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Operation Guide 5311 E-9 2. Check the Home City. Use the procedure under “To confi gure Home City settings” (page E-36) to confi gure your Home City. Important! x Proper time calibration signal reception depends on correct Home City, time, and day settings in the Timekeeping Mode. Make sure you confi gure these settings correctly. 3. Set the[...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-19 Power Saving Power Saving enters a sleep state (second hand sleep or function sleep) whenever the watch is left for a certain period in an area where it is dark. Elapsed Time in Dark Operation 60 to 70 minutes (second hand sleep) x x Second Hand only stopped at 12 o’clock, all other functions enabled 6 or 7 days (functio[...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-29 Note x To interrupt a receive operation and return to the Timekeeping Mode, press any button. To check the result of the latest receive operation In the Timekeeping Mode, press B . The x Second Hand will move to Y ( YES ) or N ( NO ) to indicate the last calibration signal receive result. x The x Second Hand will move to Y[...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-39 To switch between standard time and summer time manually 1. Perform steps 1 and 2 under “To confi gure Home City settings” (page E-36). x Selecting a city code will cause the z Hour Hand , c Minute Hand , and v Upper Dial Hand to move automatically to the current time for the selected city code. x If you will use the [...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-49 Hand Indicators z Hour Hand x Second Hand: Points to magnetic north. c Minute Hand b Lower Dial Hand: Points to the day of the week. * B @ + E-48 Taking Direction Readings The watch has a magnetic sensor that makes it possible to take digital compass readings. You can use the digital compass to fi nd the direction [...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-59 4. Press A to start calibration. x After about seven seconds, the x Second Hand will move to Y ( YES ) if calibration was successful or to N ( NO ) if it was not successful. x If the x Second Hand is pointing at N ( NO ) (unsuccessful), press A to perform calibration again. 5. After calibration is complete, push the crown [...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-69 Using the Stopwatch You can use the stopwatch to measure elapsed times. A fl yback feature (page E-70) lets you reset the stopwatch to zero without stopping time measurement. Hands and Indicators z Hour Hand: Indicates the stopwatch minute count (1 revolution = 60 minutes). x Second Hand: Indicates the 1/20 (0.05)-second [...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-79 Adjusting Home Positions Strong magnetism or impact can cause the hands and/or day indicator setting to be off, even if the watch is able to perform the time calibration signal receive operation. Auto Home Position Adjustment Auto correction of hand home positions corrects the hand position automatically. x Auto correction[...]
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Operation Guide 5311 E-89 Charging ■ The watch does not resume operation after I expose it to light. This can happen after the power level drops to Level 3 (page E-16). Continue exposing the watch to light until the x Second Hand starts moving normally (at one-second intervals). ■ The x Second Hand starts to move at one-second intervals, but th[...]
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Operation Guide 5311 L-1 City Code T able E-97 Power Supply: Solar panel and one rechargeable battery Approximate battery operating time: 6 months (no exposure to light after a full charge; 10 seconds beeper operation, one signal reception of approximately 4 minutes per day; 20 direction reading operations per month) E-96 Compass: 20 seconds contin[...]
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Operation Guide 5311 L-5 x This table shows the city codes of this watch. (As of December 2012) x The rules governing global times (UTC offset and GMT differential) and summer time are determined by each individual country. x The summer time periods in this table are applicable to specifi c cities. For cities not included i[...]