Citizen H874 - Summer Time Settings; Changing Summer Time Setting

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H874 Instruction manual
Summer time
About summer time
Summer time is a system adopted in some countries/areas to gain an extra daylight
during summer.
• The summer time period varies depending on the country or area.
• The summer time rules may change depending on the country or area.
About summer time setting
• The standard time signals contain summer time signals, which tells it is summer
time or not now.
• This watch can change summer time/standard time indication automatically by
receiving summer time signals.
• You can set summer time on or off for each time zone.
Checking the summer time setting
1
Pull the crown out to position
2
.
The second hand indicates the current summer time setting.
Ex.: “
SMT AU
” is set
Indication of the
second hand
Time currently
indicated
Switching summer time and standard time
SMT MA
Summer time
Manual
• Summer time is always indicated
regardless what summer time signals
tell.
SMT AU
Automatic
• When summer time signals tells it is not
summer time, the watch automatically
indicates standard time and setting
status switches to
STD AU
.
STD MA
Standard time
Manual
• Standard time is always indicated
regardless what summer time signals
tell.
STD AU
Automatic
• When summer time signals tells it is
summer time, the watch automatically
indicates summer time and setting
status switches to
SMT AU
.
2
Push the crown in to position
0
to finish the procedure.
The watch returns to normal indication.
Changing the summer time setting
When standard time signals are available and
automatic switching is preferable
→
Choose “
SMT AU
” or “
STD AU
”.
When standard time signals are not available
and summer time is adopted
→
Choose “
SMT MA
” or “
STD MA
”.
Change the setting to “
SMT MA
” when
summer time starts and to “
STD MA
”
when summer time ends.
When summer time is not adopted
→
Choose “
STD MA
”.
Switching summer time and standard time
1
Pull the crown out to position
2
.
The second hand indicates the current summer time setting.
2
Rotate the crown to select time to be indicated.
• When you rotate the crown, the setting switches from “
SMT
” to “
STD
” or from
“
STD
” to “
SMT
” and time indicated changes correspondingly.
or
3
Push the crown in to position
0
to finish the procedure.
The watch returns to normal indication.
Changing the way to switch summer time and standard time
1
Pull the crown out to position
2
.
The second hand indicates the current summer time setting.
2
Press and hold the lower right button
A
for 2 seconds to choose the way to
switch the setting.
• Each time you press and hold the lower right button
A
for 2 seconds, “
AU
” and “
MA
”
switch alternately.
or
3
Push the crown in to position
0
to finish the procedure.
The watch returns to normal indication.
For users in North America and Europe
In time zones on the following table, receiving summer time signals in one of them
automatically changes indication to summer time/standard time in the other zones
covered by the same signal station.
• Nevertheless, if you change the summer time setting to “
SMT MA
” or “
STD MA
”
in a time zone, the watch does not change indication automatically in the zone
even after receiving summer time signals.
Signal station Time zone
United States –9/–8/–7/–6/–5
Germany –1/0/+1/+2