Timex M-286 Marathon Installation and operation manual

Contents:

How to start your TIMEX MARATHON ......

How to operate your TIMEX MARATHON ...

How lo set your TIMEX MARATHON........

How to change your En8rgy C€ll ....

How your TIMEX MARATHON works .......

The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) syst€m . ..

The Excitable Ouartz Crystal

Care and Service of your TIMEX MARATHON

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How to start your TIMEX@ MARATHON rM

To start your TIMEX MABATHON, simpty push the right

and lelt button simultaneously.

How to operate your TIMEX MARATHON

1. Press the left button to illuminate for viewing in the dark

2. To display the month,/date and then the day, press the

right button once and release. The month/date will be

displayed momentarily. and then the day will be dis_

played momentarily and finally the time will reappear.

On some models the day will be displayed belore the

month,/date.

3. To display seconds, press the right button twice. Seconds

will remain displayed until the right button is pressed

again, and then the time will reappear.

How lo set your

TIMEX MARATHON

Rotate lho lett button so the flat

sid€ is toward the front of the

watch.

To Set Month: Each time the

left button is pressed, a

dittarent function will appear in the

display window of your watch.

Press th€ left button repeatedly

until a number without a colon (:)

appears on the left side ot the

display as illustrated. This number

ropresents a month e.g. 4 is April.

Press the right button and hold in

until the number representing the

proper month appears.

To Set Dala: Press the lott button repeatedly

until the date (no colon shows) appaars on the

right side of the display as itlustratsd. press the

right button and hold in until the proper date

appears.

To Sel Day ol Weok: Press the left button

repeatedly until the day appears on the right

side ol the display. Press the right button and

hold in until the proper day appears.

To Set Hour: Press the lett button repeatedly

until the hour (colon shows) appears on th6 left

side of the display and "A" (AM) or "p" (pM)

appears on the right side of the display as

illustrated. Press th€ right button and hold in

until the correct AM or PM hour appears.

To Set Mlnutes: Press the teft button repeatedty untit the

minute (colon shows) appears on the right side of the

display as illustrated. Press the right button and hold in to

set one or two min ut€s ahead of the correct time. press the

lett button once to display th€ hour and minute (colon not

flashing). At the exact instant when the correct time is the

same as the displayed time, press the right button once

(colon wi ll start tlashing). Seconds are automatically set to

zero when min utes are set. Rotate the left button so ihat the

llat side is toward the back ol the watch. The watch is now

set and the buttons are in the normal operating position.

How to change your Energy Cell

One Tl MEX Energy Ceil - Type H (1 SO4) - provides the power

to operate your TIMEX MARATHON. To replace the cell,

proceed as lollows:

1. lnsert athin edge into theopening underthe casebackand

carelully pry the caseback off.

2. RemOve the old Energy Cell.*

*Do not dispose of old Energy Cell in fire or attempt to

recharge.

3. lnsert a new Timex Energy Ceil - Type H (1 S04) - with the

positive side facing up (as illustrated).

4. Realign the caseback and press it firmly into ptace. Reset

the month, date, day, and ilme. (Refer to Seiting

lnstructions).

How your TIMEX MARATHON works

A schamatic drawing ot the TIMEX Oigital timekesping

system is shown on Page10. All ol the system's major

circuits are integrated into a tiny silicon chip containing

ov6r 2,000 transistors in a spaca less than 'l15 ol an inch on

a side. Th6 system is powered by one small Tl MEX Energy

Csll. Energyfrom th6call is directed through an oscillator

circuit, which causes the quartz crystal to s€nd elsctrical

pulsalions (32,768 times p€r second) to the divider ci rcuits.

The dividsr circuits thon reduce thes6 electrical pulses to

one pulse per second. These once per second pulses are

counted and, by m6ans ol th€ logic ci rcuits in th€ decoder

section, are directad to tho appropriate el€ctrod€s on lhe

liquid crystal display to show tha time or the date.

l.Polarizinglilm. .%.

2. Top glass plat€ with

electrodes in the form

of segmented num-

bers.

The Liquid Crystal Display

(LCD) System

Your TIMEX MARATHON shows you the time, date, day, or

seconds. But how does the display work?

ln the TIMEX MARATHON a thin, transparent layer of

highly-purified liquid crystal matsrial is soal€d b€tween

glass plates. These plates carry transparent electrodes in

the shape ol ssgmontgd numorals. When an electrical field

is applied across opposite electrod6s, tha numerals turn

dark, allowing you to read the time, date, day, or seconds.

With a push ota button, a light will illuminate ths displayto

allow viewing in the dark.

3. Liquid crystals

tinod by spacer.

5. Polarizing film

\K.i

6. Dittuser, lamp and re- K--:-:-::\

flecto'. \ \

The "Excitable" Ouartz Crystal

Quartz is probably as old as our planet. lt is a common

mineral with an uncommon charactsristic. lt seems inert.

But when connected to proper electronic circuits, it will

pulsate at a steady, unvarying rate

The quartz crystal in your TIMEX

MARATHON is designed to vibrate

32,768 times per second, and the

rhythm of these pulsations is

extremely stable. Thus, the quartz

crystal creates a dependable time

standard, maintaining a constant

rate with great precision.

Care and Servicing of your

TIMEX MARATHON

CARE: llthetime displaywindow becomes damaged, have

it replaced at once. When your TIMEX En€rgy Cell'.is

deplated, it should b€ replaced promptly. We recommend

that you use a gen uine TIMEX Energy Cell, Type H (1 504). lt

may be obtained from your local TIMEX Retailer or

Authorized TIMEX Warranty Service Center. i

SERVICE; lf your TIMEX MARATHON should ever need

servicing, either send it to TIMEX address€d as lollows:

PRODUCT SERVICE

P.O. BOX 2740

LITTLE ROCK, AR.72203

or take it to an Authorized TIMEx Warranty Service Centsr.

Consult the yellow pages in your telephon6 directory under

"Watches - Repairing" tor th€ I isti ng ol a C€nter near you.

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