World time, Alarms, Countdown timer – G-Shock GW-1201BD-1AV User Manual

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Operation Guide 3337

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When you want to do this:

Move the hand setting
forward 20 seconds
Move the hand setting a short
way forward at high speed

Perform this button operation:

• Press D.

• Hold down D.
• Release D when the hands reach the setting

you want.

Move the hand setting a long
way forward at high speed

• While holding down D to move the hands at

high speed, press B to lock the high-speed
hand movement.

• To stop the hand movement, press any

button.

• Hand movement stops automatically if the

hour hand makes one full (12-hour) revolution.

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The minute hand will be adjusted slightly to match the seconds when you exit the

setting screen.

• To return to the Timekeeping Mode, press C.

World Time

The World Time Mode digitally shows the current time in
30 cities (29 time zones) around the world.
• Pressing A in the World Time Mode causes the

applicable city code to appear in the bottom dial for
about one second.

• If the current time shown for a city is wrong, check your

Home City time settings and make the necessary
changes.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

World Time Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

City code

Current
time in
selected
city

Mode indicator

To view the time in another city

While in the World Time Mode, press D to scroll through the city codes (time zones)
to the east or B to scroll to the west.
• For full information on city codes, see the “City Code Table”.

To toggle a city code time between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time

1. In the World Time Mode, use B and D to display the

city code (time zone) whose Standard Time/Daylight
Saving Time setting you want to change in the bottom
dial.
• Pressing A in the World Time Mode causes the

applicable city code to appear in the bottom dial for
about one second.

2. Hold down A to toggle Daylight Saving Time (DST

indicator displayed in the bottom dial) and Standard
Time (DST indicator not displayed).

DST indicator

• Note that you cannot use the World Time Mode to change the DST setting of the

Home City code you currently have selected in the Timekeeping Mode. See “To
change the Daylight Saving Time (summer time) setting” for information about
turning the Home City code DST setting on and off.

• Note that you cannot switch between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time while

GMT

is selected as the city code.

• The DST indicator will appear whenever the bottom dial shows a city code for which

Daylight Saving Time is turned on.

• Note that the DST/Standard Time setting affects only the currently displayed city

code. Other city codes are not affected.

Alarms

You can set five independent daily alarms. When an alarm
is turned on, the alarm tone sounds when the alarm time
is reached.
You can also turn on an Hourly Time Signal that causes
the watch to beep twice every hour on the hour.
• The alarm number (

A1

through

A5

) indicates an alarm

screen.

00

is shown for the alarm number when the

Hourly Time Signal screen is displayed in the middle left
dial.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Alarm Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

Mode indicator

Alarm number

Alarm time
(Hour : Minutes)

To set an alarm time

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to scroll through the alarm

numbers in the middle left dial until the one whose time
you want to set is displayed.

2. Hold down A until the hour digits of the alarm time

start to flash in the bottom dial, which indicates the
setting screen.
• This automatically turns on the alarm.

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.

• When setting the alarm time using the 12-hour format, take care to set the time

correctly as a.m. (no indicator) or p.m. (

indicator on the bottom dial).

5. Press A to exit the setting screen.

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A1

A2

A3

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A5

A4

Alarm on indicator

To turn an alarm and the Hourly Time Signal on and off

1. In the Alarm Mode, use D to select an alarm or the Hourly Time Signal.
2. When the alarm or the Hourly Time Signal you want to set is selected, press B to

turn it on and off. The current setting is indicated by top dial indicators.

Indicates alarm is ON.

Indicates Hourly Time Signal is ON.

• The alarm on indicator (

) and the Hourly Time Signal on indicator (

) are

displayed on the top dial in all modes while these functions are turned on.

• If any alarm is on, the alarm on indicator is displayed on the top dial in all modes.

Countdown Timer

You can set the countdown timer within a range of one to
60 minutes. An alarm sounds when the countdown
reaches zero.
• You can also select auto-repeat, which automatically

restarts the countdown from the original value you set
whenever zero is reached.

• The left dial indicates the 1/10 second count. When

auto-repeat is turned on, however, the center of this dial
shows the current repeat count. The periphery of the
dial continues to show the 1/10 second count.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Countdown Timer Mode, which you enter by pressing
C.

Minutes

Seconds

Mode
indicator

1/10 second

Graphic (1/10 second)

To set the countdown start time

1. While the countdown start time is displayed in the bottom dial 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 in the bottom dial, use the procedure

under “To use the countdown timer” to display it.

2. Press C to toggle the flashing contents of the bottom dial between the two settings

shown below.

3. While a setting is flashing, use D (+) and B (–) to change it.

• See “To turn auto-repeat on and off” below for details on the auto-repeat setting.

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

Minutes

Auto-

repeat

To use the countdown timer

Press D while in the Countdown Timer Mode to start the countdown timer.
• When the end of the countdown is reached and auto-repeat is turned off, the alarm

sounds for 10 seconds or until you stop it by pressing any button. The countdown
time is automatically reset to its starting value after the alarm stops.

• Press D while a countdown operation is in progress to pause it. Press D again to

resume the countdown.

• To completely stop a countdown operation, first pause it (by pressing D), and then

press B. This returns the countdown time to its starting value.

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To turn auto-repeat on and off

1. While the countdown start time is displayed in the

bottom dial in the Countdown Timer Mode, hold down
A until the current countdown start time starts to flash
in the bottom dial, which indicates the setting screen.

2. Press C until the auto-repeat setting is flashing in the

bottom dial.

3. Press D to turn auto-repeat on (

displayed) and

off (

displayed).

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• When auto-repeat is turned on, the alarm sounds and

countdown starts again whenever the countdown
reaches zero. You can stop the countdown by pressing
D, and manually reset to the countdown start time by
pressing B.

• Auto-repeat timing repeats up to nine times.

Number of repeats

Stopwatch

The stopwatch lets you measure elapsed time, split times,
and two finishes.
• The display range of the stopwatch is 99 minutes, 59.99

seconds.

• The stopwatch continues to run, restarting from zero

after it reaches its limit, until you stop it.

• Exiting the Stopwatch Mode while a split time is frozen

in the bottom dial clears the split time and returns to
elapsed time measurement.

• The stopwatch measurement operation continues even

if you exit the Stopwatch Mode.

• All of the operations in this section are performed in the

Stopwatch Mode, which you enter by pressing C.

1/100 second

Mode indicator

Minutes Seconds

D
Start

Stop

Elapsed Time

Re-start

Clear

D

Stop

D

➤D

➤B

Split Time

D
Start

Split

Split release

Clear

B

Stop

B

➤D

➤B

Two Finishes

D
Start

Split

Stop

Clear

B

Split release

D

➤B

➤B

First runner
finishes.
Display time of
first runner.

Second runner
finishes.

Display time of
second runner.

To measure times with the stopwatch

Alarm Operation

The alarm sounds in all modes at the preset time for about 10 seconds, or until you
stop it by pressing any button.

To test the alarm

In the Alarm Mode, hold down B to sound the alarm.

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