User manual

MA160‐en‐GB_V1.010/15
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4. Operation
CAUTION:ReadandunderstandalloftheSafetystatementslistedinthesafetysection
ofthismanualpriortouse.
PoweringtheMeter
1. Turntherotaryfunctionswitchtoanypositiontopowerthemeter.Checkthebatteriesifthe
unitfailstopowerON.RefertotheMaintenancesectionforbatteryreplacement.
2. TurnthefunctionswitchtotheOFFpositiontopowerOFFthemeter.
3. ThemeterhasanAuto
PowerOFFfeature(APO)wherethemeterswitchesOFFafter15
minutesofinactivity.WhenAPOisenabled,theAPOiconwillshowonthedisplaywhenthe
meterispoweredON,
Thelowbatterysymbol
appearsonthedisplaywhenthebatteryvoltageweakensbelowthe
threshold.
DisplayBacklight
WiththemeterpoweredON,pressandholdthebacklightbutton toswitchthebacklightONor
OFF.Notethatexcessiveuseofthebacklightwillshortenthebatterylife.
WorkLight
WiththemeterpoweredON,presstheWorkLightbuttonontherightsideofthemeter.A
momentarypresswillswitchtheWorkLightoff.TheWorkLightlampislocatedonthebackofthe
unittowardthebottomoftheclampjaw.Notethatexcessiveuseofthe
backlightwillshortenthe
batterylife.
DataHold
TofreezetheLCDmeterreading,presstheDataHold(H)button.Whiledataholdisactive,theH
displayiconappearsontheLCD.Pressthe(H)buttontoreturntonormaloperation.TheHiconwill
switchOFF.
TestLeadConsiderations
TestleadprobecoverscanberemovedforCATII1000Vinstallations.Usethetestleadprobe
coversforCATIII1000Vinstallations.Donotmeasurevoltages>1000VDCor600VAC.Remove
thestoragecapsfromthemeterendoftestleadsbeforeconnectingleadstothemeter.