User manual

EX36x‐en‐GB_V1.61/17

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andfusereplacements.

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20

minutesofinactivity.WhenAPOisenabled,theAPOiconwillshowonthedisplaywhenthe

meterispoweredON.TodisableAPO,refertothenextsection.

Note:Themeterdisplaysthebatterycapacitywhen

poweringup.Thedisplaywilleithershowthe

wordFULL(batteryfullycharged)orapercentagerepresentingremainingbatterypower.The

internationalsegmentedbatterystrengthsymbol

isalsoshownonthedisplayatalltimeswhen

themeterisONandwhenthereissufficientbatterypowertopowerthemeter.

DisableAutoPowerOFF

ThemeterwillautopowerOFFafter20minutesofinactivity.Todefeatthisfeature,followthe

stepsbelow.

1. WiththemeterOFF,pressandholdtheM(MODE)buttonand,whilecontinuingtohold,turn

therotaryfunctionswitchtoanypositiontopowerONthemeter.

2. The

displaywillshowAOFF.

3. Releasethebutton.

4. APOwillnowbedisableduntilthenextcycleofpower.

DisplayBacklight

WiththemeterpoweredON,pressthebacklightbutton toswitchthebacklightONorOFF.Note

thatexcessiveuseofthebacklightwillshortenthebatterylife.

SmartDataHold

TofreezetheLCDmeterreading,presstheH(HOLD)button.Whiledataholdisactive,theHOLD

displayiconappearsontheLCD.PresstheHbuttontoreturntonormaloperation.TheHOLDicon

willswitchOFF.

Themeter’sbeeperwillsoundandtheLCDwillflashifthe

detectedsignalis50countsgreaterthan

theheldreading.

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orCATIV600Vinstallations.Donotmeasurevoltages>1000VACorDC.

Removethestoragecapsfromthemeterendoftestleadsbeforeconnectingleadstothemeter.