Watch Catalog

Casio module 5686

Quartz module. 5686 is the number engraved on the caseback of these watches, and Casio files its operation manual under it. 1 watch in the catalog runs on it.

How to operate module 5686

Short steps in our words. The buttons are lettered as in Casio's operation guide, where each task's page is given.

Set the time and date

  1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold B for at least two seconds, until the Home City name appears; the hands move out of the way.
  2. Press C to move through the settings: Home City, summer time, 12/24-hour format, seconds, hour, minute, date format, year, month, day, and more.
  3. On the seconds, press D to reset them to 00.
  4. On any other time or date setting, press A or D to change it (hold for fast).
  5. Press B to finish.

Good to know

Resetting the seconds between 30 and 59 adds one minute.

For 12/24-hour format, press C twice in the setting mode and switch with D.

From Casio's guide, page 15

Daylight saving time

  1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold B for at least two seconds, until the Home City name appears.
  2. Press C once to reach the summer time setting.
  3. Press D to cycle through AUTO, OFF (standard time) and ON (summer time).
  4. Press B to finish.

Good to know

AUTO is the factory setting and switches between standard and summer time by itself.

From Casio's guide, page 15

Home City

  1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold B for at least two seconds, until the Home City name appears.
  2. Press A or D to change the city (hold for fast).
  3. Press B to finish, or press C to go on to the summer time setting.

Good to know

In the World Time Mode, hold A for at least two seconds to swap the Home Time and the World Time.

From Casio's guide, page 14

Set an alarm

  1. From the Timekeeping Mode, press C three times to reach the Alarm Mode.
  2. Press D to pick the alarm, AL1 to AL5.
  3. Hold B for at least two seconds, until the hour flashes.
  4. Press A or D to set the hour, press C, then set the minutes the same way.
  5. Press B to finish.

Good to know

In the Alarm Mode, press B to turn the shown alarm on or off; on the SIG screen it switches the hourly signal.

The alarm beeps for 10 seconds; press any button to stop it.

From Casio's guide, page 17

Realign the hands

  1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold B for at least five seconds and release when 00 starts to flash.
  2. If the mode hand is not on 00, press A or D to put it there.
  3. Press C to move on to the hour and minute hands.
  4. If they are not at 12 o'clock, press A or D to set them there.
  5. Press B to finish.

Good to know

The buttons move the minute hand; the hour hand follows it.

Strong magnetism or a knock can put the hands out of step with the digital time.

From Casio's guide, page 21

Light

  1. Press A to light the face.
  2. For the duration: in the Timekeeping Mode hold B for at least two seconds, then press C 14 times to show LIGHT.
  3. Press D to choose 1 (1.5 seconds) or 3 (3 seconds), then B to finish.
  4. For Auto Light, press C 13 times instead to show AUTO, and switch it ON or OFF with D.

Good to know

With Auto Light on, the face lights when you tilt the watch 40 degrees or more towards you; it switches itself off after about six hours.

From Casio's guide, page 8

Button beep

  1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold B for at least two seconds, until the Home City name appears.
  2. Press C 12 times: KEY♪ or MUTE flashes.
  3. Press D to switch, then B to finish.

Good to know

Alarm and timer tones still sound with the button beep muted.

From Casio's guide, page 23

Stopwatch

  1. From the Timekeeping Mode, press C once to reach the Stopwatch Mode.
  2. Press D to start, D to stop, and D again to resume.
  3. While it runs, press B to record a lap; the lap time shows for about eight seconds.
  4. When it is stopped, press B to reset it to zero.

Good to know

It shows 1/1000 seconds for the first hour, then 1/10 seconds, up to 24 hours. Up to 200 lap records are kept.

From Casio's guide, page 19

Countdown timer

  1. From the Timekeeping Mode, press C twice to reach the Timer Mode.
  2. Hold B for at least two seconds, until the hours flash.
  3. Press A or D to set the hours, then press C for minutes and C again for seconds, setting each the same way.
  4. Press B to finish.
  5. Press D to start, pause and resume; on a paused countdown, press B to go back to the start time.

Good to know

A start time of 0:00'00 counts down 24 hours. The beeper sounds for 10 seconds; press any button to stop it.

From Casio's guide, page 20

Reset

  1. In the Timekeeping Mode, hold B for at least two seconds, until the Home City name appears.
  2. Press C three times: the seconds flash.
  3. Hold A for at least five seconds and release when RESET stops flashing.
  4. Press B to finish.

Good to know

This returns the watch settings, stopwatch, timer and alarms to factory defaults and also deletes the phone pairing.

From Casio's guide, page 23

Module 5686 specs

Type
quartz
Power
Approx. battery life: 2 years on CR2016 · other watches that take CR2016
Accuracy
±15 seconds per month (with no mobile link function)
Functions
World time, Stopwatch, Timer, Alarm/hourly time signal, Light, Light color, Calendar, Mute feature, Hand shift feature, Airplane mode, 12/24-hour format, Schedule beeper on/off, Date/month display swapping, Day display
Manual
Casio's operation guide for module 5686

Watches with the 5686