3Getting Started
Cycler Settings
32 Agilent SureCycler 8800 Setup and User’s Guide
Cycler Settings
Hot Top Setting
To enable or disable the use of the cycler’s heated lid (hot top):
1 From the Home screen, press Setti
ngs.
2 Press Hop To
p Setting.
3 On the Hot Top Setting screen, make a selection for use of the hot top:
• Select Ye
s to
use the hot top when the instrument is running.
• Select No to t
urn the hot top off.
4 Confirm your selection by pressing OK.
When the hot top is disabled, the lid does not heat up during PCR runs
and incubations. The dashboard (which is displayed on several of the
software screens) displays an icon to denote when the hot top has been
disabled. Below is an image of the dashboard that includes this icon.