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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 2 Dear Wise and Discerning Consumer, Congratulations and thanks so much for purchasing this extraordinary HELIX™ timepiece. If you have this manual, then you've bought one of the following HELIX™ watches: the ABT, DM, or WRKS (if you look at the back of your watch, you'll see that we're being honest with you). Each timepiece comes stocked full of practical features, all of which you'll find in this informative manual that’s been translated into eig
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 3 Figure 1.B Figure 2
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 4 The Crown (ABT, DM, WRKS) If your watch were a head, this would be its hat. Free of jewelry and other adornments, this crown will enable you to “scroll” from mode to mode by simply rotating it. You might have also noticed that the crown can be pushed in and pulled out to four different positions for programming (see Figure1.B). We've made sure that when you reach each position, you'll feel both a tangible click and hear a discernible beep. The two
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 5 Standard vs. 24-hour Time Depending on your societal conditioning, you think of a day as two 12-hour blocks or one giant 24-hour slab. As long as your watch is in TIME mode, we've got all of you covered. A. Pull the crown out to Position 3. SET TIME appears. B. Press either the start/split or stop/reset buttons to switch between 12 and 24-hour formats. Everyone happy? Setting Time and Date in a Second Time Zone Want to know what time your brother
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 6 change to SET LAP SPLIT (the default setting). B. Switch formats by rotating the crown or by pressing either the stop/reset or start/split buttons. C. Do what you like. TIMER (ABT, DM, WRKS) Rotate the crown until you get to TIMER mode. Setting the Timer This function is for New Year's Eve, cooking frozen pizzas, certain sporting events, and other circumstances in which you count backward. A. Pull the crown out to Position 3. SET HR-MIN will app
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 7 THERMOMETER/BAROMETER (ABT, WRKS) Rotate the crown until you get to THERMOMETER/BAROMETER mode. Convenience is quite abundant these days and your new watch is no exception. Both the thermometer and barometer are conveniently self-calibrating. Temperature readings are taken every minute and barometric readings are taken on the hour. Upon entry into THERMOMETER/BAROMETER mode, new initial barometric readings are immediately taken. During normal oper
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 8 B. Enter your current altitude by rotating the crown. If you don't know your altitude, look at a map, a trail marker, or ask someone who looks nice. If they don't know, at least you'll have met somebody new. C. If you would like to reset to the factory default (what the watch thinks is the current altitude) press and hold the start/reset button. THERMOMETER/ALTIMETER Rotate the crown until you get to the THERMOMETER/ALTIMETER mode. In this mode,
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 9 To review stored segments in ALTIMETER/CHRONOGRAPH mode, see Reviewing Split Times. While reviewing stored segments the display will show the following: Line 1: Number of the segment currently being viewed. Line 2: Difference between altitude during the segment currently being viewed and the one immediately prior to it. Line 3: Altitude at the time the start/split button was pressed. Line 4: Length of the segment being viewed. NOTE: If you did
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 10 COMPASS mode. CALIBR COMP appears. B. After that, the following words will also appear: WHILE LEVEL ROTATE SLOWLY TWO TURNS PUSH START AFTER TURNS Obeying your watch's orders, hold the watch level and slowly rotate two turns (taking at least 15 seconds per rotation), then press the start/split button. Its wish is your command. If the button is not pressed within 2-3 minutes, CALBR CANCEL will appear and any old settings will be used. ALERT: If
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 11 DIVING (DM) Rotate the crown until you get to DIVING mode. DIVE TRACK and DIVE CHRONO modes measure water temperature, depth, and time of dive. Go deep. If you so desire, you can use the DIVE CHRONO mode when you want a detailed record of each dive within a series of dives, or if you want to take splits during a dive. For instance, let's say you were going to spend a few minutes submerged to check some underwater equipment and you wanted to record
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 12 chronograph automatically starts. If you want to record a split, go ahead and press start/split. You can also take up to 99 split times during a dive and at least 20 of them can be stored for later viewing. During normal DIVE CHRONO operation the display will show the following: Line 1: Current water temperature. Line 2: Current depth. Line 3: Length of current segment. Depth and temperature readings are updated every 5 seconds when submerged
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 13 Setting the Format (ABT, DM, WRKS) The heaps of data your watch records can be viewed in either English or metric format. A. To toggle between formats, pull the crown all the way out to Position 4 in any mode. SET UNITS appears. B. Press either the start/split or stop/reset buttons to toggle between formats. PLEASE NOTE: When you toggle between English and metric formats in any mode, it will affect the display in every other applicable mode. Au
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 14 B. The range of readable barometric pressures is equally huge: 13.30 to 31.00 Hg or 450 to1050 mb, with .05 Hg or 1 mb resolution. C. Your watch's range of measurable altitudes is a healthy 0 to 19,680 feet or 0 to 6,000 meters, with either a 10-foot or 5-meter resolution. D. Range of readable depths is 0 to130 feet or 0 to 40 meters, with a 1-foot or 1-meter resolution (DM only). All out-of-range readings will be displayed as HI or LO. At tha
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page 15 THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY AND STATE TO STATE. IN THE UK, NOTHING IN THIS WARRANTY WILL AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS. To obtain warranty service, please return your watch to Timex, one of its affiliates, or the Timex retailer where the watch was purchased, together with a completed original Watch Repair Coupon or, in the U.S. and Canada only, the completed ori
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page F16 Cher client sage et averti, Félicitations et merci beaucoup d’avoir choisi la fantastique montre HELIX™. Si tu lis ce manuel, tu as acheté une des montres Helix™ suivantes : ABT, DM ou WRKS. Chaque montre est bourrée de fonctions pratiques, toutes décrites dans ce manuel très informatif, traduit en huit langues pour satisfaire les utilisateurs les plus cosmopolites. Allons. Il n’y a aucun mal à faire partie de ce groupe! —HELIX™ Capteur Départ/ te
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page F17 POSTION 1 POSTION 2 (Enfoncée) (Mode statique/standard) POSTION 3 POSTION 4 (Soulevée, un déclic) (Soulevée, deux déclics) Figure 1.B Mode Nuit Alarme Carillon horaire Minuterie Pile faible Ligne 1 Ligne 2 Ligne 3 Ligne 4 Chronographe Verrouiller/ déverrouiller Figure 2
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page F18 La couronne (ABT, DM, WRKS) Si ta montre était une tête, cette partie serait son couvre-chef. Libre de tout bijou et décoration, la couronne permet de passer d’un mode à l’autre. Il suffit de la tourner! Tu as peut-être aussi remarqué qu’elle peut être soulevée et enfoncée à quatre différentes positions pour des réglages variés (figure 1.B). Nous avons fait en sorte que tu ressentes un déclic et entendes un signal sonore à chaque nouvelle position
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page F19 Affichage 12 ou 24 heures Selon ton mode de vie, tu peux considérer une journée comme deux seg- ments de 12 heures ou un seul bloc de 24 heures. Aussi longtemps que la montre est en mode TIME (Heure normale), nous pouvons satisfaire tout le monde. A. Soulève la couronne à la position 3. SET TIME apparaît. B. Appuie sur le bouton start/split ou stop/reset buttons pour passer du mode 12 heures au mode 24 heures, et vice-versa. Maintenant, est-ce que
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0301102-Helix.US/CAN 7/27/01 1:27 PM Page F20 B. Fais tourner la couronne pour voir les segments en ordre croissant ou décroissant. Des heures de plaisir! REMARQUE : Désolé, c’est impossible de voir des segments en cours. MÉMO : Si tu essaies de consulter des renseignements et qu’aucun temps inter- médiaire n’a été enregistré, RECALL sera remplacé par NO DATA. Ne t’inquiète pas, ce n’est rien de personnel. Personnalisation de l’affichage Selon tes préférences, tu peux voir les temps intermédi
