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1256E User Manual
Using the Front-Panel Controls 3-24
Racal Instruments
©
2002
Enabling or Disabling the Screen Saver
The purpose of the screen saver is to maximize the life of the
fluorescent display. The screen saver automatically turns the
display off after no controls have been operated for a certain time
interval. To set this time interval, refer to
Setting the Screen
Saver Timeout
, later in this section.
To enable or disable the screen saver, proceed as follows:
1. Press the top key next to the display. Rotate the knob until
the top line reads:
>-----SETTINGS-----<
2. Select line 2 (next to the top line) by pressing the second
key. Rotate the knob until line 2 of the display reads
“
Type:Display
“:
-----SETTINGS-----
> Type: Display <
Option: Format
Status: Hex
3. Press the third key to select line 3 of the display (option):
Rotate the knob until line 3 of the display reads as follows:
-----SETTINGS-----
Type: Display
> Option: Saver <
Status: Enabled
4. If line 4 already shows the desired status, then no further
action is necessary. Otherwise, select line 4. Then rotate the
knob until line 4 shows the desired status (enabled or
disabled). This example uses “Disabled”:
-----SETTINGS-----
Type: Display
Option: Saver
<Update?: Disabled
Then press the fourth key (bottom) to update. Pressing any
other key cancels the change.
NOTE
Menu preferences are not normally retained after the
power is removed from the instrument. To make (a)
menu preference(s) permanent, make the desired
change(s) to settings first and then proceed to the
section Storing the Menu Preferences to make the
changes permanent. Following this procedure will put
the settings into non-volatile memory and allow them
to be restored during instrument power-up.