Sunday, December 11, 2011

Setting time on a wrist watch

I know you probably thinking this is one of those obvious "how tos" but sometimes things are easier said than done or harder than it looks, whichever way you want to think about it. So, for those of you who lost their instructions manual or just didn't receive one with their watches, this tutorial helps. This is specifically for the watches that has functions of date,time, alarm, and stopwatch and has atleast three buttons than enables,sets or disables those functions. Those three buttons might say mode,ST/STOP, and LAP/RST respectively.


       

To view date: From "Normal Time Mode", press and hold Start·Stop. For Stopwatch Mode: Press Mode once. Press Mode 3 times to return to Time Telling Mode or once if Stopwatch was used.
Set time time / date Press Mode 3 times, seconds will flash. Press Start·Stop to zero seconds. Press Lap·Reset, Minutes flash, press Start·Stop to advance. Press Lap·Reset again, Hours flash, press Start·Stop to advance. Note: Each time hours pass midnight 12/24 hr mode is switched. Press Lap·Reset again, Date flashes, press Start·Stop to advance. Press Lap·Reset again, month flashes, press Start·Stop to advance. Press Lap·Reset again, Day flashes, press Start·Stop to advance. Press Mode to return to Time Telling Mode. Setting the Alarm Press Mode twice to enter Alarm Mode. Alarm Hours and the Monday indicators will flash. Press Start·Stop to advance Hours. Press Lap·Reset, Alarm Minutes flash Press Start·Stop to advance. Press Mode to return to Time Telling Mode. Activating/Deactivating Hourly Chime Step 1: Ensure watch is displaying the time as in normal operation Step 2: Press and hold the LAP/RST button Display should change to show alarm time Step 3: Press (but do not hold) the mode button When all 7 day flags show, the hourly chime is on. When no day flags show, the chime is off. Step 4: Release the LAP/RST button Display should revert to normal operation Activatin/Deactivating Alarm Step 1: Ensure watch is displaying the time as in normal operation Step 2: Press and hold the LAP/RST button Display should change to show alarm time Step 3: Press (but do not hold) the ST/STOP button Should hear a beep and alarm indicator should go out Note: Before releasing, if you press ST/STOP again, it will turn alarm back on Step 4: Release the LAP/RST button Display should revert to normal operation Note: Changing the alarm time will automatically turn the alarm back on

Sunday, November 20, 2011

opportunity

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