Seiko 3B51 - Solar Charging Function; How To Charge the Watch; Standard Charging Time

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SolarChargingFunction
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PowerSave1 PowerSave2
Condition
Whenthewatchisexposedtoastatewithoutreceiving
anadequatelightsourcefor72hoursorlonger.
Whenthewatchisinaninsufficient
chargingstateforalongtime.
Situation
Howtohandle
thesituation
Whenthewatchisexposedtoanadequatelightsourceforfivesecondsorlonger,
itdisplaysthecurrenttimeagainafterthesecondhandisrapidlyadvanced.
Aftersufficientlychargingthebattery,set
thewatchforthecurrenttime,ifnecessary.
Thiswatchisequippedwithapowersavefunctionwhichcansuppressenergyconsumptionwhenitisleftwithoutreceivinganadequatelightsourceforacertainlengthoftime.
Thesecondhandstops
pointingatthe15-second
position,andthehourand
minutehandsalsostop.
Thewatchconducts
automaticradiosignal
receiving.
PowerSave2
※
Whilethewatchisbeingcharged,thesecondhandmovesatFive-secondIntervals.
DuringtheFive-secondIntervalMovement,neitherthebuttonsnorthecrowncanbeoperated.
※ IfthePowerSave2modeisprolonged,thestoredpoweramountdropsandtheinternalcurrenttimeinformationstoredwillbelost.
Whenthewatchreturnstoitsnormalmovementofone-secondintervalaftersufficientlychargingthebattery,setthecurrenttimebyreceivingaradiosignal.(RefertoAutomaticReceptionandManualReception→page91)
■PowerSaveFunction
※Therearetwotypesofpowersavemode.
Thesecondhandstopspointing
atthe45-secondposition,and
thehourandminute hands also
stop.
Thewatchdoesnotconduct
automaticradiosignalreceiving.
■EnergyDepletionForewarningFunction
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AboutEnergy
SolarChargingFunction
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Theenergydepletionforewarning functionisactivatedwhenthe energystored
inthewatch runslow.In suchacase, thesecond hand movesattwo-second
intervals.Ifthe watchcontinuesto be inthestate oftwo-secondinterval
movement,thewatch switches tofive-secondintervalmovement,followed by a
completelystoppedstate.
Iftheenergy depletion forewarningfunctionisactivated,charge thewatch
sufficiently.
※ Neitherthebuttonsnorthecrowncanbeoperatedwhilethesecondhandmovesattwo-secondorfive-secondintervals(this
isnotamalfunction).
※ Whilethesecondhandmovesatfive-secondintervals,thehourandminutehands,stopoperating.
※ Whilethesecondhandmovesatfive-secondintervals,thewatchisunabletoreceiveradiosignalsautomatically.Afterthe
watchischargedsufficientlyandthesecondhandreturnsto normalone-second intervalmovement,conductthemanual
receptionofradiosignalsto setthewatchtothecorrecttime. (RefertoAutomaticReceptionandManualReceptionon
page91.)
HowtoChargetheWatch･･･････ page98
StandardChargingTime･････････ page99
Illumination
1x(LUX)
Light
source
Condition
(Example)
Timerequiredforfully
chargingthewatch
Timerequiredforchargingthewatchto
startmovingatone-secondintervals
Timerequiredforcharging
thewatchtorunforoneday
500 Incandescentlight 60W60cm −−7hours
700
Fluorescentlight Generaloffices −−5hours
1000
Fluorescentlight 30W70cm − 15hours 4hours
3000
Fluorescentlight 30W20cm 130hours 5hours 1.5hours
5000
Fluorescentlight 30W12cm 80hours 2hours 45minutes
10000
Fluorescentlight 30W5cm
40hours 1hour 15minutes
Sunlight Cloudyday
100000 Sunlight
Sunnyday
(Underthedirectsunlightonasummerday)
15hours 30minutes 3minutes
ThefiguresofTimerequiredforchargingthewatchtostartmovingatone-secondintervalsareestimationsoftimerequiredtochargethestoppedwatchbyexposing
ittolightuntilitmovesatsteadyone-secondintervals.Evenifthewatchispartiallychargedforashorterperiod,thewatchwillresumeone-second-intervalmovement.
However,itmayshortlyreturntotwo-second-intervalmovement.Usethechargingtimeinthiscolumnasaroughguideforsufficientchargingtime.
※Thesecondhandmovementindicatestheremainingamountofenergy.
"CHECKINGTHECHARGINGSTATUSBYTHEMOVEMENTOFTHESECONDHAND"page88
※Therequiredchargingtimeslightlyvariesdependingonthemodelofthewatch.
■StandardChargingTime
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Foranapproximatetimerequiredtochargethewatch,refertothetablebelow.
SolarChargingFunction
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■HowToChargetheWatch
ABOUTCHARGING
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Exposethedialtolighttochargethewatch.
※Whenchargingthewatch,makesurethatthewatchisnotheatedtoahightemperature.(The
operationaltemperaturerangeisbetween-10ºCand+60ºC.)
※Whenfirstusingthewatchorstartingto use thewatchafter ithasstoppedbecauseofthe
energydepletion,sufficientlychargethewatchreferringtothetableonthepageattheright.
Toensureoptimalperformanceofthewatch,makesure
thatthewatchiskeptsufficientlychargedatalltime.
SolarChargingFunction
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Underthefollowingsituations,theenergy ofthewatchis
likelytobedepleted,resultinginstoppageofthewatch.
・Thewatchisconcealedunderasleeve.
・
Thewatchisusedorstoredunderconditionswhereitcannotbeexposedtolightforalongtime.