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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 5
PHYSICAL FEATURES .............................................................................................................................. 7
Unpacking the instrument ........................................................................................................................... 7
Handling the instrument ............................................................................................................................. 7
Keyboard and liquid crystal display ......................................................................................................... 10
Installing batteries .................................................................................................................................... 11
Connecting external power ....................................................................................................................... 13
Turning on the instrument ........................................................................................................................ 14
Power quality ............................................................................................................................................ 14
STANDARD OPERATIONS...................................................................................................................... 17
Power reset ............................................................................................................................................... 17
Measurement ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Error checking .......................................................................................................................................... 20
SAMPLE TYPES AND SAMPLE PRESENTATION ............................................................................. 23
Sample presentation.................................................................................................................................. 23
Homogenous samples ............................................................................................................................... 23
Non-homogenous samples ........................................................................................................................ 24
Problem samples ....................................................................................................................................... 24
THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL MENU ................................................................................................ 25
DISPLAY CONTROL ................................................................................................................................ 27
Multiple measurement display .................................................................................................................. 27
Multiple sample display ............................................................................................................................ 28
WORKING WITH STORED SAMPLE MEASUREMENTS ................................................................ 29
Changing the active sample ...................................................................................................................... 29
Manually selecting a standard .................................................................................................................. 30
Automatic standard selection.................................................................................................................... 31
Storing sample measurements .................................................................................................................. 31
Clearing stored sample measurements ..................................................................................................... 31
Disabling sample measurement storage ................................................................................................... 32
PICKING COLORS FROM A SEARCHLIST ........................................................................................ 33
Picking the closest color ........................................................................................................................... 33
Finding a color neighborhood .................................................................................................................. 34
Search performance .................................................................................................................................. 37
