Thanks in advance for the help.
This is my 2nd G-shock I've purchased used this year on the bay. The first was for my daughter in ROTC, and it was the G-Shock GWM-5600-BC, with is a smallish, squarish, all black, reverse display with a bracelet band. She loves it and it fits her small wrist perfectly.
I purchased and received yesterday a Casio Pathfinder PRG-60, Triple Sensor, which I'm guessing is about ten years old. Module 2767, for which I found the Manual online, and followed the directions. I actually don't normally wear a watch, but I have a trip planned to Montana at Christmas time to go skiing, so I thought it would be cool to have a watch that told me temp, direction, and especially, altitude. Just for fun.
When I opened the package yesterday, per the manual, I set the digital hour, minutes and seconds, day, year and date, check. I set the analog hands, check. I activated the auto backlight, check.
The battery is on the 3rd setting, high. The watch looks almost brand new.
I checked the Compass, and it seems to function perfectly, check.
I checked the Barometer, and aside from using a scale I'm not familiar with ... 1020, 1040, etc, seems to work fine, check.
But I can't get the Altimeter to read anywhere close to the 100 ft (30 meters) altitude at which I am right now. In Timekeeping mode, I push the D button, the watch gives one beep, the the display goes blank where the time was displayed, then in about five seconds the numbers 2350 appear, with a tiny M letter just to the right. I take that to mean the watch sensor thinks I am at 2350 meters, but I am at about 100 feet altitude at the moment, in Los Angeles.
So I retry it, and the display again goes blank, then up comes 8250, then 5210, the five dashes, then -380, then -160, etc. then goes to five dashes for at least 20 seconds, then 7290, then dashes, then 155, then quick-blinks and shows -690, then 9885, then 9720, then 5675, then -30, then 6030, then five dashes, etc. all over about two minutes. Once last night the sensor read "err".
Is there some way I was supposed to have calibrated the altimeter, or is it broken? I don't think it is a battery issue since the battery is at the highest charge setting.
If there is something basic I failed to do, that would be great b/c I like the watch and all the other functions seem to work fine. If the sensor is broken, I'll return it to the seller for a refund.
Thanks.
This is my 2nd G-shock I've purchased used this year on the bay. The first was for my daughter in ROTC, and it was the G-Shock GWM-5600-BC, with is a smallish, squarish, all black, reverse display with a bracelet band. She loves it and it fits her small wrist perfectly.
I purchased and received yesterday a Casio Pathfinder PRG-60, Triple Sensor, which I'm guessing is about ten years old. Module 2767, for which I found the Manual online, and followed the directions. I actually don't normally wear a watch, but I have a trip planned to Montana at Christmas time to go skiing, so I thought it would be cool to have a watch that told me temp, direction, and especially, altitude. Just for fun.
When I opened the package yesterday, per the manual, I set the digital hour, minutes and seconds, day, year and date, check. I set the analog hands, check. I activated the auto backlight, check.
The battery is on the 3rd setting, high. The watch looks almost brand new.
I checked the Compass, and it seems to function perfectly, check.
I checked the Barometer, and aside from using a scale I'm not familiar with ... 1020, 1040, etc, seems to work fine, check.
But I can't get the Altimeter to read anywhere close to the 100 ft (30 meters) altitude at which I am right now. In Timekeeping mode, I push the D button, the watch gives one beep, the the display goes blank where the time was displayed, then in about five seconds the numbers 2350 appear, with a tiny M letter just to the right. I take that to mean the watch sensor thinks I am at 2350 meters, but I am at about 100 feet altitude at the moment, in Los Angeles.
So I retry it, and the display again goes blank, then up comes 8250, then 5210, the five dashes, then -380, then -160, etc. then goes to five dashes for at least 20 seconds, then 7290, then dashes, then 155, then quick-blinks and shows -690, then 9885, then 9720, then 5675, then -30, then 6030, then five dashes, etc. all over about two minutes. Once last night the sensor read "err".
Is there some way I was supposed to have calibrated the altimeter, or is it broken? I don't think it is a battery issue since the battery is at the highest charge setting.
If there is something basic I failed to do, that would be great b/c I like the watch and all the other functions seem to work fine. If the sensor is broken, I'll return it to the seller for a refund.
Thanks.