2. OPERATION CHART 2-1. QW-1444
GENERAL GUIDE
� When the text in the text area of the display contains more than five characters, it automatically scrolls. Text scrolling in the text area stops moving whenever an alarm is sounding. � In any mode other than Stopwatch Mode, the watch automatically returns to the Timekeeping Mode if you do not perform any button operation for two or three minutes. Mission Code Mode Morse Code Mode
� If the contents of the upper part of the display seem to be continually changing, see �AUTO DISPLAY FUNCTION� for information on how to stop it. � Press M to change from mode to mode. � Press L to illuminate the display for about two seconds. While Morse code data is on the display in the Morse Code Mode, pressing L does not illuminate the display. Timekeeping Mode
A B
Text area
Contact Code Mode
M
Mode
L
C
Text area
Year
Day of week
In the Timekeeping Mode, press B and C simultaneously to adjust the seconds count to � If you press B and C at the same time while the seconds count is in the range of 30 to 59, the Hour : Minutes seconds are reset to 00 and 1 is added to the minutes. If the seconds count is in the range of PM indicator Seconds 00 to 29, the minutes count is unchanged.
L
Text area
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A
M
To set the time and date
1. Hold down A while in the Timekeeping Mode until the seconds digits start to flash on the display. The seconds flash because they are selected. � While the seconds digits are selected (flashing), press C to reset the seconds to 00. 2. Press M to change the selection in the following sequence.
Seconds Hour Minutes Year Month Date
3. While any other digits (besides seconds) are selected (flashing), press C to increase the number or B to decrease it. Holding down either button changes the current selection at high speed. � While any digits are selected, press L to switch between the 12-hour and 24-hour formats. � When the 12-hour format is selected, the 12H indicator appears in place of the day of the week in the text area of the display. With the 12-hour format, the P indicator appears on the display to indicate �p.m.� times. There is no indicator for �a.m.� times. Selecting the 24-hour format causes the 24H indicator to appear in place of the day of the week in the text area, and the 24 indicator to appear on the display. 4. After you set the time and date, press A to return to the Timekeeping Mode. � The day of the week is automatically set in accordance with the date. � The date can be set within the range of January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2039. � If you do not operate any button for a few minutes while a selection is flashing, the flashing stops and the watch goes back to the Timekeeping Mode automatically.
� See the �CHARACTER LIST� at the back of this manual for details on how the watch sorts data. � The data item that appears on the display when you enter the Contact Code Mode is the same one that was displayed the last time you exited the Contact Code Mode.
To input new contact code data
Cursor
Text area
A
B
M
C
[New Data Display]
1. In the Contact Code Mode, press B and C at the same time to display the new data display. � If there is no contact code data stored in memory yet, the new data display appears as soon as you enter the Contact Code Mode. � If the message FULL appears in the text area of the display, it means that memory is full. To store more data, you will first have to delete some of the data stored in memory.
Number area
About the backlight
illuminate the display.
Press L to illuminate the display for about two seconds. While Morse code data is on the display in the Morse Code Mode, pressing L does not
2. Hold down A until the flashing cursor appears in the text area of the display. 3. Input a name in the text area and a contact number in the number area. � You can input up to eight characters in the text area, and 12 digits in the number area. � You can input only hyphens, numbers and spaces in the number area (you cannot input text). Use B and C to input characters, and M to move the cursor around the display. For details, see �INPUTTING TEXT�. 4. After inputting your data, press A to store it and return to the Contact Code Mode. � When you press A to store data, the message SORT appears on the display for a few seconds. After the sort operation is complete, the normal Contact Code Mode display (without the cursor) appears.
Notes
� The backlight of the watch employs an electro-luminescent (EL) light, which loses illuminating power after very long use. � The backlight remains lit for about two seconds from the point you press L , even if it already lit when you press L . If you keep L depressed for one or two minutes, the backlight will automatically turn off. � The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed under direct sunlight.
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Light
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Stopwatch Mode
Alarm Mode
Vital Statistics/ID Mode
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TIMEKEEPING MODE
Month � Date In addition to normal timekeeping, the Timekeeping Mode is also used to set the current time and
� The backlight automatically stops illuminating whenever an alarm sounds. � The watch will emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. This is caused by a transistor that vibrates when the EL panel lights up. It does not indicate malfunction of the watch.
date. You can also adjust the seconds count to �00� at any time by pressing two buttons.
B
To adjust the seconds count to �00�
00.
CONTACT CODE MODE
The Contact Code Mode lets you store up to 100* sets of contact data (such as telephone numbers). Stored data is sorted automatically into alphabetic sequence based on the text area text. * The Contact Code Mode shares memory with the Mission Code Mode. This means that the maximum number of Contact Code Mode entries you can store is reduced by one each B time you store a Mission Code Mode data item. � Whenever you enter the Contact Code Mode,
Mode indicator
C
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A Remaining memory M
C
the text CONTACT CODE scrolls across the text area of the display once. Next, contact code data appears on the display. You can interrupt scrolling of the initial text and immediately display contact code data at any time by pressing A , B , or C .
