User manual

Making Measurements 2
Testing for Continuity
U1190A Series User’s Guide 37
Changing the continuity visual alert
You can set the backlight to flash along with the beeper
sound as a continuity indication whether the
circuit- under- test is less than the threshold resistance.
Follow the steps below to enable or disable the continuity
visual alert.
1 Press and hold while powering on the clamp meter to
enter the Setup menu.
2 Press again. The continuity visual alert ( ) is the
fourth Setup item shown.
3 Press to make changes to the continuity visual alert.
Press or to enable or to disable the continuity
visual alert (the backlight turns on or off).
4 Press to save the changes, or press to discard
the changes and proceed to the next Setup item.
5 Cycle the clamp meter’s power to exit the Setup menu.
NOTE
• You can set the beeper to sound and the backlight to flash as a
continuity indication whether the circuit-under-test is less than (short)
the threshold resistance.
• The continuity function detects intermittent shorts lasting as short as 1
ms. A brief short causes the multimeter to emit a short beep and flash.
• You can enable or disable the visual alert via the Setup menu. See
“Changing the continuity visual alert” on page 37 for more information.
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