Fluke 196C Freezing the Readings, Selecting Auto/Manual Ranges, Activate manual ranging

Using The Multimeter	2
Freezing the Readings

Freezing the Readings

You can freeze the displayed readings at any time.

1	Freeze the screen. HOLD appears
	at the top right of the reading
	area.
2	Resume your measurement.

You can use this function to hold accurate readings for later examination.

Selecting Auto/Manual Ranges

To activate manual ranging, do the following during any Meter measurement:

1	Activate manual ranging.
2	Increase or decrease the range.

Observe how the bargraph sensitivity changes.

Use manual ranging to set a fixed bargraph sensitivity and decimal point.

Note

For saving screens into memory, see Chapter 6.

3 Choose auto ranging again.

When in auto ranging, the bargraph sensitivity and decimal point are automatically adjusted while checking different signals.

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