Product Manual

FLIRIM75USERGUIDEDocumentIdentifier:IM75‐en‐US_AA

5. Operation

Note:Beforeoperatingthedevice,youmustread,understand,andfollowallinstructions,dangers,

warnings,cautions,andnotes.

Note:Whenthemeterisnotinuse,thefunctionswitchshouldbesettotheOFFposition.

Note:Whenconnectingtheprobeleadstothedeviceundertest,connecttheCOM(negative)lead

beforeconnectingthepositivelead.Whenremovingtheprobeleads,removethepositivelead

beforeremovingtheCOM(negative)lead.

5.1PoweringtheMeter

1.Setthefunctionswitchtoanypositiontoswitchonthemeter.

2.Ifthebatteryindicator showsthatthebatteryvoltageisloworifthemeterdoesnotpower

on,replacethebattery.Seesection6.2BatteryReplacement. 

5.1.1AutoPowerOff

Themeterenterssleepmodeafter30minutesofinactivity.Themeterbeepsthreetimes20

secondsbeforepoweringoff.PressanybuttonorturntheRotarySwitchtopreventthemeter

frompoweringoff.Theautopowerofftime‐outisthenreset.Todisableautopoweroff(APO)

presstheMODEbuttonwhileturningonthemeter.TochangetheAPOtime,readsection

5.12.6SetupUtility

5.2ManualAC/DCSelection

Whenmeasuringvoltage,presstheMODEbuttontoselectACorDCvoltage.

5.3AutoRange

Auto‐Rangeistheonlymodeof operationforCapacitance;rangesareautomaticallyselectedby

themeter.InsulationandEarthBondResistancetestsallowforvoltagetestselectionusingthe

rotaryswitch.

5.4‘Smart’Out‐of‐RangeWarnings

Iftheinputisover/underthefull‐scalerange,thedisplaywillshow>xor<x,wherexisthehighor

lowendofthefull‐scalerange.

5.5DataHoldandAuto‐HoldModes

Thesetwomodesarediscussedindetailbelow.IntheSettingsmenu,ifAuto‐HoldissettoOFF,the

meterwilloperateinthestandardHoldmode.IfAuto‐HoldissettoONinthesettingsmenu,the

meterwilloperateintheAuto‐Holdmode.

5.5.1DataHoldMode

InDataHoldmode,presstheHOLDbuttontocapturethemeasurementthatisshownonthe

maindisplay.Thecapturedreadingwillbedisplayedinthesecondary,upperdisplayarea(the

maindisplaywillthenfunctionnormally).The‘H’displayiconwillappearsolidontheLCDin

theHoldmode.ToexittheHoldmode,presstheHOLDbuttonagain.