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Operation Guide 5178 MO1106-EA Getting Acquainted Congratulations upon your selection of this CASIO w atch. T o get the most out of your purchase, be sure to read this manual carefully . • Be sure to keep all user documentation handy f or future reference. • • • • • This watch does not have a city code that corresponds to the UTC offset[...]
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Operation Guide 5178 E-10 Timekeeping Mode 30 30 Press C . Stopwatch Mode (page E-31) W orld Time Mode (page E-34) 30 Current time in the selected World Time City Minute hand Day Hour hand 24-hour hand Second hand Day of the week ▲ ▲ ▲ Press C . Press C . E-11 Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping This watch receives a time calibr ation signal [...]
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Operation Guide 5178 E-20 • If you experience prob lems receiving the time calibration signal in your area, it probably is best to s witch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time (summer time) manually . For more inf or mation, see “Home City and DST” (page E-38). Time Calibration Signal Reception There are two different methods y ou c[...]
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Operation Guide 5178 E-30 Probable Cause • The Home City setting is not correct for the area where y ou are using the watch. • The home position of the hands is off. Problem The time setting is incorrect following signal reception. What you should do • Select the correct Home City (page E-12). • Enter the home position adjustment mode and a[...]
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Operation Guide 5178 E-40 • The watch will adjust the DST setting automatically when it receives a time calibration signal while any one of the f ollowing city codes is selected as the Home City . LON, P AR, A TH, TY O, ANC , LAX, DEN, CHI, NYC • The watch will not adjust the DST setting automatically while either of f ollowing city codes is se[...]
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Operation Guide 5178 E-50 4. Press C to change to hour and minute hand correction. • This will cause the hour and minute hands (24-hour hands) to their home positions. • Home P ositions Hour hand: 12 o’clock Minute hand: 12 o’clock 24-hour hand: 24 o’clock 5. Use D (+) and B (–) to correct the hour and minute hands. • The bottom dial [...]
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Operation Guide 5178 E-60 Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping Precautions • Strong electrostatic charge can result in the wrong time being set. • The time calibration signal bounces off the ionosphere . Because of this, such f actors as changes in the reflectivity of the ionosphere , as well as movement of the ionosphere to higher altitudes due[...]