World time, Alarms, Stopwatch – G-Shock GW-6900 User Manual

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Operation Guide 3179

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• The watch is not in the

Timekeeping Mode.

• Your current Home City is not one

of the following: LIS, LON, MAD,
PAR, ROM, BER, STO, ATH,
MOW, HKG, BJS, TPE, SEL, TYO,
HNL, ANC, YVR, LAX, YEA, DEN,
MEX, CHI, NYC, YHZ, or YYT

• You changed the time setting

manually.

• The DST setting was changed

manually in the World Time Mode.

• You pressed a button while signal

receive was in progress.

• Even if receive is successful, the

RCVD indicator will disappear
from the display each day when
the first auto receive operation of
the day is performed.

• Time data (hour, minutes, seconds)

only was received during the last
receive operation. The RCVD
indicator appears only when time
data and date data (year, month,
day) are both received.

Cannot perform
manual receive.

Auto receive is
turned on, but
the RCVD
indicator does
not appear on
the display.

• Enter the Timekeeping

Mode and try again.

• Select LIS, LON, MAD,

PAR, ROM, BER, STO,
ATH, MOW, HKG, BJS,
TPE, SEL, TYO, HNL, ANC,
YVR, LAX, YEA, DEN,
MEX, CHI, NYC, YHZ,
or YYT as your Home City.

• Perform manual signal

receive or wait until the next
auto signal receive
operation is performed.

• Check to make sure the

watch is in a location where
it can receive the signal.

What you should do

Problem

Probable Cause

Signal Reception Troubleshooting

Check the following points whenever you experience problems with signal reception.

• For further information, see “Important!” under “Time Calibration Signal Reception”

and “Radio-controlled Atomic Timekeeping Precautions”.

• If the time is one hour off, the DST

setting may be incorrect.

• The Home City code setting is not

correct for the area where you are
using the watch.

• Change the DST setting to

Auto DST.

• Select the correct Home

City code.

Time setting
is incorrect
following
signal
reception.

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 “City Code Table” for information about
the UTC differential settings that are supported.

Current time in
selected city

City code

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the World Time Mode, which

you enter by pressing C.

To view the time in another city

While in the World Time Mode, use the D (eastward) and B (westward) to scroll
through the city codes (time zones).

• Pressing the D and B 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.

• Note that the Standard Time/Daylight Saving Time

setting affects only the currently displayed city code.
Other city codes are not affected.

• Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time

and Daylight Saving Time while UTC is selected as the
city code.

DST indicator

Alarms

The Alarm Mode gives you a choice of four one-time
alarms and one snooze alarm.
Also use the Alarm Mode to turn the Hourly Time Signal
(

SIG

) on and off.

• There are five alarm screens numbered

AL1

,

AL2

,

AL3

and

AL4

for the one-time alarm, and a snooze

alarm screen indicated by

SNZ

. The Hourly Time

Signal screen is indicated by

SIG

.

• 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)

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 one-time alarm, display alarm screen

AL1

,

AL2

,

AL3

or

AL4

.

To set the snooze alarm, display the

SNZ

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.

3. Press C to move the flashing between the hour and minute settings.
4. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change it.

• 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

SNZ

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 (

AL1

,

AL2

,

AL3

,

AL4

or

SNZ

) displays the alarm on indicator on its Alarm Mode

screen.

• In all modes, the alarm on indicator is shown for any

alarm that currently is 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.

Alarm on indicator

ON

Snooze alarm
indicator

To turn the Hourly Time Signal on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select the Hourly Time

Signal (

SIG

).

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

Seconds

Minutes

To measure times with the stopwatch

Elapsed Time

Split Time

Two Finishes

D

Start

D

Start

D
Start

Stop

Re-start

Stop

D

D

D

Split
(SPL displayed)

Split release

Stop

B

D

B

Split
First runner finishes.
Display time of first
runner.

Stop
Second runner
finishes.

Split release
Display time of
second runner.

D

B

B

B

B

B

Clear

Clear

Clear

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.

Countdown End Beeper

The countdown end beeper lets you know when the
countdown reaches zero. The beeper stops after about 10
seconds or when you press any button.

Minutes

Seconds

Hours

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 to select other settings.

Hours

Minutes

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