Casio 2566 User Manual

About This Manual
• Button operations are indicated using the letters shown
(Light)
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.
General Guide
• Press B to change from mode to mode.
• In any mode, press L to illuminate the display.
Timekeeping Mode
Press
Timekeeping
Use the Timekeeping Mode to set and view the current time and date. You can also
select the color of the "Magical Illumination" backlight, which uses LEDs to illuminate
the display in different colors.
• In the Timekeeping Mode, press C to toggle the lower part of the display between
the date and world time.
Hour : Minutes
Day of week
Press
AM/PM
indicator
Month – Day Seconds
Important!
• World Time Mode times will not be correct unless you set the correct current date,
time, and city code in the Timekeeping Mode. See "To set the time and date" for
more information.
To 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 B to move the flashing in the sequence shown
below to select other settings.
12/24-Hour
Seconds
Format
Backlight
Day Month
color
3. When the setting you want to change is flashing, use C to change it as described
below.
To change this setting
Press C to reset to
Seconds
Press C to toggle between 12-hour (
12/24-Hour Format
hour (
24H
Press C to toggle between DST on (
DST on/off
and off (
Use C to scroll through the available codes until the
City code
one you want to use as your Home Time city is displayed.
Use C to increase the setting.
Hour, Minutes, Year, Month, Day
Use C to cycle through the available color settings.
Backlight color
• Pressing C while the seconds are in the range of 30 to 59 resets them to
and adds 1 to the minutes. In the range of 00 to 29, the minutes are unchanged.
• For full information on city codes, see the "City Code Table".
• See "To change the backlight color" for information about backlight color settings.
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The day of the week is automatically displayed in accordance with the date (year,
month, and day) settings.
• With the 12-hour format, the P (PM) indicator appears to the left of the hour digits for
times in the range of noon to 11:59 p.m. and the A (AM) indicator appears to the left
of the hour digits for times in the range of midnight to 11:59 a.m.
• With the 24-hour format, times are displayed in the range of 0:00 to 23:59, without
any indicator.
• The 12-hour/24-hour timekeeping format you select in the Timekeeping Mode is also
applied in all other modes.
• The year can be set in the range of 2000 to 2039.
• The watch's built-in full automatic calendar automatically makes allowances for
different month lengths and leap years. Once you set the date, there should be no
reason to change it except after you have the watch's battery replaced.
USER'S GUIDE 2566
World Time Mode
.
.
World Time
City code type
Mode time indicator
(Hour : Minutes)
DST City
Hour
on/off code
Year Minutes
Perform this button operation
00
.
12H ) and 24-
) timekeeping.
ON
displayed)
OFF
displayed).
00
Day Counter Mode Alarm Mode
Daylight Saving Time (DST)
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.
To toggle the Timekeeping Mode time between DST and Standard Time
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
DST indicator
screen.
2. Press B twice to move the flashing to the DST On/Off
setting.
3. Press C to toggle between Daylight Saving Time (
displayed) and standard time (
4. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• The DST indicator appears on the display when Daylight
Saving Time is turned on.
To change the backlight color
1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold down A until the
seconds start to flash, which indicates the setting
Backlight color
screen.
2. Press B nine times until the backlight color setting
screen appears, and then use C to cycle through the
available color settings as shown below.
For this type of backlight:
Ramdom selection among three gradation patterns
(Aurora, Sunset, Ocean)
Change to one of 12 different colors every hour.
Always use one of seven colors
SEL x1x : Juicy Red
SEL x2x : Tangerine Orange
SEL : Natural
x3x
SEL x4x : Pure Green
SEL x5x : Aqua Blue
SEL : Silky Violet
x6x
SEL x7x : Passion Pink
• In the case of TIM, the same color is used for corresponding AM and PM time.
3. Press A to exit the setting screen.
• A preset special backlight color pattern is used in place of the current backlight color
setting during December 24 and December 25 each year.
Stopwatch Mode
ON
OFF displayed).
RBW TIM
SEL SEL
x7x x1x
Select this setting:
RBW
TIM
SEL through
x1x x7x
1