SAILING-TOUCH User`s Manual
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1. www tissot ch 3 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH Ti TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 GENERAL USER INFORMATION Activating the touch sensitive glass Activating the light Setting mode Display mode Activate the glass The display light will stay on for 5 seconds Date display Default display Select a function When the glass is activated the symbol will flash on the digital display Time 1 display T If the watch is not manipulated it will automatically deactivate after Time 2 display T2 15 seconds move display and or hand Exception In compass mode position forward the glass will deactivate after Touch one of the 7 touch sensitive Set 30 seconds areas of the glass to activate the move display and or hand corresponding function position backward Options Display If no manipulation for 10 seconds the setting mode is deactivated Return to Date display SETTING gt TIMES T amp T2 Pressing and holding or will move the hands forward or backward After a full revolution the minutes hand will stop and the hour hand advances reverses in steps of one hour Time T2 is set in steps of 15 minutes relative to T1 Setting mode forward 1 min Validate setting back 1 min a The seconds restart at zero hands and display b The seconds continue Activate glass Time T or T2 display example T SETTING gt DATE T2. a route delimited with buoys around which they will try and turn around before sailing to the finish line The fastest to complete the route wins the regatta Description of function Your SAILING TOUCH is equipped with a special regatta countdown that can be set from 0 to 10 minutes and is used during the pre start phase of a regatta The watch emits a triple beep at the end of every minute a double beep every ten seconds during the last minute a simple beep for the last 9 seconds and finally a quintuple beep announcing the start of the race when the countdown reaches zero Besides during the countdown phase it is possible to synchronise your SAILING TOUCH on the shots of canon using the pusher It is synchronised to the nearest full minute When reaching zero the countdown then automatically transforms into a special racing chronograph that indicates minutes and hours elapsed through the hands and seconds on the LCD display Resolution 1 100 sec Measurement range 99 hrs 59 59 and 99 100 sec Activate glass Chrono display Start chrono Speed display Split partial time Start chrono A X a Flashing stop with partial time displayed and chrono running in background b Restart the chrono catching Reset chrono back the elapsed time Stop chrono 11 15 www tissot ch 147 EN SAILING TOUCH SETTING gt SPEED DISTANCE AND LENGTH Ti
3. countdown Synchronisation Countdown ends and switches 10 to 01 Minutes minute hand shows seconds with shot of canon automatically to race chronograph Example countdown of 5 minutes hour hand shows minutes Hours and minutes indicated with the hands Seconds on the LCD display Stop countdown or race chronograph Here 1 h 30 min 24 sec SETTING gt REGATTA Regatta countdown display Setting mode add 1 minute Validate setting remove 1 minute Minute range 0 to 10 min www tissot ch 10 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH SETTING gt A on ae 0 Finish REGATTA _ Start SPEED gt CHRONOGRAPH T TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 Regatta A regatta is a race between two or more boats most commonly sailing boats There are different phases in a regatta It starts off with a departing procedure where all boats competing have to stay for up to 10 minutes behind the starting line As the boats are constantly moving behind the line the goal is to be as close as possible to the starting line when the countdown ends in order to gain the advan tage of starting first During the complete duration of the departure procedure shots of canons are fired as indication of the time left to the competitors In order to be as precise as possible you can synchronize the Sailing Touch with the canon shots When the countdown is over the race starts and all competitors have to follow
4. mode Validate setting www tissot ch 9 15 147_EN SAILING TOUCH Ti TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 SETTING gt SWAP Swap mode allows the exchange of time T1 with time T2 Example Before travelling one can set the local time zone of the destination under T2 and upon arrival use the swap setting to have local time displayed as T1 When returning simply swap the two time zones back again Swap display Setting mode sawap Validate setting wap Y Yes SETTING gt STANDBY Standby mode is a battery economy mode All the functions are deactivated with only the time amp date counters updated This mode economises the battery when the watch is not being worn JED Back to time amp date mode Automatic switch to standby mode after 10 seconds Beep every second 7 b stop the count the watch does not switch to standby mode slachy amp S lila made www tissot ch 6 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH Liki TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 P SETTING gt SYNCHRONISATION The watch needs to be synchronised if the watch hands do not display the same time as the digital display or if they are not correctly superimposed when accessing the functions The watch is desynchronised when its electric motors mechanism is disturbed due to heavy impacts for example N B The glass must be active to access the synchronisation mode TEE Units display Synchronisation Po
5. particularly important while sailing For example when the hands are on 6 and the histogram is indicating that during the last hour the pressure variation lost 3 hPa 3 lines less it means that a rapid deteriora tion in weather is to be expected The SAILING TOUCH program takes into account the atmospheric pressure variation over the last 6 hours to calculate the trend to indicate Further more the pressure variation caused by a rapid change in altitude is detected by the watch and compensated automatically so it only has a mini mal impact on the barometric trend The SAILING TOUCH digital display indicates the relative at mospheric pressure values in hectoPascals hPa You can find relative pressure data on the website www findlocalweather com Characteristics of function Measurement range relative pressure 950 hPa to 1100 hPa Resolution 1 h a Resolution histogram no zoom 1 line z 1 hPa zoom in 1 line z 0 5 hPa zoom out 1 line 1 5 hPa Unit conversion 1 hectoPascal hPa 1 millibar mb www tissot ch 9 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH Liki TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 The Regatta function consists of a countdown that can be set from 0 to 10 minutes numbers on the bezel and is used as a timer for the departure procedure of a regatta When the countdown reaches zero it transforms into a race chronograph Activate glass Regatta countdown display Start the
6. 9 kilometres 0 1 to 999 kilometres per hour MI 1 foot to 999 miles 0 1 to 999 miles per hour www tissot ch 12 15 147_EN SAILING TOUCH T TISSOT _ SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 COMPASS The minutes hand points to magnetic North By setting the magnetic declination the minutes hand will indicate True North In compass mode the digital screen displays the azimuth angle between Heading 12 o clock and the North minutes hand Activate glass Compass display User compass calibration Back to Compass display SETTING gt COMPASS gt MAGNETIC DECLINATION 7 TN X Compass display Setting mode and magnetic 1 degree East Validate setting declination display 1 degree West SETTING gt COMPASS gt COMPASS CALIBRATION In case you feel that your SAILING TOUCH is no longer pointing to North due to a shock or a strong exposure to a magnetic field you can recalibrate it cr Turn the watch more than a complete revolution on a horizontal surface e g a table in an environment Compass Activate calibration mode free from magnetic interference at a rotation speed calibration display glass deactivated of around 30 per second Total time 20 seconds maximum during calibration vp ep a Calibration successful b Calibration failed data stored repeat calibration Back to compass display www tissot ch 13 15 147_EN SAILING TOUCH Ti TISSOT SWISS W
7. ATCHES SINCE 1853 GLOSSARY gt COMPASS Compass Azimuth In compass mode your SAILING TOUCH i i n compass mode the LCD display of your SAILING TOUCH indicates the azimuth indicates the True North Pole factoring in heading magnetic declination Azimuth explanations Hendi eading 5 The azimuth is the horizontal angle BRE f between the direction of an object Heading z Compass explanations heading and True North and is N The vertical lines meridians on the Earth converge at the True North Pole Ng measured in degrees from 0 to 359 indicating its direction The hand of a conventional compass indicates the direc e g East 90 In compass mode 12 tion of the Magnetic North Pole Nm The angle a between these two direc o clock represents the heading given tions Ng and Nm is known as magnetic declina by the azimuth relative to True North s Azimuth tion The magnetic declination value depends on factoring in magnetic declination 315 your location on Earth Furthermore the Magnetic You can follow a given azimuth e g 315 using your SAILING TOUCH Hold it North Pole is constantly moving So the magnetic horizontally in front of you and turn on yourself until you can read the given azi declination value also depends on the date If the muth here 315 in the LCD the direction that you will face at that moment is the correct magnetic declination value for the loca di
8. Ti TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 SAILING TOUCH Users Manual Acknowledgements We would like to thank you for choosing a TISSOT watch a Swiss brand among the most highly renowned in the world Your SAILING TOUCH watch has the most recent technical innovations It gives you a constant analogue time display and a variety of digital displays In addition the following functions can be accessed simply by touching the glass Alarm Compass Meteo Regatta Speed Chronograph Tide www tissot ch 1 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH Ti TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 CLICK www tissot ch 2 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH Ti TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 FUNCTIONS 2nd function 1st function Ist function 2nd function 4 ACTIVATE OH ACTIVATE SENSITIVE LIGHT GLASS ZA Water resistance 10 bar 10 bar 100 m 330 ft Time zone 1 T1 T2 Time zone 2 Ante meridien AM L W PM Post meridien Battery type button type lithium AL manganese dioxide primary Low battery MR nia Alarm hPa Hecto Pascals battery cell Active touch sensitive glass D Activate touch sensitive glass Activate light CENTRE Time 1 4 REGATTA Countdown chronograph 10 CENTRE Time 2 4 SPEED Chronograph tachymetre 11 CENTRE Date 4 COMPASS Compass 13 CENTRE Options 5 ALARM Alarm 14 METEO Weather 8 TIDE Tide schedule 15
9. cy to low or high tide Low tide H Bee High tide Activate glass Activate tide Hour hand indicates the tendency to low or high Display time of next low tide tide Minute hand moves between 9 o clock and 3 o clock and indicates the actual state of the tide amplitude Display time of next high tide 8 2 SETTING gt TIDE For your SAILING TOUCH to indicate correct tidal information you need to enter the exact time of the next high tide at your location Please visit one of the websites listed on page 15 for information about tidal times time forward Setting mode time backward Validate setting SETTING gt TIDE Tides Ants Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the rotation of the Earth and the gravita ional forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun The interval between two high tides is of approximately 12 hours and 25 minutes A During high tide the sea level rises because the side of Earth facing the Moon nearest it is attracted by the gravitational force of the Moon Combined with the centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the Earth oceans stretch into an ellipse with the Earth in the center The ellipse has two peaks one nearest the Moon and one arthest from it at the antipodal point As the Earth spins on its axis once a day and the Moon needs longer about SUN 30 days to rotate around the Earth the ellipse stays aligned
10. he calendar is perpetual i e the number of days per month is predefined In continuous setting the days scroll past slowly at first and then guicker After a full month the calendar scrolls in months and then likewise in years at day Validate setting back one day Activate glass Date display Setting mode www tissot ch 4 15 147 EN SAILING TOUCH T TISSOT _ SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 READING gt OPTIONS Activate glass Options display Switch to sub menus Beep display Swap timezones T1 with T2 see page 4 Units display Automatic switch to standby Back to units display At any time exit sub menu mode after 10 seconds back to date display Beep every second SETTING gt UNITS RM A Select mode 12 24 hours in Select mode NM M or MI Validate setting Units display Setting mode 12 hour mode AM or PM NM length in feet and nautical miles Selecting 12 hour mode appears in the display below speed in knots M length in meters and displays the date in the format the time kilometers speed in kilometers per hour MM DD YY month day year MI length in feet and miles speed in and 24 hour mode in the format miles per hour DD MM YY day month year SETTING gt BEEP Deactivating the sound silences adjustment beeps but not the alarms Activated on Deactivated off Beep display Setting
11. lines 8 15 A flashing column means that at that particular time the pressure variated greatly either positively or negatively 147 EN SAILING TOUCH eA Description of function In weather mode the hands are superimposed to indicate the weather trend Explanations Weather changes are related to variations in at mospheric pressure When atmospheric pressure increases the sky clears The area is then referred to as a high pressure area or anticyclone A When atmospheric pressure decreases the sky clouds over The area is then referred to as a low pressure area or depression D The SAILING TOUCH measures these pressure variations and indicates the weather trend with the hands which can adopt the following 7 positions according to the weather developments 6 Big pressure drop rapid deterioration 4 Moderate pressure drop probable deterioration Z Small pressure drop probable slight deterioration 12 o clock No notable weather change 2 Slight pressure rise probable slight improvement 4 Moderate pressure rise probable improvement 6 Big pressure rise rapid improvement TE TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 Histogram mode provides more details as to the weather forecast While the hands indicate the tendency to either sunny or rainy weather the histogram shows the exact amplitude of these variations Knowing when and how the weather will evolve is
12. o TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 Set a distance or a length to enable the SAILING TOUCH to respectively calculate an average speed or an instantaneous speed AFINS Speed display Setting mode increase length or distance decrease length or distance GLOSSARY gt SPEED Description of function Validate setting This function uses the chronograph and a chosen distance to calculate either the average or instantaneous speed of a moving object such as a boat a car a bike or a man Average speed In order to calculate your average speed over a chosen distance simply insert the distance in the watch using the pushers and use the chronograph to time your run Instantaneous speed The speed function of your Sailing Touch can also let you know the instantaneous speed of a moving object e g a boat Enter the length of the boat in the watch and time the boat when passing a fixed object For example start the chronograph when the prow of the boat reaches a buoy and then stop the chronograph when the stern reaches the buoy Note 1 The distance of the run or the length can even be entered in the watch after timing Note 2 Measurement units can be changed in the options menu See page 5 of this manual Note 3 kmh in the display means that the chronograph was not activated Characteristics of function Length and speed limit NM 1 foot to 999 nautical miles 0 1 to 999 knots M 0 1 meter to 99
13. rection azimuth to follow tion and date is set see the setting procedure Note 1 on page 10 the minutes hand of your SAILING For a correct indication of North it is extremely important to hold the watch as TOUCH will point to True North Ng If the mag evel as possible netic declination is set to 0 your SAILING TOUCH a 4 o Note 2 will point to Magnetic north Nm The magnetic declination values and dates A x are indicated on topographic charts or can be found using special software The compass function like any other com pass should not be used near a metal or available on the Internet i magnetic mass In case of doubt you can recalibrate your compass Characteristics of function For the whole world http www ngdc noaa gov geomagmodels Declination jsp Accuracy 8 Resolution 2 ALARM The 2 alarms are associated with time T1 An alarm lasts 30 seconds without repeating When the programmed time is reached you can stop the alarm by pressing one of the push buttons Stop alarm Alarm rings Stop Alarm Alarm 2 display Alarm 1 or 2 display Activate or deactivate Setting mode 9 time forward Validate setting alarm time backward www tissot ch 14 15 147_EN SAILING TOUCH Ti TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 TIDE The minute hand indicates the actual state of a tide at a chosen location and the hour hand shows the tenden
14. sition the hour hand at Validate setting Position the minutes Validate setting setting mode 12 o clock hand at 12 o clock Return to Time T mode If the watch is synchro nised the hands should be perfectly superimposed in the 12 o clock position www tissot ch 7 15 147_EN SAILING TOUCH WEATHER In weather mode the hands are superimposed to indicate the weather trend Activate glass Relative pressure in hPa Histogram of relative pressure over last 6 hours k TISSOT SWISS WATCHES SINCE 1853 SETTING gt RELATIVE PRESSURE PRESETTING Calibrating this pressure makes weather forecast more accurate The possible relative pressure is deliberately limited between 950 hPa and 1100 hPa 7 rN X Setting mode HISTOGRAM up one hectopascal down one hectopascal Validate setting The weather histogram in the display shows the evolution of the relative pressure during the last 6 hours Each of the 6 columns displayed eguals 1 hour the one on the right being the most recent and each line eguals a rise or a drop of 1 hPa in relative pressure 1 line one hectopascal E or S Dio o Histogram display www tissot ch 1 line one hectopascal press and hold pusher for zooming in difference of 0 5 hPa between lines 1 line one hectopascal press and hold pusher for zooming out difference of 1 5 hPa between
15. with the Moon meaning that there are two high and two low tides in one day Description of function Upon activation of the Tide function the hands of your SAILING TOUCH indicate actual tidal information The minute hand moves between 9 o clock and 3 o clock and indicates the actual state of the tide amplitude The hour hand points to 9 o clock L or 3 o clock H If it points to L it means that the actual tidal tendency is to low S M ide and if it points to H it is to high tide E EARTH The LCD display indicates the time of the next high and low tides 7 HIGH TBE Note For best accuracy of the tide function set tidal times as frequently as possible For your safety always carefully plan boat trips with accurate information and tools that meet your needs Useful links www tides info www sailwx info www tissot ch 15 15 147 EN
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