User manual

407780A‐EU‐ENv1.34/14

Externalpowersource

InserttheplugofanACadaptororexternalbatterypackintotheDC6V(DCsourcefrom5Vto

6V)socketonthesideoftheinstrument.Whenaconnectorisinsertedintothissocket,the

internalbatterieswillbedisconnectedandtheinstrumentwillbepoweredfromtheexternal

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source.Thelowbatterysymbol

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willappearonthedisplayiftheexternalvoltageis

insufficientfortheinstrumenttoprovideaccuratemeasurements.

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Note:Ensurethattheexternalpowersourceisconnectedwiththepolarityasindicatedinthe

followingdiagram;otherwisedamagemaybecausedtotheinstrumentandexternalpower

source.

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Windscreen

Whenmakingmeasurementsinstrongwinds,windnoiseandstrongairmovementsatthe

microphonecancausemeasurementerrors.Sucheffectcanbereducedbyusingthe

windscreen.

TripodMounting

Forlong‐termmeasurements,theinstrumentmaybemountedonastandardcameratripod

usingtherearintegral¼”x20UNCmountingthread.

Alarmoutput

IfthemeasureddBlevelexceedsthesetlimit,theoverlimitsignalwillappearatthealarm

outputconnector(5Vdcoutput).Theoutputsignalwillremainactiveaslongasthesoundlevel

exceedsthesetlimit

Settingthesoundlevelalarmhighlimit:

1. SwitchthemeterOFF.

PressandholdtheLEQSELSPLbuttonwhileswitchingthemeterON.

3. ReleasetheLEQSELSPLbutton;theALARMsymbol(alongwiththecurrentlysetlimit)is

displayed.

4. Usethe▲▼buttonstosetthedesiredsoundlevelhighlimitvalue.

5. PressLEQSEL

SPLbuttontostorethesettingandtoexitthismode.

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SoftwareInstallationandOperation

Forinstallationandoperatinginstructions,pleaserefertothecontentsofthesuppliedCD‐

ROM.

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