Casio 2496 Manuale Utente

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• Button operations are indicated using the

letters shown in the illustration.

• Each section of this manual provides you with

the information you need to perform operations
in each mode. Further details and technical
information can be found in the “Reference”
section.

• Press C to change from mode to mode.

• In any mode, press A to illuminate the display.

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Press C.

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Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the
current time and date. You can also select the
Timekeeping Mode display format (time and date
or time and world time).

• In the Timekeeping Mode, animated figures

appear whenever you press A to turn on the
backlight, and whenever the minutes reach 00.

• You can also use the Timekeeping Mode to

exchange user information by infrared. See
“Data Communication” for more information.

Day of week

Animated figure

Year  Month – Day

PM indicator

Hour : Minutes Seconds

The times displayed in the Timekeeping Mode and World Time Mode are
linked. Because of this, make sure you select a city code for your Home City
(the city where you normally use the watch) before you set the time and date.

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until

the seconds start to flash, which indicates the
setting screen.

2. Press C to move the flashing in the sequence

shown below to select other settings.

3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use D and B to change

it as described below.

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DST

12/24-Hour

Format

Seconds

City code

Month

Minutes

Day

Hour

Year

Seconds

12/24-Hour Format

DST

City Code

Hour, Minutes,
Year, Month, Day

Press D to reset to 

00

.

Press D to toggle between 12-hour (

12H

)

and 24-hour (

24H

) timekeeping.

Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving
Time (

ON

) and Standard Time (

OFF

).

Use D (east) and B (west) to change the
setting.
• For full information on city codes, see

the “City Code Table

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Use D (+) and B (–) to change the setting.

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

• See “Daylight Saving Time (DST)” below for details about DST setting.

• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping

Mode is applied in all modes.

• The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date

(year, month, and day) settings.

Daylight Saving Time (summer time) advances the time setting by one hour
from Standard Time. Remember that not all countries or even local areas use
Daylight Saving Time.

1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until

the seconds start to flash, which indicates the
setting screen.

2. Press C twice to display the DST setting

screen.

3. Press D to toggle between Daylight Saving

Time (

ON

 displayed) and Standard Time

(

OFF

 displayed).

4. Press A to exit the setting screen.

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• The DST indicator appears on the display to indicate that Daylight Saving

Time is turned on.

Each press of D in the Timekeeping Mode toggles the display between the
Time–Date screen and the Time–World Time screen.

• The world time that appears is the one that was on the display when you

last exited the World Time Mode. See “World Time” for more information.

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Press D.

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World time