Chauvin Arnoux CA-F201, User Manual

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Successive
presses on
… serve
-to select AC or DC. Depending on your choice,
the screen displays AC or DC
-to cycle through the
Ω
and diode test
modes and to return to the continuity test
-to select °C or °F as the unit
2.3 KEY
2.3.1 In the normal mode
This key activates detection of the MAX and MIN values of the measurements made.
Max and Min are the extreme mean values in DC and the extreme RMS values in AC.
R emark :
in this mode, the "automatic switching off" function of the device is
automatically de-activated. The
symbol is displayed on the screen.
Successive presses on
… serve
short
-to activate detection of the MAX/MIN values
-to display the MAX or MIN value successively
-to return to display of the present measurement
without exiting from the mode (the values already
detected are not erased)
R emark:
the MAX and MIN symbols are both displayed, but
only the symbol of the quantity selected blinks.
Example: If MIN has been selected, MIN blinks and MAX is
lit steadily.
long (> 2 sec)
to exit from the MAX/MIN mode. The values
previously recorded are then erased.
R emark:
if the HOLD function is activated, it is not possible
to exit from the MAX/MIN mode. The HOLD function must
first be de-activated.