Product Manual

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Operation
NOTES:ReadandunderstandallWarningandCautionstatementsinthisoperationmanual
priortousingthismeter.
MeterPower
Themeterispoweredbytwo(2)AAA1.5Vbatteries(locatedincompartmentonbottomofmeter
handle).PressandholdthePowerbuttonfor>2secondstoswitchthede viceONorOFF.
WhenthemeterswitchesONthedisplayshowsthebatterystatus(FULL,forexample).Thereis
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alsoabatterystatusicondisplayedonthelowerrighthandcorneroftheLCD.
Lowbatteryindication
WhenthedisplayedbatteryiconappearsemptyorifthepowerONbatterystatusmessage
indicatesweakbatterypower,thebatteriesshouldbereplacedimmediately.Refertothe
batteryreplacementprocedureinthemaintenancesection.
AutomaticPowerOFF
ThemeterswitchesOFFautomaticallyaftera20minuteperiodofinactivity(±30seconds).To
disabletheAutoPowerOFFfeature:
 WiththemeterpowerOFF,pressandholdthePowerbuttonfor>2seconds
 Whenthedisplayshowsthebatterystatus(FULL,forexample),pressthebacklight
button
untilthedisplayshows‘AoFF’.
 TheAPOfeatureisnowdisabledandthemeterwillnotshutoffautomatically.
 Notethatthenexttimethemeterispoweredup,theAutoPowerOFFfunctionwillbe 
re‐enabledandtheuserwillhavetorepeattheAutoPowerOFFdisableinstructionsto
disablethisfunctionwhendesired.
BacklitLCD
PressthebacklightbuttontoswitchtheLCDbacklightONorOFF.Notethatexcessiveuseofthe
backlightfeaturewillshortenbatterylife.
DataHold
PresstheHOLDbuttonwiththemeterONtofreezethedisplayedreading.TheHOLDiconwill
appearalongwiththeheldreading.PresstheHOLDbuttonagaintoreleasetheHOLDfeature.
TheHOLDiconwillswitchOFFandthemeterwillshowrealtimereadings.