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If the rows of dots are running at the edge of the tape and you would like to center them,
press the BEGIN button. This will start a new reading and re-center the dots to the middle
of the tape. You can also use this button if you’ve moved the watch or otherwise disturbed
the current reading and wish to start a clean measurement of the next 100 beats.
It’s difficult to see the details of the individual beats when the overall rate is fast or slow,
because the dots run off the edge of the tape. This was unavoidable with traditional paper
tape timers. But because MicroSet allows you to specify any arbitrary rate as the correct
rate, you can get the lines to run straight simply by telling MicroSet that the current rate
is the correct rate. In other words, when you first enter the Paper Tape Mode, simply
accept the last rate reading without adjusting it to be the known correct rate. In this case,
the lines will be straight, the beat errors will be easy to see, and any fluctuation in rate
will be easily seen as a divergence from straight lines.
