GW-5000 syncing problem

[mindforge]

Does anyone know what it means when you have only dashes on the GET screen on a GW-5000? I have tried manually syncing on various window sills but it remains the same. Never used to have a problem. Thanks.

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[Toddy]

Is it 3 dashes? Think this means a successful automatic sync the night before

[mindforge]

Is it 3 dashes? Think this means a successful automatic sync the night before

Yes, one dash before the colon and two dashes after. Oh right, I thought it was successful when it told you the time it had synced the previous night?

It's out of sync with my other G Shock which tells you what time it had last synced.

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[RobDad]

I think that means it hasn’t synced. Often they won’t manually during the day but will at night. Wear it to bed tonight and I bet it’ll synch!


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[mindforge]

I think that means it hasn’t synced. Often they won’t manually during the day but will at night. Wear it to bed tonight and I bet it’ll synch!


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Thought so. I thought you have to leave it by a window sill? It hasn't synced for ages. I'll give it a go wearing it to bed! Use the body as a transmitter...

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[RobDad]

I think it depends on location. In the uk I’ve found mine tends to synch nearly every night nowhere near a window - well, there’s a window in the room but I don’t put it on the sill. I do think the body acts as an antennae when you wear them tbh, lots of mentions on G shock fora of it working


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[dkpw]

If you ever need to ensure a good sync on a steel cased atomic G-Shock, all you need to do is help with a better antenna.

Simply pop the G-Shock over a coat hanger, a metal water bottle or anything metal and you'll be sure to get a signal.

[Davidh]

https://casiofanmag.com/manuals-2/3159-instruction/


Instructions are above. There is a reception trouble shooter which is fairly complicated and also it will go into power save mode if lo batt. In power save mode it does not sync.


I own a different model that did that, it showed full batt but refused to sync, soon it showed lo batt and wouldn’t ever fully charge. A replacement battery fixed it.


Good luck

[mindforge]

I think it depends on location. In the uk I’ve found mine tends to synch nearly every night nowhere near a window - well, there’s a window in the room but I don’t put it on the sill. I do think the body acts as an antennae when you wear them tbh, lots of mentions on G shock fora of it working


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The weird thing is, it has been fine for years but now stopped syncing.

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[mindforge]

If you ever need to ensure a good sync on a steel cased atomic G-Shock, all you need to do is help with a better antenna.

Simply pop the G-Shock over a coat hanger, a metal water bottle or anything metal and you'll be sure to get a signal.

Thanks, worth a go.

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[mindforge]

https://casiofanmag.com/manuals-2/3159-instruction/


Instructions are above. There is a reception trouble shooter which is fairly complicated and also it will go into power save mode if lo batt. In power save mode it does not sync.


I own a different model that did that, it showed full batt but refused to sync, soon it showed lo batt and wouldn’t ever fully charge. A replacement battery fixed it.


Good luck

Thanks, I will check it out. Hm that sounds like a pain, and the reason I got a solar one to avoid thst problem. Do you have to get Casio to replace it?

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[Kingstepper]

Don’t suppose your home city has inadvertently changed? Often won’t sync if that is incorrect.

[mindforge]

Don’t suppose your home city has inadvertently changed? Often won’t sync if that is incorrect.

Genius, I think it was on Tokyo perhaps from when I was last there ages ago. I changed it to London and did a manual sync and it worked, including DST. Thank you!

[Kingstepper]

Excellent!