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GB/IE
Preparing the product for use
Pull out the insulation strip from the battery com-
partment
5
.
Replacing the battery (Fig. C)
Loosen the screw located at the back of the
product.
Open the battery compartment
5
on the back of
the product.
Remove the used battery, if present.
Insert a battery type CR2032 in the battery
compartment
5
.
Note:
Make sure you insert the batteries with the
correct polarity. This is indicated on the cover of
the battery compartment.
Close the battery compartment
5
and tighten the
screw.
Operation
Set the product on a solid, level and flat surface to
weigh.
Weighing
Note:
Always place the object you wish to weigh
gently onto the weighing surface
1
to avoid damag-
ing the glass surface.
Briefly touch the button / TARE
3
to switch on
the product. The LC display
2
will show all dis-
plays for approx. 3 seconds.
Note:
A slight touch of the button / TARE
3
and the button UNIT
4
is sufficient to operate the
product. If there is too much pressure, the product
may cause tilting.
During this time the weighing equipment on the
product is adjusting. Afterwards the numerical dis-
play
10
will read „
0
“. The unit display
11
will
show the last unit selected.
Note:
if an object (e.g. a key) is already on the
weighing surface
1
while switching on, the
numerical display
10
will still read „
0
“.
Place the item you wish to weigh onto the product.
The numerical display
10
will show the weight of
the item you are weighing.
Incremental weighing
Touching the button / TARE
3
with the product
on will change the numerical display
10
from the
reading to „
0
“. The „Tare“ symbol
9
will appear.
Now add another item to weigh onto the product.
The numerical display
10
will show the weight of
the newly added item.
If you remove the item added to the product, the
numerical display
10
will again read „
0
“.
If you remove all items from the product, the LC
display
2
will show a negative value indicated
by the minus symbol
8
.
Then briefly touch the button / TARE
3
, and
the „Tare“ symbol
9
will disappear.
Important!
Be sure never to add more than 5 kg
to the weighing surface
1
. Overloading the
product can damage it.
Changing the measuring unit
The product will display the weight in the official Euro-
pean measuring unit „g“ (grams), as well as the tradi-
tional unit of weight „oz“ (ounce, 1 oz ≈ 28.35 g) or
„lb’oz“ (pound: ounce, 1lb = 16 oz ≈ 453.59 g).
When measuring the volume of water, the product cal-
culates it by the weight using the official European unit
