Operation guide 3255 – G-Shock GDF-100 User Manual

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Operation Guide 3255

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Selecting a Mode

The illustration below shows which buttons you need to press to navigate between

modes.

In any mode (except when a setting screen, with fl ashing digits is on the display),

press

D to illuminate the display.

World Time Mode

Barometer/

Thermometer Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Countdown

Timer Mode

World Time Mode

Barometer/

Thermometer Mode

Stopwatch Mode

Countdown

Timer Mode

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Alarm Mode

Altimeter Mode

Timekeeping Mode

Alarm Mode

Altimeter Mode

Timekeeping Mode

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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 Alarm Mode.

The watch will return to the Timekeeping Mode automatically if you do not perform

any operation for about one hour after entering the Barometer/Thermometer Mode.

If you leave a setting 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 Mode or Alarm Mode, the data you were viewing
when you last exited the mode appears fi rst.

Scrolling
The

C and D 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.

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Timekeeping

Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current
time and date.

In the Timekeeping Mode, the graphic in the upper right

corner of the display indicates the passage of seconds.

PM indicator

Day of week

Month Day

Seconds

Graphic

Hour : Minutes

PM indicator

Day of week

Month Day

Seconds

Graphic

Hour : Minutes

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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

A until the

currently selected city code (Home City) 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

A

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” at the back of this manual.

PM indicator

City code

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

PM indicator

City code

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

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2. Press

C (East) and D (West) to select the city code

you want to use as your Home City.

Keep pressing

C or D until the city code you want

to select as your Home City appears on the display.

3. Press

B to display the DST setting screen.

4. Press

C to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (On)

and Standard Time (OFF).

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

A 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.

Setting

DST indicator

Setting

DST indicator

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To change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down

A until the

currently selected city code (Home City) 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

A

depressed until SET Hold disappears and the city
code starts to fl ash.

2. Press

B to display the DST setting screen.

3. Press

C to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (On)

and Standard Time (OFF).

4. After all the settings are the way you want, press

A to

return to the Timekeeping Mode.

The DST indicator appears to indicate that Daylight

Saving Time is turned on.

Setting

DST indicator

Setting

DST indicator

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Confi guring Current Time and Date Settings

You can use the procedure below to adjust the current time and date settings if they
are off.

To change the current time and date settings

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down

A until the

currently selected city code (Home City) 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

A

depressed until SET Hold disappears and the city
code starts to fl ash.

2. Use

C and D to select the city code you want.

Select your Home City code before changing any

other setting.

For full information on city codes, see the “City

Code Table” at the back of this manual.

PM indicator

City code

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

PM indicator

City code

Seconds

Hour : Minutes

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3. Press

B to move the fl ashing in the sequence shown below to select the other settings.

Barometer
unit

Temperature
unit

Illumination
Duration

Button Operation
Tone On/Off

Day

City
Code

DST

Altitude
unit

12/24-Hour
Format

Seconds

Hour

Minute

Year

Month

The following steps explain how to confi gure timekeeping settings only.

4. When the timekeeping setting you want to change is fl ashing, use

C and/or D to

change it as described below.

Screen

To do this:

Do this:

Change the city code

Use

C (East) and

D (West).

Toggle between Daylight Saving Time (On)
and Standard Time (OFF).

Press

C.

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Screen

To do this:

Do this:

Toggle between 12-hour (12H) and 24-hour
(24H) timekeeping.

Press

C.

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Reset the seconds to 00

Press

C.

Change the hour or minute

Use

C (+) and D

(–).

Change the year, month, or day

5. Press

A to exit the setting screen.

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