Module No.20172017-1
GENERAL GUIDE
?If the digital display of your watch is continually changing, see OAbout Auto Display� for information on how to stop it.
?Press CCCCC to change from mode to mode. After you perform an operation in Countdown Alarm Mode or Stopwatch Mode, pressing CCCCC returns to the Timekeeping Mode.
?In the Timekeeping Mode, press DDDDD to illuminate the display for about two seconds.
Timekeeping ModeMoon Data ModeSunrise/Sunset ModeCountdown Alarm ModeStopwatch ModeAlarm Mode
TIMEKEEPING MODETo change a point name
1.Press DDDDD to scroll forward through the characters at the current flashing location, or
The settings you make in the Timekeeping Mode are very important, because theyBBBBB to scroll backwards. Holding down either button changes the current characters
affect the Moon Data, Tide Graph, and Sunrise/Sunset functions.at high speed.
There are three setting screens in the Timekeeping Mode: the Time and Date Setting2.When the character you want is displayed, press CCCCC to advance to the next
Screen, DST, GMT Differential, Point Name Setting Screen, and Longitude/Latitude,character.
Lunar Tide Interval Setting Screen.3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all eight characters of the point name.
?For normal timekeeping, you need to set the time, and date, and turn daylight?After you are finished making the settings you want, press AAAAA to advance to the
saving time (summer time) on or off.Longitude/Latitude, Lunar Tide Interval Setting Screen.
?To use the Moon Data, Tide Graph, and Sunrise/Sunset functions, you must set the
GMT differential, your current longitude and latitude, and the lunar tide interval onLongitude/Latitude, Lunar Tide Interval Setting Screen
your point.Use this screen to specify the longitude, latitude, and
?If you do not operate any button for a few minutes while a selection is flashing, theLongitudeLatitudelunar tide interval of your current location.
flashing stops and the watch goes back to the Timekeeping Mode automatically.
Lunar tide intervalLuner tide interval
Month - DayTo set the time and date
Moon graph?Use this screen to set the current time and date, toLongitude/LatitudeHourMinutes
Tide graphreset the seconds to 00, and to toggle between 12-hour
and 24-hour timekeeping.
Day of week1.In the Timekeeping Mode, check if the DST indicator is
displayed, and change the DST setting in accordance
with the timekeeping in your area.Lunar tide interval
?Turn on DST if daylight saving time (summer time) is
currently in effect in your area. If daylight saving time isTo set the longitude and latitude of your current location
not currently in effect in your area, be sure to turn DSTWhile the Longitude/Latitude is flashing on the display, use DDDDD to change the
off.longitude value and BBBBB to change the latitude value.
?See OTo turn DST on and off� for details about turning?After you are finished making the settings you want, press CCCCC to advance to the
DST on and off.Lunar Tide Interval Setting Screen.
Hour2.In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down AAAAA until the
seconds digits start to flash. This is the Time and DateTo set the lunar tide interval at your current location
MinutesSetting Screen.1.Press DDDDD to increase the hour value or BBBBB to decrease it. Holding down either button
PM indicator Secondschanges the setting at high speed.
2.Press CCCCC to move to the minutes digits.
3.Press CCCCC to move the selection around the display in the following sequence.3.Press DDDDD to increase the minutes value or BBBBB to decrease it.
4.After you are finished making the settings you want, press AAAAA to return to the
SecondsHourMinutesnormal Timekeeping Mode Screen.
12/24-Hour
Format About the lunar tide interval
DayMonthYear
The lunar tide interval is the period from the moonOs upper transit (moon up) to high
4.While the seconds digits are selected (flashing), press DDDDD to reset the seconds totide. If you know the lunar tide interval, tide changes can be determined using the
00. If you press DDDDD while the seconds count is in the range of 30 to 59, the secondsmoon age. This watch calculates tide changes according to the current time and the
are reset to 00 and 1 is added to the minutes. If the seconds count is in the rangelocation setting, and displays them graphically.
of 00 to 29, the minutes count is unchanged.To calculate the lunar tide interval
5.While any other digits (besides seconds), are selected (flashing), press DDDDD to in-1.Look up the high tide time for the flood tide of the location whose tide changes you
crease the number or BBBBB to decrease it. Holding down either button changes thewant to know.
current number at high speed.2.Use this watch to look up the moon up time that occurs immediately before this
?While the 12/24-hour setting is selected, press DDDDD to switch between the twotime.
formats.3.Subtracting the moon up time from the high tide time produces the lunar tide inter-
?The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date.val.
?The date can be set with the range of January 1,1995 to December 31, 2039.
6.After you are finished making the settings you want, press AAAAA to advance to the
DST, GMT Differential, Point Name Setting Screen. To return to the normal Time-
keeping Mode screen, press AAAAA three times.
DST, GMT Differential, Point Name Setting ScreenMULTI-TIME MODE
DST ON/OFFUse this screen to switch DST (daylight saving time orTo view point data
Point namesummer time) on and off, to specify the GMT differential1.In the Timekeeping Mode, press BBBBB to enter the Multi-time Mode. The first point
from your current location and to input new point names.
that appears is the one you selected as your home time point.
2.Press BBBBB to scroll through the data for the 10 points. The watch beeps and returns
to the Timekeeping Mode after the tenth point.
?Pressing CCCCC at any time in the Multi-time Mode immediately returns to the Time-
keeping Mode.
?You can use the procedure under ODST, GMT Differential, Point Name Setting
Screen� and OLongitude/Latitude, Lunar Tide Interval Setting Screen� to change
GMT differentialthe name and other data of a point.
Point name
Multi-time Mode
DST GMT1st2nd8th
ON/OFFdifferentialcharactercharactercharacter
Point name
To turn DST on and off
While ON or OFF and the small DST mark are flashing on the display, press DDDDD to
toggle DST on and off.
Important!Home time Local time
?Be sure to use this procedure to turn daylight saving time (summer time) on and off.
Never manually change the timekeeping setting to adjust for daylight saving time.
Doing so will produce incorrect Moon Data, Tide Graph, and Sunrise/Sunset data.This watch comes pre-programmed with data for 10 dolphin or whale watching points
around the world. The data for each point includes an 8-character point name, GMT
Use CCCCC to move the flashing to the GMT differential value.
differential, longitude and latitude, and lunar tide interval. Setting the current time
To set the GMT differentialand date for any of the points causes the time and date settings for all other points to
Notesbe adjusted accordingly. In the case of DST, however, you must make a separate
?The GMT differential is the difference in time between the time zone where you aresetting for each point. You can use the following procedure to select any one of the
currently located and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).ten points as your home time point.
?See OTIME ZONE CHART� at the back of this manual for information about deter-?See the OPRESET LOCATION CHART� at the back of this manual for details on
mining the GMT differential in your area.the locations whose data is preset in watch memory when you purchase it.
1.Press DDDDD to increase the value or BBBBB to decrease it. Holding down either buttonTo select a point for your home time
changes the setting at high speed.?While the point you want to use for your home time is displayed in the Multi-time
2.Use CCCCC to move the flashing to the first character of the point name.Mode, hold down DDDDD for about two seconds. |