Product Manual

FLIRCM55_CM57USERGUIDEDocumentIdentifier:CM55_CM57‐en‐US_AB

5. Operation

Note:Beforeoperatingthedevice,pleasereadandunderstandallWarningandCaution

statementsandfollowallinstructionsandnotes.

5.1PoweringtheMeter

Themeterispoweredbytwo(2)AAA1.5Vbatteries(locatedinthecompartmentonthebackof

themeter).PressandholdthePowerbutton

for>2secondstoswitchthedeviceONorOFF.

5.1.1AutoPowerOFF(APO)

ThemeterswitchesOFFautomaticallyafteranapproximately10‐minuteperiodofinactivity.

SeveralsecondsbeforethemeterautomaticallyswitchesOFFthemeterbeepsseveraltimesto

alerttheuser.

TodisabletheAutoPowerOFFfeature:

 WiththemeterpowerOFF,pressandholdthePowerandHOLDbuttons

for>2seconds.

 Thedisplayshows‘AoFF’whileitpowersup.

 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APOfunctionwillbere‐enabled

andtheusermustrepeattheAPOdisableinstructionstodisablethisfunction.

 WhenAPOisactive,theAPOiconappearsonthedisplay

.

 APOactiveisthedefaultcondition.

5.1.2LowBatteryIndication

Whenthedisplayedbatteryicon appearsemptyandflashing,orifthemeterdoesnot

powerup,thebatteriesmustbereplacedimmediately.Refertothebatteryreplacement

procedureinthemaintenancesection.Notethatmeasurementaccuracyismaintainedeven

whilelowbatteryalertsaredisplayed.

5.2WorkLights

Withtheunitpoweredup,presstheWorkLightbutton toswitchthehighpowerWorkLights

ONorOFF.NotethatexcessiveuseoftheWorkLightswillshortenbatterylife.

5.3DataHold

PresstheHOLDbuttonwiththemeterONtofreezethedisplayedreading.TheHOLDicon(H)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reverttodisplayingrealtimereadings.

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