LCD Chrono Alarm Watch (630-5033) Operation Faxback Doc. # 18790 From the time display, when you press and hold down ST/STOP, the watch shows the date. Release ST/STOP to return to the time display. AM and PM appear on the left side of the display (unless the watch is in 24-hour format). The days of the week show at the top of the display. MODE, ST/STOP and LAP/RESET let you set the time, date, day, and alarm time, and operate the stopwatch features. Be sure you are in the correct mode to change the watch settings, or to use the stopwatch. CAUTION: Do not press any buttons when you submerge the watch in water. USING THE LIGHT To view the display in the dark, press and hold down LIGHT. The display lights. CHOOSING THE CORRECT MODE When you press MODE, the display changes in this order: SETTING THE TIME, DATE, AND DAY In the time/date setting mode, use ST/STOP and LAP/RESET to set the correct time/date/day. LAP/RESET - selects the digits to be set and makes them flash. ST/STOP - advances the digits that are flashing. From the time display, press MODE 3 times to reach the time/date setting. Press LAP/RESET to move from one setting to the next (for example, after setting the seconds, press LAP/RESET to set the minutes). NOTES: When you begin setting the time, you can set the seconds to 00 by pressing ST/STOP. If the seconds are greater than 29 when you press ST/STOP, the minute digits advance by one. To return to the time display at any time, press MODE. When you set the watch for a 12-hour format, AM or PM appears in the middle left of the display. In the 24-hour format, the hour digits show as 00 to 23. For example, 1:00 PM shows as 13:00. To set your watch to the 24-hour format, advance the hour digits to 11 PM by pressing ST/STOP. Press ST/STOP once more to begin the 24-hour format. H now appears on the right side of the display. To return to a 12-hour format, advance the hour digits to 23 by pressing ST/STOP, then press ST/STOP again. You must manually set the date to February 29 in a leap year. USING THE ALARM AND CHIME In the alarm setting mode, use LAP/RESET and ST/STOP to set the alarm to your desired time. LAP/RESET - selects the digits to be set and makes them flash. ST/STOP - advances the digits which are flashing. From the time display, press MODE 2 times to reach the alarm time setting. Press LAP/RESET to move from one setting to the next (for example, after setting the hour, press LAP/RESET to set the minutes). The ALARM SYMBOL appears in the top right corner of the display when you set the alarm hour. NOTE: To return to the time display, press MODE until the time display appears. At the set alarm time, the watch beeps for about 1 minute. Press LAP/RESET to silence the alarm sooner. To turn the alarm off, from the time display mode, press ST/STOP and LAP/RESET at the same time. The watch beeps, shows the alarm time and the ALARM SYMBOL disappears from the display. USING SNOOZE When the watch beeps at the set alarm time, press ST/STOP to silence it and have the alarm sound again after 5 minutes. To cancel the snooze/ alarm cycle, press LAP/RESET while the alarm is sounding. TURNING THE CHIME ON AND OFF You can set the watch to sound a chime on the hour. 1. In the time display mode, press and hold down LAP/RESET. The watch shows the alarm time. While still pressing LAP/RESET, press MODE. Seven flags now appear at the top of the display to show that the chime is turned on. When you release LAP/RESET and MODE, the watch returns to the time display. 2. To turn the chime off, from the time display mode, press and hold down LAP/RESET again, then press MODE. The watch shows the alarm time and the seven flags disappear from the top of the display to show that the chime is turned off. USING THE STOPWATCH The stopwatch counts elapsed time in minutes, seconds, and 1/100's of a second up to 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, it displays the time in hours, minutes, and seconds up to 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds. After that, it automatically resets to 00 hours, 00 minutes, and 00 seconds, and begins to count up again. The stopwatch continues indefinitely until you turn it off. Follow these steps to use the stopwatch. 1. At the time display, press MODE. The stopwatch display appears. NOTE: If the display does not show 00:00 00, press LAP/RESET to reset the stopwatch. 2. Press ST/STOP to start the stopwatch timer. The stopwatch starts timing and the display shows the advancing time. 3. Press ST/STOP. The stopwatch timer stops and the display freezes. 4. To restart the stopwatch timer, press ST/STOP. The stopwatch timer continues from the displayed time in Step 3. 5. Press ST/STOP to stop the timer, then press LAP/RESET to reset it to 00:00 00. NOTE: While the stopwatch is running, you can press MODE to switch to other displays. RECORDING LAP TIMES The lap function lets you freeze the display, document the timed reading, and then return to the stopwatch timer to see the advancing time. You can monitor lap times continuously as long as the stopwatch continues to run. Follow these steps to measure lap times. 1. At the time display, press MODE. The stopwatch display appears. NOTE: If the display does not show 00:00 00, press LAP/RESET to reset the stopwatch. 2. Press ST/STOP to start the stopwatch timer. 3. When the first lap is finished, press LAP/RESET. The stopwatch display freezes, but the stopwatch timer continues to run. (The colon in the elapsed time flashes). 4. When you have documented the lap time, press LAP/RESET. The display changes to show the advancing time on the stopwatch timer. 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for each additional lap. 6. Press ST/STOP to stop the stopwatch. Or, to record a split finishing time, see "Recording Split Finishing Times." 7. Press LAP/RESET to reset the display to 0:00 00. RECORDING SPLIT FINISHING TIMES Follow these steps to capture a split finishing time (where you record two separate finishing times). 1. If the stopwatch is not already running, press ST/STOP to start the stopwatch . 2. Press LAP/RESET to capture the first finishing time. 3. Press ST/STOP to capture the second finishing time. (The watch continues to display the first finishing time.) 4. Press LAP/RESET to show the second finishing time. 5. Press LAP/RESET again to reset the display to 0:00 00. STOPWATCH FLAGS On the watch display, dashes which appear above the days of the week are called flags. In the time display mode, a flag indicates the current day of the week. In the three setting modes (time/date, stopwatch, and alarm), different flags appear and flash. When the watch is in the stopwatch mode, the flags also designate the various stopwatch functions. Chart 1 shows what the flags mean in each setting mode, and Chart 2 shows what the flags mean in the stopwatch mode. CHART 1 FLAGS MODE 1, 6, 7 Stopwatch-set 2 Alarm-set 3 Time-set CHART 2 FLAGS FUNCTION 1, 7* Stopwatch running 1, 5, 7* Stopwatch lap 1, 6, 7* Stopwatch reset or standby 1, 5, 6, 7* Stopwatch lap stop and split finishing times * Flag 7 flashes up to 30 minutes to indicate that time is being tracked to 1/100 of a second. For example, when the 1st and 7th flags are flashing in the stopwatch mode, it means that the stopwatch is running. (PH 11/30/95)