Auto time correction - G Shock wave ceptor.

[nick_j007]

Hi all I have this model http://www.casio.co.uk/Products/Watches/G-Shock/GW...

I've not been wearing it for a couple of months since I took ownership of my new Omega Planet Ocean

I see that the time has not gone back to GMT, so it sits an hour fast, but perfect otherwise. As the watch is radio controlled, should it not do this itself automatically?

If a manual job, how do I do it please?

TIA.

Nick

[trickywoo]

I have an Ediface waveceptor which always corrects for the clocks going back.

Even though yours is saying the correct time (but an hour out) I would suspect that its not picking up the signal. On mine with the digital window showing the day and time pressing the bottom right button brings up a screen saying GET which shows the date followed by the time of the last signal received. Mine says 0102 for yesterday. If yours doesn't show this its not getting the right signal.

I forget how but the watch needs to be programmed to the relevant time signal. It'll say in the booklet. When I got mine it was set to one in Germany for some reason.

Good luck. If you've lost your book I could dig mine out and scan the relevant section.

[nick_j007]

TVM Tricky. Mine shows as 21st Oct then. Clocks changed end of Oct hence the old time.

Also, no signal in display. Not sure why, it sits in the window in the office mostly, and I do have a signal here.

Will have a mess about with it.

Nick

ETA. Pressed and held the bottom right button and it goers into a blank screen mode with the time at bottom (albeit 1 hr ahead) and RC! next to it.

RC = Receiving or reception maybe?

I can see the signal bar upper right - though it seems to be fluctuating a little. Been like that for 5 mins and no change in time...yet.

Edited by nick_j007 on Friday 12th November 14:34

[CardShark]

My G (different model) corrected itself the following day sometime overnight, it was in 'sleep' mode the day before as I had it in a dark drawer therefore it couldn't recharge itself, may have been why it didn't change first time around. If I remember correctly you can manually ask the watch to search for the correct time or you can leave it to adjust itself between midnight and 5am.

[nick_j007]

Might have done it now.

It was set to LON as in LONdon. Have gone to GMT which shows the correct time now. Still no reception bars though. Will reposition watch to see if it comes on.

My daughter asked me who invented time the other day...she's 11. A good question I thought!

[Muska]

I only remember this as I've just done it to a new G shock arrival today!

While it's receiving leave the top of the face pointed towards a window and don't move it. The manual states it can take from 7-14mins to receive. Mine took about that with a full signal.

[nick_j007]

Online manual here http://ftp.casio.co.jp/pub/world_manual/wat/en/qw2...

Will look at that

[ShadownINja]

Is it at all possible that you've set the wrong time-zone and turned off daylight saving time. Or something.

[nick_j007]

Am doing another manual getting of time by going into RC! mode and will just leave it for a while. Put watch back into LON mode and not GMT as instructions say it has to be either LON, PAR or BER to do a manual search.

Will update later.

Thank you all.

[nick_j007]

Took it upstairs and it got a better signal and found it had updated correctly come the morning.

Thanks!

[CommanderJameson]

Yup, as you've discovered, there's a certain amount of "stop pressing buttons and leave it alone" with WaveCeptors.

I've had a couple and it's always worth giving it an hour or so after farting about with the timezone settings, before declaring it borked.

[Tiggsy]

I have G and a Protrek an both update each night sat in my watch box....do people really in the UK really need to put them by a window? (You must live behind big trees!)

[ShadownINja]

Tiggsy said:

I have G and a Protrek an both update each night sat in my watch box....do people really in the UK really need to put them by a window? (You must live behind big trees!)

It's down to electrical interference according to the manual. Or you live in a shed.

[nick_j007]

I do happen to live in a shed yes.

[johnbaz]

Hi Nick

I have this one (far right) and the first time it should have changed, it didn't so i put it in the bedroom window, it was correct the next morning..

From memory, these radio controlled watches receive a signal three or or four times a day (which actually happen at night!), the signal i think comes from the atomic clock at Rugby but i heard this was going to change so whether there's a new clock being built or for some reason this one is going to be moved is anyones guess

I presume these watches will correct themselves each time a leap second is introduced...

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/time/leap/


John