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Post by Groundhog66 on Mar 12, 2015 16:53:54 GMT -8
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Post by sdoocms on Mar 12, 2015 17:00:41 GMT -8
Congrats Tim! But I find watches that need me to read a book to figure them out challenging.  |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Mar 12, 2015 18:13:11 GMT -8
Congrats Tim! But I find watches that need me to read a book to figure them out challenging. There's really not much to read, pretty simple. Not sure what the issue is with the manual sync, but I'll see if it syncs tonight by itself. |
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Post by russtmurray on Mar 12, 2015 18:19:34 GMT -8
Tim, does that one get the radio signal from Fort Collins?
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Post by Groundhog66 on Mar 12, 2015 18:40:01 GMT -8
Tim, does that one get the radio signal from Fort Collins? Yes, Russ, this one syncs through the atomic clock. |
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Post by trandy on Mar 12, 2015 19:21:56 GMT -8
Love it....totally badass...congrats to you on a great purchase. Welcome to the square rubber watch club!  |
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Post by trandy on Mar 12, 2015 19:23:23 GMT -8
Congrats Tim! But I find watches that need me to read a book to figure them out challenging. Carl...they're really very simple...I'm no techno genius and I figured it out right away. And I didn't even have to read the book!  |
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Post by earthphase on Mar 12, 2015 19:24:29 GMT -8
Owned many atomic Gs, and notta one I've been able to manually sync. It'll sync tonight no problem, especially if it is off your wrist and/or your sleeping and not moving.
Nice pick up!!
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Post by Benchdweller on Mar 12, 2015 19:48:12 GMT -8
I thought this was going to be a thread about 'specialist evening interests'... Very disappointed... Nice watch btw. I don't own a G currently but I've been looking at the negative display version of this one for a while as a grab and go beater and something I can sync my other watches to. Its the SKX of the Casio range imho and that's no bad thing  |
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Post by seikola on Mar 12, 2015 19:54:39 GMT -8
Tim, does that one get the radio signal from Fort Collins? Yes, Russ, this one syncs through the atomic clock. Hi I have the same G-shock (Almost) and find there are some parts of my home where the signal is rubbish, I have to find somewhere where the signal is showing L2 or L3 before it will sync manually, It will sync at L1 but it's a bit hit or miss. I love mine, it's the most reliable of all my watches and will probably out last me
SEIKOLA
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Post by russtmurray on Mar 12, 2015 20:09:04 GMT -8
Yes, Russ, this one syncs through the atomic clock. Hi I have the same G-shock and find there are some parts of my home where the signal is rubbish, I have to find somewhere where the signal is showing L2 or L3 before it will sync manually, It will sync at L1 but it's a bit hit or miss. I love mine, it's the most reliable of all my watches and will probably out last me Seikola
I just park mine in the bedroom window facing southeast and presto! Manual? Yeah I saw it............. |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Mar 12, 2015 20:14:30 GMT -8
Hi I have the same G-shock and find there are some parts of my home where the signal is rubbish, I have to find somewhere where the signal is showing L2 or L3 before it will sync manually, It will sync at L1 but it's a bit hit or miss. I love mine, it's the most reliable of all my watches and will probably out last me Seikola
I just park mine in the bedroom window facing southeast and presto! Manual? Yeah I saw it............. So I probably just need to sit it in the window, facing East. I'll give it a shot tonight, hopefully it works. I'm assuming there is a way to tell if it sync'd? |
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Post by doomguy10011 on Mar 12, 2015 21:42:00 GMT -8
Great G-Shock, I love the Atomic models. My only one is a piece that I destroyed as a kid and put back together with parts from donor watches. Thought of getting a DW5300 but read that the resin rots pretty badly on those.
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Post by seikola on Mar 13, 2015 5:24:50 GMT -8
I just park mine in the bedroom window facing southeast and presto! Manual? Yeah I saw it............. So I probably just need to sit it in the window, facing East. I'll give it a shot tonight, hopefully it works. I'm assuming there is a way to tell if it sync'd? Hi If you look at the picture of mine there is a small bar under "Sig" to indicate it's synced recently, As long as you are receiving either level 1,2 or 3 on your window ledge it should sync OK , but if there is no level showing ie. there is no L1,L2 etc. just a blank space where it should be then it won't sync manually or automatically. Mine sometimes misses an auto sync when the weather is bad but not often. Seikola
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Mar 13, 2015 5:43:41 GMT -8
I don't like rubbers . . . . but that is a cool watch! Congrats and enjoy it.
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Post by Groundhog66 on Mar 13, 2015 5:52:09 GMT -8
So I probably just need to sit it in the window, facing East. I'll give it a shot tonight, hopefully it works. I'm assuming there is a way to tell if it sync'd? Hi If you look at the picture of mine there is a small bar under "Sig" to indicate it's synced recently, As long as you are receiving either level 1,2 or 3 on your window ledge it should sync OK , but if there is no level showing ie. there is no L1,L2 etc. just a blank space where it should be then it won't sync manually or automatically. Mine sometimes misses an auto sync when the weather is bad but not often. Seikola
I read through the manual again, and it says the presence of "RCVD" in the upper left corner, means it synced successfully. I have not figured out what the "SIG" represents yet.  Since it is located by the other alarm functions, perhaps it has something to do with that? Edit - I just found it, the SIG is for the hourly time signal. I'm assuming it beeps, at the top of each hour when turned on.  |
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Post by bluestormz on Mar 13, 2015 6:00:31 GMT -8
Welcome to the club. Mines a GW-5000 |
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Post by seikola on Mar 13, 2015 9:39:49 GMT -8
Hi If you look at the picture of mine there is a small bar under "Sig" to indicate it's synced recently, As long as you are receiving either level 1,2 or 3 on your window ledge it should sync OK , but if there is no level showing ie. there is no L1,L2 etc. just a blank space where it should be then it won't sync manually or automatically. Mine sometimes misses an auto sync when the weather is bad but not often. Seikola
I read through the manual again, and it says the presence of "RCVD" in the upper left corner, means it synced successfully. I have not figured out what the "SIG" represents yet. Since it is located by the other alarm functions, perhaps it has something to do with that? Edit - I just found it, the SIG is for the hourly time signal. I'm assuming it beeps, at the top of each hour when turned on. Yep You're quite right, That will teach me to assume  Looks like you got it synced up then, excellent. A few years back a shop in the uk called Argos had hundreds possibly thousands of them listed on ebay at about £25 and once word got round the forums they sold like hot cakes, It shows what good watches they are when you see how few of them ever get flipped in the sales sections. seikola
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2015 9:43:27 GMT -8
Your aware of my feelings about these watches.... nice!
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Post by SpinDoctor on Mar 13, 2015 16:40:16 GMT -8
There's too much interference during the day to expect a successful sync which is why they are set to automatically sync in the middle of the night. The technology is actually pretty interesting. Reception based time keeping is always contrarian to the mechanical ways, when considered in and of itself, its an engineering marvel. Here's an interesting patent describing how the signal is received and interpreted. From citizen. www.google.com/patents/US7190745The Ft Collins tower is called WWVB. the wiki page has some good explanations of the function. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWVBMy experiences with Casio RC has been hit or miss, but I live on the east coast with a lot of stuff between me and colorado. Citizen by far has the best performance. I've even had manual syncs at high noon work fine. I suspect the larger cases for the analog models allow for a larger RC antenna than what is available in the casio digitals. |
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