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Powering฀the฀Tester฀฀
You฀can฀power฀the฀tester฀with฀four฀AA฀alkaline฀batteries฀
(included),฀four฀rechargeable฀nickel-metal฀hydride฀or฀
nickel-cadmium฀batteries,฀or฀four฀1.5฀V฀lithium฀batteries.฀
Most฀of฀the฀tester’s฀screens฀show฀a฀battery฀status฀icon฀
(b)฀near฀the฀upper-left฀corner.฀The฀message฀Low฀
Batteries!฀appears฀when฀the฀batteries฀are฀too฀low฀for฀the฀
tester฀to฀function.฀
The฀batteries฀last฀about฀20฀hours฀during฀typical฀use฀(with฀
the฀backlight฀at฀the฀dim฀setting).฀
Figure฀26฀on฀page฀65฀shows฀how฀to฀replace฀the฀batteries.฀
Verifying฀Operation฀
The฀tester฀performs฀a฀basic฀self-test฀when฀you฀turn฀it฀on.฀If฀
the฀tester฀reports฀an฀error฀or฀does฀not฀turn฀on,฀refer฀to฀“If฀
Something฀Seems฀Wrong”฀on฀page฀65.฀
Setting฀User฀Preferences฀
The฀following฀sections฀describe฀settings฀you฀may฀want฀to฀
change฀when฀you฀first฀start฀using฀the฀tester.฀For฀Autotest฀
settings,฀see฀“Selecting฀Tests฀to฀Run”฀on฀page฀18.฀
Changing฀the฀Language฀and฀Length฀Units฀
To฀change฀the฀language฀and฀length฀units:฀
1 Turn฀the฀rotary฀switch฀to฀SETUP.฀
2 Press฀
D฀to฀highlight฀Language฀/฀m
⋅ft;฀then฀press฀
H฀or฀J.฀
3 Use฀
A฀D฀to฀highlight฀a฀setting;฀then฀press฀Hor฀
J.฀
4 Use฀
A฀D฀to฀change฀the฀setting;฀then฀press฀H.฀
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