battery dead after one day?! or broken core?

[whistlerdan]

So I just got a core and at the end of the first day wearing it, vertical lines appeared on the screen that make the numbers impossible to read. Also a lot of the symbols are lit up like alarm , even though i did not turn alarm on. When i switch to alti-barro or compass, the battery indicator also turns on. Is it simply out of juice? ON the first day? or is there something more serious wrong with it ? Unfortunately I am not in a place where i can buy a new battery to try it out just yet.

thanks!

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[SonnyD]

Try removing the battery for 10 minutes or so and
let the watch reset. That might take care of it. Since
everything is lit up, it's probably not the battery, but
it could be.
Regards Sonny