Casio 3246 - Manual (Page 2)

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Operation Guide 3173 3246
Mode Reference Guide
Your watch has 10 “modes”. The mode you should select depends on what you want to do.
To do this: Enter this mode:
• View the current date in the Home City
• Confi gure Home City and daylight saving time (DST) settings
• Confi gure time and date settings
Timekeeping Mode
View the sunrise and sunset times for a specifi c date Sunrise/Sunset Mode
• Determine your current bearing or the direction from your current location to a
destination as a direction indicator and angle value
• Determine your current location using the watch and a map
Digital Compass Mode
• View the barometric pressure and temperature at your current location
• View a graph of barometric pressure readings
Barometer/Thermometer
Mode
To do this: Enter this mode:
• View the altitude at your current location
• Determine the altitude differential between two locations (reference point and
current location)
• Record an altitude reading with the measurement time and date
Altimeter Mode
Recall records created in the Altimeter Mode Data Recall Mode
View the current time in one of 48 cities (31 time zones) around the globe World Time Mode
Use the stopwatch to measure elapsed time Stopwatch Mode
Use the countdown timer Countdown Timer Mode
Set an alarm time Alarm Mode
General Functions (All Modes)
The functions and operations described in this section can be used in all of the modes.
Auto Return Features
• The watch returns to the Timekeeping Mode automatically if you do not perform any button operation
for two or three minutes in the Sunrise/Sunset, Data Recall, Alarm, or Digital Compass Mode.
• If you leave a screen with fl ashing digits on the display for two or three minutes without performing any
operation, the watch exits the setting screen automatically.
Initial Screens
When you enter the World Time, Alarm, or Digital Compass Mode, the data you were viewing when you
last exited the mode appears fi rst.
Scrolling
The
A and C buttons are used on the setting screen to scroll through data on the display. In most
cases, holding down these buttons during a scroll operation scrolls through the data at high speed.
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date.
• Pressing E while in the Timekeeping Mode will cycle through the Timekeeping Mode display formats
as shown below.
Year
Barometric
pressure graph
Day of the Week Screen Year Screen Barometric Pressure
Graph Screen
PM
indicator Day of
week Month
Day
Seconds Hour : Minutes
Confi guring Home City Settings
There are two Home City settings: actually selecting the Home City and selecting either standard time or
daylight saving time (DST).
To confi gure Home City settings
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
E until the currently selected
city code starts to fl ash. This is the city code setting screen.
• Before the city code starts to fl ash, the message SET Hold
will appear on the display. Keep E depressed until SET Hold
disappears and the city code starts to fl ash.
• The watch will exit the setting mode automatically if you do not
perform any operation for about two or three minutes.
• For details about city codes, see the “City Code Table”.
2. Press A (East) and C (West) to select the city code you want to use
as your Home City.
• Keep pressing A or C until the city code you want to select as
your Home City appears on the display.
3. Press D to display the DST setting screen.
4. Use A to toggle the DST settings between OFF and On.
• Note that you cannot switch between standard time and daylight
saving time (DST) while UTC is selected as your Home City.
5. After all the settings are the way you want, press E twice to return to the Timekeeping Mode.
• The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
Note
• After you specify a city code, the watch will use UTC* offsets in the World Time Mode to calculate
the current time for other time zones based on the current time in your Home City.
* Coordinated Universal Time, the world-wide scientifi c standard of timekeeping.
The reference point for UTC is Greenwich, England.
To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down E until the currently selected
city code starts to fl ash. This is the city code setting screen.
• Before the city code starts to fl ash, the message SET Hold
will appear on the display. Keep E depressed until SET Hold
disappears and the city code starts to fl ash.
2. Press D to display the DST setting screen.
3. Use A to toggle the DST settings between OFF and On.
4. After all the settings are the way you want, press E twice to return to
the Timekeeping Mode.
• The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is
turned on.
PM
indicator City
code Month
Day
Seconds Hour : Minutes
DST indicator
PM
indicator City
code Month
Day
Seconds Hour : Minutes
DST indicator
DST indicator DST indicator
Selecting a Mode
• The illustration below shows which buttons you need to press to navigate between modes.
• For about one second after you enter a mode by pressing D, a pointer will appear on the display
pointing the applicable mode name on the watch's bezel.
• In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
• You can use buttons A, B, and C to enter a sensor mode directly from the Timekeeping Mode or
from another sensor mode. To enter a sensor mode from the Sunrise/Sunset Mode, Data Recall, World
Time, Stopwatch, Countdown Timer, or Alarm Mode, fi rst enter the Timekeeping Mode and then press
the applicable button.
World Time
Mode
Data Recall
Mode
Sunrise/Sunset
Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Countdown
Timer Mode Alarm Mode
Altimeter Mode
Barometer/
Thermometer Mode Digital Compass Mode
Timekeeping Mode
Sensor Modes World Time
Mode
Data Recall
Mode
Sunrise/Sunset
Mode
Stopwatch Mode
Countdown
Timer Mode Alarm Mode
Altimeter Mode
Barometer/
Thermometer Mode Digital Compass Mode
Timekeeping Mode
Sensor Modes