Operation
Switching on and off
Measuring
Single distance measurement
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Switches on the instrument and laser. The display shows the battery symbol until the next button is pressed.
Pressing this button for longer switches the instrument off. The instrument switches off automatically after six minutes of inactivity.
CLEAR button
The last action is cancelled. While making area or volume measu- rements, each single measurement can be deleted and remea- sured in series.
Reference setting
The default reference setting is from the rear of the instrument.
Press this button to take the next measurement from the front edge
. A special beep sounds whenever the reference setting is changed. After a measurement the reference returns automatically to the default setting (rear reference). See figure {H}.
Press this button for longer the front reference is set permanently. 
Press this button, the rear reference is set again.
Press to activate the laser. Press again to trigger the distance measu- rement.
The result is displayed immediately.
Minimum/maximum measurement
This function allows the user to measure the minimum or maximum distance from a fixed measuring point. It can also be used to determine spacings. See figure {I}
It is commonly used to measure room diagonals (maximum values) or hori- zontal distances (minimum values).
Press and hold down this button until you hear a beep. Then slowly sweep the laser back and forth and up and down over the desired target point - (e.g. into the corner of a room).
Press to stop continuous measurement. The values for maximum and minimum distances are shown in the display as well as the last measured value in the summary line.
Laser continuous (
)
Press and hold down the 
key when switching on the device until the
character appears permanently in the display and a beep sounds. Every
further press of the 
key releases a distance measurement.
Press the 
key and keep it pressed to switch the device and Laser continuous operation off.
)If the laser is in continuous operation mode, the device switches off automatically after 15 minutes.
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