USERS GUIDE 2599
About This Manual
Button operations are indicated using the letters shown
in the illustration.
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 ŇReference section.
(Light)
General Guide
Press C to change from mode to mode.
In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
Timekeeping Mode
World Time Mode
e-DATA MEMORY Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Countdown Timer Mode
Alarm Mode
Press
.
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Month Day
time and date.
Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from Standard
Day of week
Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight Saving Time.
Read This Before You Set the Time and Date !
To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
The times displayed in the Timekeeping Mode and World
Time Mode are linked. Because of this, make sure you
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
select a city code for your Home City (the city where you
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
normally use the watch) before you set the time and date.
screen.
2. Press C to display the DST setting screen.
3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(
displayed) and Standard Time (
displayed).
ON
OFF
PM
Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time
Seconds
indicator
and Daylight Saving Time while
is selected as
GMT
the Home City code.
Hour : Minutes
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate
To set the time and date
that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
City code
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
e-DATA MEMORY
screen.
2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
You can use the watchs e-DATA MEMORY to store e-mail
below to select other settings.
addresses, Web page URLs, and other text data.
Text
You can also use a password to limit access to e-DATA
MEMORY contents.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
e-DATA MEMORY Mode, which you enter by pressing
C.
Seconds
City Code
DST
Hour
e-DATA MEMORY Management
Minutes
e-DATA MEMORY can hold up to 315 characters total,
12/24-Hour
Year
Day
Month
Format
while each record can contain up to 63 characters. The
maximum number of records depends on the number of
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use D and B to change it as
Record number
characters per record, as shown below.
described below.
(Page number)
63 characters per record: 5 records
7 or fewer characters per record: 40 records
Screen
To do this:
Do this:
To create a new e-DATA MEMORY record
50
Reset the seconds to
Press D.
00
1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, press D and B at the
Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (
)
Press D.
0N
Remaining memory (%)
OFF
same time to display the remaining memory screen.
DST
and Standard Time (
)
0FF
If % is shown for remaining memory, it means that
0
Change the city code
Use D (east) and B (west).
memory is full. To store another record, you will first
TYO
have to delete some of the records stored in memory.
10:58
P
Change the hour or minutes
Use D (+) and B ().
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor (
) appears on
#
Toggle between 12-hour (
) and 24-hour
Press D.
the display, which indicates the setting screen.
12H
12H
(
) timekeeping
24H
The setting screen also shows the record number that
is automatically assigned to the new record.
2002
Change the year
Use D (+) and B ().
3. Input the text you want.
6-30
Change the month or day
When inputting the text, use D (+) and B () to
cycle through characters at the current cursor
For full information on city codes, see the ŇCity Code Table .
location, and C to move the cursor to the right. See
See ŇDaylight Saving Time (DST) for details about DST setting.
ŇInputting Text.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears on the display for times in the
range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and the A (AM) indicator appears for times in the range
of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
any indicator.
4. Press A to store your data and return to the e-DATA MEMORY record screen
The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
(without the cursor).
applied in all modes.
Pressing A causes the message
to appear for about two seconds as the data
SET
The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
is stored. After that, the e-DATA MEMORY record screen appears.
month, and day) settings.
The text can show only three characters at a time, so longer text scrolls continuously
from right to left. The last character is indicated by the symbol
after it. Press A to
s
stop and restart scrolling.
Records are stored in memory in the sequence they are created.
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World Time
To recall e-DATA MEMORY records
World Time shows the current time in 27 cities (29 time
City code
In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B () to cycle through e-DATA
zones) around the world.
MEMORY records as shown below.
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Timekeeping
World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
Mode time
Press .
To view the time in another city code
Remaining
Password
Record 1
Record 2
In the World Time Mode, press D to scroll through city
memory
setting
(
)
(
)
codes (time zones) to the east or B to scroll to the west.
screen
screen
For full information about city codes, see the ŇCity Code
Press .
Table.
If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your
Timekeeping Mode time and Home City code settings
and make the necessary changes.
When the currently selected time zone is one that includes
Current time in the zone
of the selected city code
mostly ocean, a value indicating the zones Greenwich
Mean Time differential appears in place of a city code.
To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
1. In the World Time Mode, use B and D to display the
Remaining Memory Screen
Password Setting Screen
city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight
Saving Time setting you want to change.
The value on the remaining memory screen is the percentage of memory that is still
2. Hold down A for about one second to toggle Daylight
available. It does not indicate the number of records that can be stored.
Saving Time (DST displayed) and Standard Time (DST
The Password Setting screen shows xxxx when a password is already registered.
not displayed).
You can use the Password Setting screen to register, edit, or delete your password.
The DST indicator is on the display whenever you
See ŇUsing a Password to Protect e-DATA MEMORY Data for more information.
display a city code for which Daylight Saving Time is
turned on.
To edit an e-DATA MEMORY record
1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B () to display the record you
Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the currently displayed city
want to edit.
code. Other city codes are not affected.
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while
3. Use C to move the flashing to the character you want to change.
is selected as the city code.
GMT
4. Use D (+) and B () to change the character.
5. After making the changes you want, press A to store them and return to the
e-DATA MEMORY record screen.
Alarms
To delete an e-DATA MEMORY record
You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms
1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B () to display the record you
with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is
Timekeeping Mode time
want to delete.
turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears on the display.
Alarm number
reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the
3. Press B and D at the same time to delete the record.
other four are one-time alarms. You can also input
The message
appears to indicate that the record is being deleted. After the
CLR
reminder text that appears when the alarm time is
record is deleted, the cursor appears on the display, ready for input.
reached.
4. Input data or press A to return to the remaining memory screen.
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
There are five alarm screens numbered
through
AL1
Using a Password to Protect e-DATA MEMORY Data
for the one-time alarm, a snooze alarm screen
AL4
indicated by
. The Hourly Time Signal screen is
You can register a 4-digit password to keep e-DATA MEMORY data secure.
SNZ
Alarm number
indicated by
.
SIG
Important!
indicator
The alarm number indicator points to the number of the
Use a 4-digit password that is easy for you to remember, but difficult for others to
alarm screen that is currently displayed. In the case of
decipher. If you forget the password, you will have to have your watch initialized
Alarm time
the snooze alarm screen, the snooze alarm indicator
(Hour : Minutes)
(which deletes all data in memory) in order to access the e-DATA MEMORY again. To
(
) appears in the lower right corner of the display.
have the watch initialized, contact the store or dealer where you purchased it, and ask
to have the AC operation performed.
Alarm settings (and Hourly Time Signal settings) are available in the Alarm Mode,
which you enter by pressing C.
To register a new password
1. In the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, use D (+) and B ()
Alarm Types
to display the Password Setting screen.
The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.
This displays a screen that shows
.
PA55
SET
2. Hold down A for about one second until NEW
Daily alarm
appears, with the first
flashing.
0
Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to
This is the New Password Setting screen.
sound everyday at the time you set.
Date alarm
Set the month, day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes
3. Use D (+) and B () to scroll through numbers at the first digit.
the alarm to sound at the specific time, on the specific date you set.
4. When the first digit is the number you want, press C to advance to the next digit.
1-Month alarm
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to input all four digits of the password you want.
Set the month, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the
Pressing A while inputting a new password clears your input and returns to the
alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.
Password Setting screen.
6. After all four of the password digits are the way you want, press C to register
Monthly alarm
them.
Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm
Pressing C causes the message
to appear for about one second as the
to sound every month at the time you set, on the day you set.
SET
password is stored. After that, the Password Setting screen appears.
After registering a password, you can input, recall, edit and delete data, if you want.
To set an alarm time
After you exit the e-DATA MEMORY Mode, you will have to input the password
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D and B to scroll through the
every time you want to enter it again.
alarm screens until the one whose time you want to set
is displayed.
To input the password
Press .
Press .
1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode.
2. On the Password Input screen (
), press D
PA55 xxxx
or B. This causes the first digit of the password to
flash.
3. Input the password.
Use D (+) and B () to scroll through numbers at
To set a one-time alarm, display one of the screens indicated by an alarm number
each digit.
from
through
. To set the snooze alarm, display the screen indicated
AL1
AL4
Press C to advance to the next digit.
by
.
SNZ
Pressing A while inputting the password clears your
The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.
input and returns to the Password Input screen.
2. After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour setting of the alarm time
4. After the password is the way you want, press C.
starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
If the input password matches the one registered, the message
appears,
This operation automatically turns on the alarm.
OK!
followed by an e-DATA MEMORY screen.
3. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.
If the password does not match, the message
appears, followed by the
ERR
Password Input screen.
Hour
Text
Minutes
Month
Day
To change the password
Selecting the text causes the text input cursor (
) to appear. There are eight
#
1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode by inputting the current password.
spaces in the text, so you have to press C eight times to move to the Hour
2. Use D (+) and B () to display the Password Setting screen.
setting.
3. Perform the procedure starting from step 2 under ŇTo register a new password to
specify the new password.
To delete the password
1. Enter the e-DATA MEMORY Mode by inputting the current password.
2. Use D (+) and B () to display the Password Setting screen.
3. Hold down A for about one second until
appears, with the first
flashing.
0
NEW
4. Press B and D at the same time to delete the password.
The message
appears to indicate that the password is being deleted. After the
CLR
password is deleted, the Password Setting screen appears.
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4. While a setting is flashing, use D, B, and C to change it as described below.
To set up the countdown timer
1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the
Screen
To do this:
Do this:
Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the hour
Use D (+) and B ().
Change the hour
setting of the countdown start time starts to flash, which
12:00
A
With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m.
and minutes
indicates the setting screen.
(A indicator) or p.m. (P indicator).
If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the
To set an alarm that does not include a month and/or
Change the
x-xx
procedure ŇTo use the countdown timer to display it.
month and day
day, set for each setting.
x
2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown
Use D (+) and B () to cycle through characters at the
Input reminder
below to select other settings.
current cursor location, and C to move the cursor to the
#
text
right. See ŇInputting Text.
Hours
Auto-repeat
Minutes
Pressing B and D at the same time while any setting is flashing automatically
sets the time to AM12:00 and the date to
. It also clears any text that is input
x-xx
3. While a setting is flashing, use D and B to change it as described below.
for the alarm.
Screen
To do this:
Do this:
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Alarm on indicator
0:15
Change the hours or minutes
Use D (+) and B ().
If you input reminder text, the text appears in place of
the alarm number. When this happens, you can find out
RPTOFF
Toggle auto-repeat on (
) and off (
)
Press D.
ON
OFF
which alarms screen is displayed by checking the alarm
number indicator or the snooze alarm indicator.
To specify a countdown start time of 24 hours, set
.
0:00
If the reminder text is more than three characters, it will
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
scroll form right to left.
The auto-repeat on indicator (
) appears on the display while this function is turned on.
If the alarm has a month and/or day setting, the month/
Frequent use of auto-repeat and the alarm can run down battery power.
day appears in the upper right corner of the display, in
place of the Timekeeping Mode time.
Stopwatch
Snooze alarm indicator
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
Seconds
Alarm Operation
and two finishes.
The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours,
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 seconds, regardless of the mode the
Hours
59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.
watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total
The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero
of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off.
after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.
The stopwatch measurement operation continues even
If you input reminder text for an alarm, the text appears for one minute on the
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
Timekeeping Mode screen when the alarm time is reached. You can clear the
Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen
reminder text display by pressing A, B, or D, or by exiting the Timekeeping
on the display clears the split time and returns to
Mode.
elapsed time measurement.
In the case of the snooze alarm, the reminder text appears on the Timekeeping
All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Mode screen for the initial alarm operation only.
1/100 second
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
Performing any one of the following operations during a 5-minute interval between
Minutes
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen
To measure times with the stopwatch
Displaying the
setting screen
SNZ
Changing the DST setting of the Home City code in the World Time Mode
Elapsed Time
To test the alarm
Stop
Re-start
Stop
Clear
Start
In the Alarm Mode, hold down D to sound the alarm.
Split Time
To turn an alarm on and off
Split
Split release
Stop
Clear
Start
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D and B to select an alarm.
Alarm on indicator
(
displayed)
2. Press A to toggle it on and off.
Turning on a alarm (
to
, or
) displays
AL1
AL4
SNZ
Two Finishes
the alarm on indicator (
) on its Alarm Mode screen.
In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any
Split
Stop
Split release
Clear
Start
alarm that is currently turned on.
First runner
Second runner
Display time of
The alarm on indicator and applicable alarm number
finishes.
finishes.
second runner.
indicator flash while the alarm is sounding.
Display time of
first runner.
The snooze alarm indicator (
) flashes during the
The time on the screen may not appear to stop immediately when you press a
5-minute intervals between alarms.
button to stop timing or to perform a split operation. Despite this, the time recorded
Alarm number indicator
In other modes besides the Alarm Mode, alarm number
by your button operation is accurate.
(Alarm 3)
indicators are displayed for each alarm that is currently
turned on.
Backlight
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D and B to select the Hourly
The backlight uses an EL (electro-luminescent) panel that
Time Signal (
).
SIG
causes the entire display to glow for easy reading in the
2. Press A to toggle it on (
) and off (
).
ON
OFF
dark. The watchs auto light switch automatically turns on
The Hourly Time Signal on indicator (
) is shown on
the backlight when you angle the watch towards your
the display in all modes while this function is turned on.
face.
The auto light switch must be turned on (indicated by
the auto light switch on indicator) for it to operate.
See ŇBacklight Precautions for other important
Hourly time signal on
information about using the backlight.
indicator
To turn on the backlight manually
Auto light switch on
indicator
In any mode, press L to illuminate the display for about
Countdown Timer
one second.
The above operation turns on the backlight regardless
You can set the countdown timer within a range of
of the current auto light switch setting.
Timekeeping Mode time
one minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the
countdown reaches zero.
About the Auto Light Switch
You can also select auto-repeat, which automatically
Turning on the auto light switch causes the backlight to turn on for about one second,
restarts the countdown from the original value you set
whenever you position your wrist as described below in any mode.
whenever zero is reached.
The initial default countdown start time when you
Moving the watch to a position that is parallel to the ground and then tilting it
purchase the watch or after you have its battery
towards you more than 40 degrees causes the backlight to turn on.
replaced is 15 minutes.
Countdown timer functions are available in the
Countdown Timer Mode, which you can enter using C.
Hours