G-Shock GE-2000-1 User Manual
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Warning!
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Never try to read your watch when mountain climbing or hiking in areas that
are dark or in areas with poor footing. Doing so is dangerous and can result in
serious personal injury.
•
Never try to read your watch when running where there is danger of accidents,
especially in locations where there might be vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Doing so is dangerous and can result in serious personal injury.
•
Never try to read your watch when riding on a bicycle or when operating a
motorcycle or any other motor vehicle. Doing so is dangerous and can result
in a traffic accident and serious personal injury.
•
When you are wearing the watch, make sure that its auto light switch is turned
off before riding on a bicycle or operating a motorcycle or any other motor
vehicle. Sudden and unintended operation of the auto light switch can create a
distraction, which can result in a traffic accident and serious personal injury.
To turn the auto light switch on and off
In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down
L
for two seconds to turn the auto light switch
on (AUTO-EL displayed) and off (AUTO-EL not displayed).
•
In order to protect against running down the battery, the auto light switch is
automatically turned off approximately six hours after you turn it on. Repeat the
above procedure to turn the auto light switch back on if you want.
•
The auto light switch on indicator (AUTO-EL) is on the display in all modes while the
auto light switch is turned on.
REFERENCE
This section contains more detailed and technical information about watch operation.
It also contains important precautions and notes about the various features and
functions of this watch.
Graphic Area
The following are meanings of the graphics at the
bottom of the display.
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In the Timekeeping Mode, all three graphics indicate
the passage of seconds.
•
The center graphic indicates the current mode, as
shown in the illustration. Note that no indication is
given for the Timekeeping Mode.
•
In the Stopwatch and Countdown Alarm Modes, the left and right graphics show the
passage of 1/10-second increments. In the Recall Mode, the left and right graphics
indicate the lap number. In the Alarm Mode, the left and right graphics indicate the
alarm and hourly time signal on/off status.
Countdown Alarm
Recall
Stopwatch
Alarm
World Time
Auto Return Features
•
After you perform an operation in any mode (except for the Stopwatch Mode),
pressing
C
returns to the Timekeeping Mode.
•
If you leave a screen with flashing digits on the display for two or three minutes
without performing any operation, the watch automatically saves anything you have
input up to that point and exits the setting screen.
Initial Screens
When you enter the World Time, Recall, or Alarm Mode, the data you were viewing
when you last exited the mode appears first.
Data and Setting Scrolling
The
B
and
L
buttons are used in various modes and setting screens 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.
12-hour/24-hour Timekeeping
The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is also
applied in the World Time and Alarm Modes.
•
With the 12-hour format, the
h
(PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for
times in the range of noon to 11:59 pm. No indicator is shown from midnight to 11:59
am.
•
With the 24-hour format, times are indicated in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
indicator.
Timekeeping
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The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.
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The year can be set in the range of 1995 to 2039.
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The watch’s built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances for
different month lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no
reason to change it except after the replacement of the watch’s battery.
World Time Mode
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The current times in all World Time Mode cities are calculated in accordance with
the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) differential for each city, based on the current
Home City time setting in the Timekeeping Mode.
•
GMT differential is calculated by this watch based on Universal Time Coordinated
(UTC) data.
•
The seconds count of the World Time is synchronized with the seconds count of the
Timekeeping Mode.
Backlight Precautions
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The electro-luminescent (EL) panel loses illuminating power after very long use.
•
The illumination provided by the backlight may be hard to see when viewed under
direct sunlight.
•
The watch will emit an audible sound whenever the display is illuminated. It does not
indicate malfunction of the watch.
•
The backlight automatically turns off whenever an alarm sounds.
Auto light switch precautions
•
Avoid wearing the watch on the inside of your wrist. Doing so causes the auto light
switch to operate when it is not needed, which shortens battery life. If you want to
wear the watch on the inside of your wrist, turn off the auto light switch feature.
•
The backlight may not light if the face of the watch is
more than 15 degrees above or below parallel. Make
sure that the back of your hand is parallel to the ground.
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The backlight turns off in about two seconds, even if you
keep the watch pointed towards your face.
•
Static electricity or magnetic force can interfere with
proper operation of the auto light switch. If the backlight
does not light, try moving the watch back to the starting
position (parallel with the ground) and then tilt it back
toward you again. If this does not work, drop your arm
all the way down so it hangs at your side, and then bring
it back up again.
•
Under certain conditions the backlight may not light until about one second after you
turn the face of the watch towards you. This does not necessarily indicate
malfunction of the backlight.
More than 15 degrees
too high
HONOLULU
ANCHORAGE
LOS ANGELES
DENVER
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
CARACAS
RIO DE JANEIRO
LONDON
PARIS
CAIRO
JERUSALEM
JEDDAH
TEHRAN
DUBAI
KABUL
KARACHI
DELHI
DHAKA
YANGON
BANGKOK
HONG KONG
TOKYO
ADELAIDE
SYDNEY
NOUMEA
WELLINGTON
City
City
GMT
Other major cities in same time zone
Code
Differential
CITY CODE TABLE
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Based on data as of June 1999.
– – –
HNL
ANC
LAX
DEN
CHI
NYC
CCS
RIO
– – –
– – –
GMT
LON
PAR
CAI
JRS
JED
THR
DXB
KBL
KHI
DEL
DAC
RGN
BKK
HKG
TYO
ADL
SYD
NOU
WLG
–11
–10
–9
–8
–7
–6
–5
–4
–3
–2
–1
+00
+01
+02
+03
+3.5
+04
+4.5
+05
+5.5
+06
+6.5
+07
+08
+09
+9.5
+10
+11
+12
PAGO PAGO
PAPEETE
NOME
SAN FRANCISCO, LAS VEGAS, VANCOUVER,
SEATTLE, DAWSON CITY
EL PASO, EDMONTON
HOUSTON, DALLAS/FORT WORTH, NEW
ORLEANS, MEXICO CITY, WINNIPEG
MONTREAL, DETROIT, MIAMI, BOSTON, PANAMA
CITY, HAVANA, LIMA, BOGOTA
LA PAZ, SANTIAGO, PORT OF SPAIN
SAO PAULO, BUENOS AIRES, BRASILIA,
MONTEVIDEO
PRAIA
DUBLIN, LISBON, CASABLANCA, DAKAR,
ABIDJAN
MILAN, ROME, MADRID, AMSTERDAM, ALGIERS,
HAMBURG, FRANKFURT, VIENNA, STOCKHOLM, BERLIN
ATHENS, HELSINKI, ISTANBUL, BEIRUT,
DAMASCUS, CAPE TOWN
KUWAIT, RIYADH, ADEN, ADDIS ABABA, NAIROBI
SHIRAZ
ABU DHABI, MUSCAT
MALE
MUMBAI, CALCUTTA
COLOMBO
JAKARTA, PHNOM PENH, HANOI, VIENTIANE
SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, BEIJING, TAIPEI,
MANILA, PERTH, ULAANBAATAR
SEOUL, PYONGYANG
DARWIN
MELBOURNE, GUAM, RABAUL
PORT VILA
CHRISTCHURCH, NADI, NAURU ISLAND