date of the Timekeeping Mode
first runner.
Month
the 1-second
(regardless of the Day Counters year setting), the DAYS
Day
interval)
indicator flashes on the Timekeeping Mode and Day
Countdown Timer
Counter Mode.
The countdown timer can be set within a range of 1
Timekeeping
Number of days
minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown
Mode time
DAYS indicator
reaches zero.
Countdown timer functions are available in the
The initial default target date when you purchase the watch, after you have its
Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing
battery replaced, or when battery power drops to Level 5 is January 1, 2001.
C.
The characters you can input for the text depend on the language you select in the
Timekeeping Mode. See ŇTo set the time and date for more information. Changing
To set the countdown start time
the language setting does not affect texts that are already stored.
1. In the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the
Hours
All of the operations in this section are performed in the Day Counter Mode, which
Minutes
hour setting of the countdown start time starts to flash,
you enter by pressing C.
Seconds
which indicates the setting screen.
To create a new Day Counter record
2. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
1. In the Day Counter Mode, use D to scroll through the
3. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B () to change it.
Day Counter records until the one you want is on the
To set the starting value of the countdown time to 24 hours, set 0:00.
display.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears in the
text area of the display, which indicates the setting
To use the countdown timer
screen.
Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.
3. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
When the end of the countdown is reached, the alarm sounds for 10 seconds or until
below.
you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown time is automatically reset to its
starting value after the alarm stops.
Text area
Press D while a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press D again to
resume the countdown.
Character 2
Character 8
Character 1
To completely stop a countdown operation, first pause it (by pressing D), and then
press A. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.
Target date
The countdown timer measurement operation continues even if you exit the
Countdown Timer Mode.
Day
Month
Year