What are the symbols on the face of a Casio watch? What do they mean?

Besides being interested in the color and design of the watch face, square, round, etc., it is also important to learn about the symbols on the watch. Genuine Casio watches often have initials that are difficult to understand for first-time users. So what do these symbols mean? The following article will show the symbols on the Casio watch face and decode them.

Button symbols

– MODE: The button with the position corresponding to this letter is used to access the modes: Timekeeping, Stopwatch, Alarm, World Time, …

– ADJUST: The button with the position corresponding to this letter is used to adjust the time setting.

– LIGHT: The button with the position corresponding to this letter is used to turn on the light, control the light.

– G: The button with the position corresponding to this letter is used to turn on the light, control the light like the LIGHT button.

– SEARCH: The button with the position corresponding to this letter is used to search and control functions. The SEARCH button is also known as the D button in the user manual.

– SPLIT , RESET , START , STOP: Stopwatch control buttons, usage as the name suggests (see also user manual).

– REVERSE ; FORWARD: Reverse means backward (-) and Forward is forward (+), the use of these two buttons is equivalent to SPLIT, RESET, START, STOP.

– CONNECT: The name of the button that activates the signal to connect the phone.

– COMP/COMPASS: The button with the word COMP is used to enter Quick Compass Mode. Watches with the word COMPASS will have a sensor for the earth’s magnetic field to determine the direction.

– BARO/BAROMETER: The button with the word BARO is used to enter the quick air pressure measurement mode. Watches with the word BAROMETER will have the function of measuring air pressure (for altitude or weather forecasts).

– ALTI/ALTIMETER: The button with the word ALTI is used to enter the quick altimeter mode. Watches marked ALTIMETER will have an air pressure sensor to measure altitude.

– TEMP/THERMOMETER: The button with the word TEMP is used to enter the quick temperature measurement mode. Watches with the word THERMOMETER will have a temperature sensor to measure the temperature.

– 12/24H: The button with the position corresponding to this letter is used to convert the time format extremely quickly from 12h to 24h and vice versa. The 12/24H button is also involved in controlling other functions.

Feature symbols

– TOUGH SOLAR: Any G-Shock or Casio model with this lettering will operate on light energy.

– BLUETOOTH: This line shows that the watch can connect to smartphones (with Casio’s connection app installed) via bluetooth to update accurate time, monitor health, etc.

– MULTI BAND: Indicates the watch can receive radio signals to update the correct time, the numbers behind MULTI BAND 6, MULTI BAND 5, etc. indicate the number of frequencies the watch can receive signals from. .

– ILLUMINATOR: Shows the watch with dial illumination.

– SUPER ILLUMINATOR: This text indicates that the watch has a powerful LED light that illuminates the dial or is equipped with up to 2 lights.

– NEON ILLUMINATOR: Indicates that the watch uses a NEON (fluorescent) type illuminator, with a wide illumination angle (lighting evenly throughout the dial) but slower than LED.

– DUAL ILLUMINATOR: These models will have 2 dial lights.

– ELECTRO LUMINESCENT BACKLIGHT: Only models that use dial illumination technology are placed under the LCD screen background, not at the corner of the face, so the light is evenly distributed, not too dark or too dark.

– WORLD TIME: All G-Shocks have world time, but if a model has WORLD TIME on the dial, it means they have the ability to quickly see multiple time zones or have more time zones than usual.

– ALARM: Means Alarm, indicating this is a watch with Alarm function.

– CHRONO: Short for Chronograph, which means Stopwatch, indicating this is a watch with Stopwatch function.

– PROTECTION: Means Protection, referring to water resistance, shock resistance, resistance to harmful factors affecting the movement.

– 10 YEAR BATTERY: Means battery life up to 10 years.

– 7 YEAR BATTERY: Means battery life up to 7 years.

– WATER RESIST/WATER RESISTANT (often abbreviated as WR): Means water resistant, the level of water resistance is shown by the accompanying numbers, especially G-Shock is usually 20BAR/200M (water resistant when swimming, diving) .

– SHOCK RESIST: Refers to the shock resistance of the watch when subjected to strong activity or impact.

– MUD RESIST: Refers to mud resistance, indicating that this watch has buttons that prevent mud from entering even when pressed.

– SNZ: Abbreviation for Snooze Alarm – Reminder Alarm.

– ALM: Short for ALARM – Alarm.

– AL1 AL2,…: Short for Alarm sets, numbers represent the order of Alarms.

– SIG: Short for SIGNAL, broadcast the announcement every hour.

– DST: Abbreviation for Daylight Saving Time this time).

– P: Short for PM (Post Meridiem), which means afternoon, is activated on watches that use the 12H format when afternoon time begins.

Parts components

– Lithium : Lithium is a high-capacity watch battery, while the word Lithium will notify us that this model is using a Lithium battery (coin battery).

– SENSOR : Means sensors, electronic devices that sense the elements of temperature, pressure, magnetic field, light, … usually the position of the words “SENSOR” is also the location of the sensors. of the clock.

– TWIN SENSOR : The watch will have two sensors (each sensor is a measuring function, maybe 2 of the following: Compass, Temperature, Air Pressure). The location where this word appears is also usually the location of the watch’s 2 sensors.

– TRIPLE SENSOR : Three sensors (each sensor is a measurement function, can be 3 of the following: compass, temperature, air pressure). The position where this word appears is also the location of the watch’s 3 sensors.

Above is an article explaining the symbols on the face of Casio watches. Hope this article provides you with useful information!