Freestyle FS80962 User Manual

TRIM

selected, only date/time and tide/time 

formats will be available in NORMAL 

TIME mode; if ON is selected, the Big 

Time display format shall also be 

available in NORMAL TIME mode

NOTE: The Time Format and Date 

Format settings apply only to the 

selected Time Zone; while the settings 

of Day Language, Hourly Chime, 

Button Beep, Big Time Option and Tide 

Height unit apply to both Time Zones.

There are three display formats in each 

Time Zone in NORMAL TIME mode: 

date/time, tide/time and big time.

To change from one Time Zone to 

another, press S2 button once.

To change from one display format to 

another, press S1 button once.

In date/time display format,

the primary time day and date are 

shown in the top of the display; the 

time in hours, minutes and seconds 

is shown in the bottom of the display. 

The data is shown in the Date and Time 

Formats of the displayed Time Zone, 

which are set in this mode along with 

the date and time.

If there is previous and upcoming tide 

data, the left-hand part of the display 

shows the tide status for the currently 

selected tide location. Otherwise, no 

graphic is displayed.

In tide/time display format,

the display is identical to the date/time 

format except that the next tide (high 

or low) for the currently selected tide 

location, the time of the next tide, and 

its height are shown in place of the 

day and the date. The tide time is 

shown in the same format as the 

primary time. The Tide Height is shown 

in the current Tide Height unit 

selected.

If no previous or upcoming tide data 

is available, this format shall be 

unavailable and the format shall revert 

to date/time.

In big time display format,

only the hours and minutes of the 

primary time are shown, no AM/PM 

indication.

A shark fin animation shall occur once 

per minutes. For even minutes, the fin 

shall move from left to right one dot 

column at a time, and for odd minutes, 

the fin shall move from right to left.

The big time display format is included 

only if the Big Time Option is on.

NOTE: The current tide level and 

direction (rising or falling) shall be 

presented by a tide status graphic, 

which is represented by an arrow head 

two dots high and three dots wide. The 

steps shall appear as follows:

• Tide data for 75 beaches worldwide

• 180 minute offset

• Displays present and future tide 

data

• 9 programmable favorite locations

• Optional big time with shark fin 

animation

• 100 meters H20

S1: Start Button

S2: Stop/Reset Button

S3: Mode Button

S4: Set Button

S5: Light Button

The watch has six display modes: 

NORMAL TIME, TIDE, CHRONO, 

TIMER, HEAT TIMER and ALARM.

To change from one display mode to 

another, press S3 button once

NOTE: In any setting mode, if there is 

no manipulation for about 120 

seconds, the watch will automatically 

exit the setting procedure.

1. Press S3 button to select NORMAL 

TIME mode.

2. Press and hold S4 button for two 

seconds until the ìSETî message 

appears and the Time Zone blinks 

on the display.

3. Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between Time Zone 1 and 

Time Zone 2.

4. Press S3 button once, the Hour 

digits (including AM/PM for 12-hour 

format) will blink.

5. Press S1 button to increase the 

digits by one unit, or press S2 button 

to decrease the digits by one unit. 

Holding down either button will 

speed up the process.

6. Press S3 button once, the Minute

digits will blink.

7. Press S1 button or S2 button to set 

the Minute digits.

8. Press S3 button once, the Second 

digits will blink.9.

Press either 

S1 button or S2 button to set the 

Second digits to zero.

10.Press S3 button once, the Month 

digits will blink.

11.Press S1 button or S2 button to set 

the Month digits.

12.Press S3 button once, the Date 

digits will blink.

13.Press S1 button or S2 button to set 

the Date digits.

14.Press S3 button once, the Year digits 

will blink.

15.Press S1 button or S2 button to set 

the Year digits.

16.Press S3 button once, the Time 

Format will blink.

17.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between 12-hour and 24-

hour Time Format.

18.Press S3 button once, the Date 

 Format will blink.

19.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

cycle among MM-DD-YY (month-

date-year), DD-MM-YY (date-

month-year) and YY-MM-DD (year-

month-date) to set the Date Format.

20.Press S3 button once, the Day (of 

the week) Language will blink.

21.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

cycle among English, French, 

Portuguese and Spanish to set the 

Day Language.

22.Press S3 button once, the Hourly 

Chime status will blink.

23.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between ON and OFF of 

Hourly Chime.

24.Press S3 button once, the Button 

Beep status will blink.

25.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between ON and OFF of 

Button Beep.

26.Press S3 button once, the Big Time 

Option status will blink.

27.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between ON and OFF of Big 

Time Option.

28.Press S3 button once, the Tide 

Height unit will blink.

29.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between feet and meters for 

Tide Height unit.

30.After finished making all the 

settings, press S4 button to confirm 

the settings.

NOTE: The date is displayed in the 

current Date Format, but the setting 

sequence shall always be month, date, 

and then year, regardless of the Date 

Format chosen.

NOTE: The available days of the month 

shall be determined by the month 

setting. If February is set, the available 

days of the month shall be 1 to 29. If 

February 29 is set for a year that is not 

a leap year, the date shall be corrected 

to February 28 upon exit from the 

setting procedure.

NOTE: For Big Time Option, if OFF is 

.

In displays 1 through 10, the tide is 

rising; while in display s 11 through 

20, the tide is falling. When the time 

of day advances to the minute after 

the time of high tide, display 11 is 

shown; when the time of day advances 

to the minute after the time of low tide, 

the sequence repeats beginning with 

display 1.

For displaying tide information of 

current time and location,

1. Press S3 button to select TIDE 

mode. The favorite number and the 

name of current tide location will 

appear. 

2. After two seconds, the next 

upcoming tide (high or low), base 

on the primary time, for the current 

tide location will be displayed. The 

date will be displayed in the top line, 

the next tide will be displayed in the 

middle line followed by the time of 

that tide (with a superscript A/P 

representing AM/PM in 12-hour 

format), and the height of the next 

tide will be displayed in the bottom 

line (including minus sign if 

necessary).

3. Press S1 or S2 button to display the 

previous and next tide respectively.

4. Press and hold S1 button or S2 

button until the “SCAN” message 

appears to initiate date scanning in 

the forward or backward direction 

respectively.

5. Release either button when the 

desired date is displayed.

6. After abandoning the date scanning 

procedure, while the “SCAN” 

message is still displayed, press S1 

button or S2 button to move forward 

or backward respectively the 

displayed date by one day. Press 

and hold the corresponding buttons 

to re-initiate date scanning.

NOTE: If no previous or upcoming tide 

data is available, the sentence “NO 

TIDE DATA FOR DATE” will be 

displayed.

NOTE: The date, time and tide height 

unit will be displayed in the formats 

of the primary time set in NORMAL 

TIME mode.

NOTE: If the displayed time represents 

DST (daylight savings time), which 

means that the time was adjusted from 

the stored tide data, the DST flag will 

appear.

NOTE: Scanning shall stop 

automatically if the last date for which 

there is tide data is reached.

For setting tide location,

1. Press S3 button to select TIDE 

mode. The favorite number and the 

name of current tide location will 

appear.

2. Press S4 button, the “SET” message 

appears and the FAV (favorite) 

number blinks on the display. The 

default favorite number is the one 

for the current location.

3. Press S1 button or S2 button to 

move forward or backward 

respectively the favorite number 

and therefore the corresponding 

location name to be selected.

4. Press S3 button, the geographical 

REGION will blink.

5. Press S1 button or S2 button to 

move forward or backward 

respectively the REGION to be 

selected.

6. Press S3 button, the geographical 

LOCATION will blink.

7. Press S1 button or S2 button to 

move forward or backward 

respectively the LOCATION to be 

selected.

8. Press S3 button, the DST (daylight 

savings time) status will blink.

9. Press S1 button or S2 button to 

move forward or backward 

respectively the DST status to be 

selected. If AUTO is selected, the 

watch shall determine when the 

location is on DST; if OFF or ON is 

selected, the DST status is forced 

to the selected status all the time. 

Please note that the current DST 

status is shown with the DST flag.

10.Press S3 button, the time offset (in 

the unit of minutes) to the tide data 

for the selected location will blink.

11.Press S1 button or S2 button to 

increase or decrease respectively 

the time offset. The offset has no 

impact on the DST status.

12.If 0 is selected for the offset, the 

above step is the end of the setting 

sequence. Otherwise, the sequence 

continues with the setting of 16-

character custom location name, 

in which pressing S1 button or S2 

button can cycle forward or 

backward respectively the 

characters to be selected, and 

pressing S3 button can proceed to 

the next character to be set.

13.After finished making all the

settings, press S4 button to confirm 

the settings.

For the measurement of elapsed time,

1. Press S3 button to select 

CHRONOGRAPH mode.

2. Press S1 button to start counting.

3. To stop counting, press S2 button. 

Press S1 button to resume from 

where it left off.

4. To reset to zero, press S2 button 

once to stop counting and then 

press S2 button again.

NOTE: For the first hour, the CHRONO 

time is displayed in the MM.SS hh 

(minutes.second hundredths) format. 

After one hour, the CHRONO time is 

displayed in HH:MM SS 

(hours:minutes.seconds) format.

NOTE: The CHRONO can count up to 

a maximum time of 99:59.59 

(99hours:59minutes.59seconds).

1. Press S3 button to select TIMER 

mode.

2. Press S4 button, the “SET” message 

appears and the Hour digits blink 

on the display.

3. Press S1 button to increase the 

digits by one unit, or press S2 button 

to decrease the digits by one unit. 

Holding down either button will 

speed up the process.

4. Press S3 button once, the Minute 

digits will blink on the display.

5. Press S1 button or S2 button to set 

the Minute digits.

6. Press S3 button once, the Second 

digits will blink on the display.

7. Press S1 button or S2 button to set 

the Second digits.

8. Press S3 button once, the action to 

be taken at the end of a countdown 

will blink.

9. Press S1 button or S2 button to 

toggle between STOP and REPEAT. 

If STOP is selected, the TIMER 

stops; if REPEAT is selected, the 

TIMER repasts its countdown 

indefinitely.

10.After finished making all the 

settings, press S4 button to confirm 

the settings.

NOTE: The TIMER can count up to a 

maximum time of 23:59.99 

(23hours:59minutes.59seconds).

1. Press S3 button to select TIMER 

mode.

2. Press S1 button to start a 

countdown.

3. To stop counting, press S2 button 

once. Press S1 button to resume 

from where it left off.

4. To reset the TIMER, press S2 button 

once to stop counting and then 

press S2 button again.

5. Upon completion of a countdown, 

if STOP is selected as the action to 

be taken, the TIMER stops at zero

TIDE 3.0

S1

S2

S3

S5

S4