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07 Nov 2006, 21:34
I was inspired this morning when I came across this in a non-worker - of course it didn't work, someone had knocked off the contact(gone) at the seven oclock position. After a fix it was ready to go!!
A.First four pushs to setter are the usual for time and date.
B2.Fifth push to setter starts the first line of text.
C.Push left(7 oclock) button until leftmost digit is lit. This button is like a space bar on a keyboard.
D.Press function button(1 oclock)and, after a brief delay,first the alphabet and then numbers and a few characters scroll by.Press function button to stop on desired character. There are a few places while it goes thru the alphabet where there is just a blinking dot - these are your chance for leaving a space. When satisfied with selection press left button to advance to next space right.
E.When line is completed, press setter to move to next line - READ THE
TWO STEPS BELOW TO PREVENT MAJOR FRUSTRATION.
F.When you move to a new character OR a new line(if setting after a battery change), the character selection sequence will always start at the character last displayed while setting the previous character.
Example, I set my watch top say "MOMMA" as part of the message. Once I set the "M" for the third character, all I had to do once moved to the fourth position was quickly hit the 1 oclock function button twice - once to start the alphabetical sequence and again to stop it. Mercifully they built in about 1.5 seconds delay....which ties into the next caveat.
G.You need that delay if you mis-spell a word. Understand, if you want to change a letter in the middle of a word, you must "confirm" each letter in the word by pressing the function button twice(relatively quickly so nothing changes). Going back and changing just one letter WITHOUT "confirming" will not save the change.
Hope this helps someone, the next replay down will show the result.(IS that a retro La Generale case or what!?!
A.First four pushs to setter are the usual for time and date.
B2.Fifth push to setter starts the first line of text.
C.Push left(7 oclock) button until leftmost digit is lit. This button is like a space bar on a keyboard.
D.Press function button(1 oclock)and, after a brief delay,first the alphabet and then numbers and a few characters scroll by.Press function button to stop on desired character. There are a few places while it goes thru the alphabet where there is just a blinking dot - these are your chance for leaving a space. When satisfied with selection press left button to advance to next space right.
E.When line is completed, press setter to move to next line - READ THE
TWO STEPS BELOW TO PREVENT MAJOR FRUSTRATION.
F.When you move to a new character OR a new line(if setting after a battery change), the character selection sequence will always start at the character last displayed while setting the previous character.
Example, I set my watch top say "MOMMA" as part of the message. Once I set the "M" for the third character, all I had to do once moved to the fourth position was quickly hit the 1 oclock function button twice - once to start the alphabetical sequence and again to stop it. Mercifully they built in about 1.5 seconds delay....which ties into the next caveat.
G.You need that delay if you mis-spell a word. Understand, if you want to change a letter in the middle of a word, you must "confirm" each letter in the word by pressing the function button twice(relatively quickly so nothing changes). Going back and changing just one letter WITHOUT "confirming" will not save the change.
Hope this helps someone, the next replay down will show the result.(IS that a retro La Generale case or what!?!
Last edited by retroleds on 07 Nov 2006, 21:38, edited 1 time in total.
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