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U1231A/U1232A/U1233A Handheld Digital Multimeter
User’s Guide
Agilent Technologies
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Introduction
About This Manual 2
Documentation map 2
Safety notes 2
Preparing Your Multimeter 3
Checking the shipment 3
Installing the batteries 3
Turning on your multimeter 6
Automatic Power-Off (APO) 6
Enabling the backlight 7
Enabling the flashlight 7
Selecting the range 9
Alerts and warnings during measurement 10
Adjusting the tilt stand 11
Connecting the IR-USB cable 11
Power-on options 13
Your Multimeter in Brief 15
Dimensions 15
Overview 17
Rotary switch 19
Keypad 22
Display screen 24
Input terminals 28
Cleaning Your Multimeter 30
This chapter teaches you how to set up your multimeter for
the first time. An introduction to all the features of the
multimeter is also given.