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4. Preparing the measurement
Insert the batteries
• Open the battery compartment lid.
• Insert four 1.5 V AA (alkaline type LR6) batteries. Make sure that the bat-
teries are inserted with the correct polarity, according to the label. Do not
use rechargeable batteries. The message
“The device is ready for use.
You may start measuring.”
is displayed.
• Close the battery compartment lid again carefully.
• With inserted batteries, the unit permanently displays the time and date.
If the the low battery indicator
and
appear, no further measurements can be
performed. The device will announce:
“Battery weak.”
Please replace all batteries. Once the batteries have
been removed from the unit, the date, time and language must be set again.
Used batteries should not be disposed of in normal household waste. Dispose of them via
your electronics retailer or your local recycling point. You are legally obligated to do so.
Note:
The codes below are printed on batteries containing harmful substances:
Pb: battery contains lead, Cd: battery contains cadmium, Hg: battery contains mercury.
Set date, time and language
This menu allows you to set the following functions, one after another.
Date Time Language Volume
It is essential to set the date and time. Otherwise, you will not be able to save your measured values correctly
with a date and time and access them again later.
The time is displayed in 24-hour format.
In addition, the device has 3 language settings. The device is set to German when supplied to the cus-
tomer.
If you press and hold the function buttons
, you can set the values more quickly.
Voice output
Date/T
ime
• Switch on the device with the Start/stop
button.
• Press and hold the Memory button for 5 seconds.
The year flashes on the display.
The device is ready for use.
You may start measuring.
• Set the year with the function buttons
and confirm with the
Memory button .
• Set the month, day, hour and minutes and confirm each setting
with the Memory button .
Language
The language will flash on the display
.
• You can select the following languages with the function buttons
:
= German
= English
= Spanish
= Language off
Deutsch
English
Español
Confirm your selection with the Memory button .
= Language off means that there is no voice output and
therefore no acoustic playback.
4 x AA (LR6) 1,5 V
