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Operation Guide 3178

Seconds

Hours

Minutes

Countdown Timer

The countdown timer can be set within a range of one

minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown

reaches zero. The countdown timer also has an auto-

repeat feature and a progress beeper that signals the

progress of the countdown.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing

Configuring the Countdown Timer

The following are the settings you should configure before

actually using the countdown timer.

Countdown start time; Auto-repeat on/off; Progress

beeper on/off

• See “To configure the countdown timer” for information

about setting up the timer.

Auto-repeat

When auto-repeat is turned on, the countdown restarts automatically from the

countdown start time when it reaches zero.

When auto-repeat is turned off, the countdown stops when it reaches zero and the

display shows the original countdown start time.

• Pressing D while an auto-repeat countdown is in progress pauses the current

countdown. You can resume the auto-repeat countdown by pressing D, or you can

press A to reset to the countdown time starting value.

Countdown Timer Beeper Operations

The watch beeps at various times during a countdown so you can keep informed

about the countdown status without looking at the display. The following describes the

types of beeper operations the watch performs during a countdown.

Countdown End Beeper

The countdown end beeper lets you know when the countdown reaches zero.

• When the progress beeper is turned off, the countdown end beeper sounds for

about 10 seconds, or until you press any button to stop it.

• When the progress beeper is turned on, the countdown end beeper sounds for

about one second.

Progress Beeper

When the progress beeper is turned on, the watch uses beeps to signal countdown

progress as described below.

• Starting from five minutes before the end of the countdown, the watch emits four

short beeps at the top of each countdown minute.

• 30 seconds before the end of the countdown, the watch emits four short beeps.

• The watch emits a short beep for each of the last 10 seconds of the countdown.

• If the countdown start time is six minutes or greater, the watch emits a short beep for

each second of the final 10 seconds before the five-minute point is reached. Four

short beeps are emitted to signal when the five-minute point is reached.

To configure the countdown timer

1. While the countdown start time is on the display in the

Countdown Timer Mode, hold down A until the current

countdown start time starts to flash, which indicates the

setting screen.

• If the countdown start time is not displayed, use the

procedure under “To use the countdown timer”

to display it.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown

below to select other settings.

Hours

Progress Beeper

Minutes

Auto-repeat

3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use B and D to change it as

described below.

Setting

Hours, Minutes

Auto-repeat

Progress Beeper

Screen Button Operation

Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting.

Press D to toggle auto-repeat on ( displayed) and off

( displayed).

Press D to toggle the progress beeper on ( ) and off ( ).

• To specify a countdown start time of 24 hours, set .

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• You can also perform steps 1 and 2 of the above procedure whenever you need to

view the current auto-repeat and progress beeper settings.

To use the countdown timer

Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the

countdown timer.

• The countdown timer operation continues even if you

exit the Countdown Timer Mode.

• Press D while a countdown operation is in progress to

pause it. Press D again to resume the countdown.

• To stop a countdown operation completely, first pause it

(by pressing D), and then press A. This returns the

countdown time to its starting value.

Alarm time

(Hour : Minutes)

Alarm number

Alarm date

(Month – Day)

Alarms

You can set up to five independent multi-function alarms

with hour, minutes, month, and day. When an alarm is

turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time is

reached. One of the alarms is a snooze alarm, while the

other four are one-time alarms.

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

AL1, AL2,

AL3, and AL4 for the one-time alarm, a snooze

alarm screen indicated by

SNZ. The Hourly Time

Signal screen is indicated by

SIG.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

Alarm Types

The alarm type is determined by the settings you make, as described below.

••

• Daily alarm

Set the hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm to

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

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

alarm to sound everyday at the time you set, only during the month you set.

••

• Monthly alarm

Set the day, hour and minutes for the alarm time. This type of setting causes the alarm

to sound every month at the time you set, on the day you set.

To set an alarm time

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to scroll through the alarm

screens until the one whose time you want to set is

displayed.

Screen To do this:

Change the hour

and minutes

Change the

month and day

Do this:

Use D (+) and B (–).

• With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m.

or p.m. (P indicator).

• To set an alarm that does not include a month and/or

day, set

for each setting.

• To set a one-time alarm, display an alarm screen AL1, AL2, AL3, or AL4.

To set the snooze alarm, display the

SNZ screen.

• The snooze alarm repeats every five minutes.

2. After you select an alarm, hold down A until the hour setting of the alarm time

starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.

• This operation turns on the alarm automatically.

3. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below to select other settings.

Hour Minutes Month Day

4. While a setting is flashing, use D and B to change it as described below.

5. Press A to exit the setting screen.

Alarm Operation

The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 20 seconds, regardless of the mode the

watch is in. In the case of the snooze alarm, the alarm operation is performed a total

of seven times, every five minutes, until you turn the alarm off.

• Alarm and Hourly Time Signal operations are performed in accordance with the

Timekeeping Mode time.

• To stop the alarm tone after it starts to sound, press any button.

• 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

SNZ

setting screen

To test the alarm

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

To turn an alarm on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select an alarm.

2. Press A to toggle it on and off.

• Turning on a alarm (

SNZ, AL1, AL2, AL3, or

AL4) displays the alarm on indicator on its Alarm Mode

screen.

• In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any

alarm that is currently turned on.

• The alarm on indicator flashes while the alarm is

sounding.

• The snooze alarm indicator flashes while the snooze alarm

is sounding and during the 5-minute intervals between

alarms.

To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select the Hourly Time

Signal (

SIG).

2. Press A to toggle it on and off.

• The Hourly Time Signal on indicator is shown on the

display in all modes while this function is turned on.

Snooze alarm

indicator

Alarm on

indicator

Hourly time signal

on indicator

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