G-Shock G-2300EB-7 - Manual (Page 2)

Operation Guide 3192
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Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour from
Standard Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use Daylight
Saving Time.
To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the city
code starts to flash, which indicates the setting screen.
2. Press C and the DST setting screen appears.
3. Use D to cycle through the DST settings in the
sequence shown below.
DST off ( ) DST on ( )
4. When the setting you want is selected, press A to exit the setting screen.
• The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
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DST indicator
12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping
• With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for
times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and no indicator appears to the left of the
hour digits for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
• With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
the P (PM) indicator.
• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is
applied in all other modes.
Others
• The day of the week is displayed automatically in accordance with the date (year,
month and day) settings.
• Button operation tone on and off
• Illumination duration
• Power Saving on and off
World Time
World Time shows the current time in 48 cities (31 time
zones) around the world.
• The times kept in the World Time Mode are
synchronized with the time being kept in the
Timekeeping Mode. If you feel that there is an error in
any World Time Mode time, check to make sure you
have the correct city selected as your Home City. Also
check to make sure that the current time as shown in
the Timekeeping Mode is correct.
• Select a city code in the World Time Mode to display the
current time in any particular time zone around the
globe. See the “UTC Differential/City Code List” for
information about the UTC differential settings that are
supported.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the World Time Mode, which
you enter by pressing C.
City code
Current time in
selected city
To view the time in another city
While in the World Time Mode, use the D (eastward) and B (westward) buttons to
scroll through the city codes (time zones). Holding down either button scrolls at high
speed.
• Pressing the D and B buttons at the same time will jump to the UTC time zone.
To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time
1. In the World Time Mode, use D and B to display the
city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight
Saving Time setting you want to change.
2. Hold down A to toggle between Daylight Saving Time
(DST indicator displayed) and Standard Time (DST
indicator not displayed).
• The DST indicator is shown on the World Time Mode
screen while Daylight Saving Time is turned on.
• You can turn on DST individually for each city code, except UTC.
• Turning on DST for the city code that is currently selected as your Home City will
turn on DST for normal timekeeping.
DST indicator
Alarms
You can set up to five independent daily alarms with hour
and minutes. 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 usual
daily alarms.
You also can turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
• There are five alarm screens numbered , ,
and for the daily alarm, and a snooze alarm
screen indicated by . The Hourly Time Signal
screen is indicated by .
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
Alarm number
Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)
Current Time
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.
• To set a daily alarm, display alarm screen , , and . To set the
snooze alarm, display the 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.
4. Use D (+) and B (–) to change the hour and minutes.
• With the 12-hour format, set the time correctly as a.m. or p.m. (P indicator).
5. Press A to exit the setting screen.
Alarm Operation
The alarm tone sounds at the preset time for 10 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 operations below during a 5-minute interval between
snooze alarms cancels the current snooze alarm operation.
Displaying the Timekeeping Mode setting screen
Displaying the
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 B to toggle it on and off.
• Turning on a alarm ( , , and or )
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.
Snooze
alarm
indicator
Alarm on
indicator
on
Alarm number
Current time
To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off
1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select the Hourly Time
Signal ( ).
2. Press B 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.
Hourly time signal on
indicator
Stopwatch
The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
and two finishes.
• The display range of the stopwatch is 23 hours,
59 minutes, 59.99 seconds.
• The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero
after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.
• The stopwatch measurement operation continues even
if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.
• Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen
on the display clears the split time and returns to
elapsed time measurement.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C.
1/100 second
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
D
Start
Stop
Elapsed Time
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Re-start Clear
D ➤
Stop
D ➤D ➤B
Split Time
D
Start
Split
(SPL displayed)
➤
Split release Clear
B ➤
Stop
B ➤D ➤B
Two Finishes
D
Start
Split
➤
Stop Clear
B ➤
Split release
D ➤B ➤B
First runner finishes.
Display time of first
runner. Second runner
finishes. Display time of
second runner.
To measure times with the stopwatch
Countdown Timer
You can set the countdown timer within a range of one
minute to 24 hours. An alarm sounds when the countdown
reaches zero.
• All of the operations in this section are performed in the
Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing
C.
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
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.
Hours Minutes
3. Use D (+) and B (–) to change the Hours and Minutes.
• To specify a countdown start time of 24 hours, set .
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
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3. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence shown below.
Hours Minutes