SWITCHING ON PERMANENTLY
After 10 minutes of operation without pressing a button or turning the rotary switch or reading
the digital output, a battery economy system puts the instrument to sleep. This auto Off is
preceded by a beep and flashing of the digital display for one minute.
If you operate the instrument whilst it is flashing, the instrument will continue its active
operation for a further period of 10 minutes in the selected functions and without taking into
account the button pressed to wake it up. If you turn the switch the instrument will continue
to operate for a further 10 minutes.
To avoid your Fieldmeter setting to sleep mode every 10 minutes, you can cancel the Auto
Off function. To do this, press
rotary switch. The
operation. This cancellation of the Auto Off function is cancelled when the instrument is next
switched Off (switch to the OFF position).
Note :
Auto Off is automatically cancelled on RECORD mode and in certain cases, on the SCAN
function.
DEACTIVATING THE "BEEP"
A buzzer, which is a piezo-electric chip, is used to indicate that the buttons are being pressed
and different functions used. The table below defines the frequencies and the lengths of the
beeps in all the functions of the instrument.
FUNCTIONS
Press button
Press button > 2s
Button inoperative
MIN recording
MAX recording
Low alarm
High alarm
Alarms crossed
Auto Off
Memory
SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
HOLD
P
symbol is displayed indicating that the Fieldmeter is in permanent
40 ms
65 ms
2 kHz
2 kHz
4 kHz
X
X
X
simultaneously when switching On with the
125 ms
1 kHz
2 kHz
X
X
X
52
250 ms
Continuous
1 kHz
1 kHz
2 kHz
X
X
4 kHz
X
X