[How to Check Time]

The time on your Dot Watch is automatically synchronized to the time on your smartphone when paired. The time function continues to operate even after connection to the smartphone is lost. By default, the time is displayed in 12-hour clock mode. 

In standby status or sleep mode, press the select button once to display the time. The left two cells indicate the hours and the right two cells indicate the minutes. Press the select button once more to check the seconds.

[How to Check Date] 

The date on your Dot Watch is automatically synchronized to the date on your smartphone when paired. The date function continues to operate even after connection to the smartphone is lost. 

In standby status or sleep mode, press the select button three times to display the current date. The left two cells read the months and the right two cells read the date.

The Dot Watch allows users to receive notifications from their applications such as text messages and SNS notifications (e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp, weather apps, emails, etc.) Users can save up to 50 notifications on the Dot Watch. Notifications are displayed in braille with the application name, sender information, content, and timestamp, in that order. The most recent notification will appear as the first notification.

*Please note that notifications are synchronized with mobile devices. Therefore, messages that are read from mobile devices are deleted from the Dot Watch. You can check different notifications from different applications such as messages from WhatsApp, Facebook, emails, and more. 

[Reading Notifications] Upon receiving a notification, the device briefly vibrates twice. Turn the Dot Crown counterclockwise (in the direction of the home button) once to the notifications menu. You will see "noti" [dots 1,3,4,5 / dots 1,3,5 / dots 2,3,4,5 / dots 2,4] on the display. From the notifications menu, press the select button once and use the crown to check how many messages are on your Dot Watch. Turn the Dot Crown to scroll one message at a time. Use the touch sensors to scroll ten messages at a time. 

[Saving Notifications] While reading a notification, if you feel the need to save the message on the app, press and hold the select button to save. You can check saved messages on the Dot Watch App.

[Deleting Notifications]

    1) Delete All

If you would like to delete all notifications, go to the screen that informs you of the total number of notifications and press the home button for 3 seconds. Once all notifications are deleted, you will feel a vibration and “none” [dots 1,3,4,5/ dots 1,3,5/ dots 1,3,4,5/ dots 1,5] will be displayed. 

    2) Delete Selected Notifications

When reading a particular message, press the home button until you feel a vibration. That particular message will be deleted.

To use the stopwatch function, scroll the crown counterclockwise twice, and "stop" [dots 2,3,4 / dots 2,3,4,5 / dots 1,3,5 / dots 1,2,3,4] will appear on the display. To start or stop the stopwatch, press the select button. The stopwatch will continue to run in the background if left un-paused. The four cells will display minutes and seconds up to 59 minutes and 59 seconds. After the stopwatch runs for 1 hour, the four cells will display only the hours and minutes until the stopwatch reaches 23 hours and 59 minutes. The stopwatch can count up to 23 hours and 59 minutes. After this point, the stopwatch will be automatically dismissed. 

To use the timer function, scroll the Dot Crown counterclockwise three times, and "timr" [dots 2,3,4,5 / dots 2,4 / dots 1,3,4 / dots 1,2,3,5] will appear on the display. To set the timer, press the select button. The timer will continue to run in the background if left un-paused. The countdown limit is 60 minutes. Here, the left two cells indicate the minutes and the right two cells indicate the seconds. Turn the Dot Crown to scroll one digit at a time and use the touch sensors to scroll ten digits at a time. After setting the minutes, press the select button to move onto the seconds. After setting the seconds, press the select button to start the countdown. Once the countdown is complete, timeout "tout" [dots 2,3,4,5 / dots 1,3,5 / dots 1,3,6 / dots 2,3,4,5] will appear along with vibrations to let you know that time is up. Press the home button to dismiss the timer alarm, or it will be automatically dismissed after 5 minutes. 

Create a memo on the Dot App and check the memo on your Dot Watch. To check for memo, scroll the Dot Crown counterclockwise four times and "memo" [dots 1,3,4 / dots 1,5 / dots 1,3,4 / dots 1,3,5] will appear on the display. Press the select button to view the total number of memos available. Use the Dot Crown to change the numbers. To access a particular memo, press the select button at the desired memo number. Use the touch sensors to scroll through the content of the memo. You may save up to 10 memos. If there is no memo, "non" [dots 1,3,4,5 / dots 1,3,5 / dots 1,3,4,5 / dot 1,5] will appear.

[Receiving Calls]

When you have an incoming call, the Dot Watch will vibrate and "call" [dots 1,4/ dot 1/ dots 1,2,3 / dots 1,2,3] will appear on the display. By pressing the home button, you can reject the call. By pressing the select button, the caller ID will be displayed. If the contact is saved on your mobile device, the name will appear in braille. If not, the number will appear in braille. To receive the call at this time, press the select button once again. 

* For iOS, while checking the caller ID, press the select button to receive the call or home button to reject the call. After receiving or rejecting the call, the display will go back to the home screen.

[Alarms]

You can set up to 10 alarms on the app. At the set time, the alarm will go off on the Dot Watch with vibrations and "al" on the first two cells, along with the alarm number on the third and fourth cells indicated by a number sign and the number 1-9. Alarm number 10 will be indicated by 0. At this time, if there is no user input after pressing the select button, the alarm will reoccur after 5 minutes. Turn the alarm off by pressing the home button or it will automatically stop after 5 minutes.

E.g. Alarm 10: "al0" [dot 1/ dots 1,2,3 / dots 3,4,5,6 / dots 2,4,5]

[Find My Smartphone]

When your mobile device is connected to the Dot Watch, press both the home button and the select button simultaneously twice and the smartphone will vibrate with an audible alarm. Use this function to easily locate your smartphone.

[Switching Watch Modes]

Press the home button -- select button -- home button in that order and hold the select button to switch the watch mode to Tactile Mode/Braille Mode. The device will vibrate to notify you that the mode has been changed. You can switch back to Braille Mode/Tactile Mode by repeating the command process laid out above. You can also configure this in the app.

[Switching to Reverse Mode]

Press the buttons in the following order to switch between the standard mode and the reverse screen mode: press the home button twice -- select button twice -- home button twice -- select button twice -- then press and hold the select button. 

*Note that the select button and home button positions are reversed, as well as the touch sensors, Dot Crown, and the cell display. You can configure this in the app.

[Changing Time and Date Display Order]

    1) Changing Hour Mode

To switch the time displaying in 12-hour clock mode to 24-hour clock mode, press and hold the select button while viewing the time (hours and minutes) or while viewing the seconds. You can also configure this in the app.

    2) Changing Date Display Order

Press and hold the select button while viewing the date to switch the order of the month and date -- from MMDD to DDMM and vice versa. You can also configure this in the app.

[Setting Time and Date]

When the Dot Watch is connected to your mobile device, you cannot manually set the time and date. Two quick vibrations will indicate that you cannot access manual settings. Pleas remember that your Dot Watch is automatically synced to your phone's time and date. 

*When moving to a different time zone, please re-pair your Dot Watch to your phone to re-synchronize the new time zone and date.

    1) Setting Time

To set the time manually from standby status, press and hold both the select button and home button at the same time, and "set" [dots 2,3,4 / dots 1,5 / dots 2,3,4,5] will appear on the screen. Press the select button to set the current hour which is displayed on the first and second cell. Turn the Dot Crown to scroll one at a time. Use the touch sensors to scroll ten at a time. Once set, press the select button to move onto the minutes, which are displayed on the third and fourth cell. After setting the hours and minutes, press the select button. By default, the seconds are set to 00 seconds. In 12-hour cloud mode, turn the Dot Crown to select AM or PM "am" [dot 1/ dots 1,3,4] or "pm" [dots 1,2,3,4 / dots 1,3,4]. Upon setting AM/PM, press the select button, the Dot Watch will vibrate to signal that the time has been set successfully.

    2) Setting Date

To set the date from the home screen, press and hold the select button and the home button simultaneously, and "set" [dots 2,3,4 / dots 1,5 / dots 2,3,4,5] will appear on the screen. Press and hold the select button to set the date. The default year will appear as "2018" [dots 1,2 / dots 2,4,5 / dot 1 / dots 1,2,5]. Turn the Dot Crown to adjust the year, twisting the Dot Crown clockwise to increase by 1 year, or counterclockwise to decrease by 1 year. Then, press the select button to move on to set the month and date. Set the month, which is represented by the first and second cell. Turn the Dot Crown to scroll one at a time. Use the touch sensors to scroll ten at a time. Once you have set the month, press the select button to move on to set the date, which is represented by the third and fourth cells. If the display is currently on dd/mm, then set the month, which is represented by the third and fourth cells, first. Then set the date, which is represented by the first and second cells. Upon setting the date, press the select button. The device will vibrate to signal that the month and date have been set successfully.

[Bluetooth Signal]

It is recommended that you turn off the Bluetooth signal when using the Dot Watch without connecting to a mobile device. On the Bluetooth connection status screen, press and hold the select button. "off" [dots 1,3,5 / dots 1,2,4 / dots 1,2,4] will be displayed and users will not be able to connect the Dot Watch to any mobile devices. Also, it is highly recommended that you turn off Bluetooth signal after disconnecting Bluetooth from the mobile device.

[Reset]

    1) Resetting Bluetooth

To connect the Dot Watch to another mobile device, you need to initialize the Bluetooth memory stored in the device. From standby status, turn the Dot Watch counterclockwise twice to get to the Bluetooth connection status screen. Press and hold both the select button and the home button simultaneously in the Bluetooth connection status screen, and all the pins will come up along with a vibration to indicate that the initialization is complete.

    2) Master Resetting

Make sure the Dot Watch is turned off. Press and hold both the home button and select button until the Dot Watch is turned on. This resets all the Dot Watch settings back to default. It is recommended that you do NOT master reset the Dot Watch while it is still connected via Bluetooth. Everything, including time, watch mode (Braille or Tactile), date, output settings, standby duration, Bluetooth information, will reset to default settings.