Agilent Technologies HP 83711A, User Manual

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The 4
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5 key moves the cursor ( 9 ) that appears over one of the digits in the
display to the right one digit each time it is pressed.
The digit that is currently under the cursor will be increased or decreased in
steps of one as the knob is rotated. Clockwise rotation of the knob increases
the digit under the cursor and counterclockwise rotation decreases it. If
pressing the 4
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5 key moves the cursor too far to the right, pressing the 4
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5
key will move the cursor back to the left.
N O T E
The digit under the cursor is aected only b y the knob , not the 4
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5 and 4
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5 ke ys.
If 4 SHIFT 5 (ENTRY OFF), 4 ) 5 ) has been enabled, the cursor will disappear
from the display and rotating the knob will have no aect on the parameter .
Note that the cursor indicates that particular parameter is active . F or
example , if the cursor appears over any digit in the frequency display , the
frequency parameter is the active parameter .
If an arrow key is pressed that moves the cursor to a position that is o the
display , another cursor will appear next to the original cursor to indicate
that the actual cursor position is o the display . F or example , if a frequency
multiplier of six is entered into the synthesizer , the maximum frequency
entry that can be made is 120 GHz (20 GHz26). The display , however , only
has room to display two digits to the left of the decimal point. If you were to
attempt to position the cursor three digits to the left of the decimal point, the
double cursor would appear , indicating that the actual cursor position is o
the display .
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