Features and Functions 2
U1241B/U1242B User’s and Service Guide 19
Data Hold (Trigger Hold)
The data hold function allows users to freeze the displayed digital value.
1 Press to freeze the displayed value and to enter manual trigger
mode. Notice the annunciator is displayed.
2 Press to trigger the freeze of the next value being measured. The
annunciator will flash before the new value is updated onto the
display.
3 Press for more than one second to exit this mode.
Refresh Hold
Users are required to activate the Refresh Hold in the setup mode.
1 Press to enter Refresh Hold mode. The present value will
be held, and the annunciator is displayed.
2 The multimeter is ready to hold new measuring value once the variation
of measuring value exceeds the setting of variation count, and the
annunciator is flashed.
3 The hold value will be updated until the measuring value is stable. The
annunciator will stop flashing and stays lit, an audible tone will
sound to remind user.
4 Press again to disable this function.
• For voltage, current and capacitance measurements, the holding value will not be
updated if the reading is below 50 counts.
• For resistance and diode measurements, the holding value will not be updated if the
reading is in “OL” (open state).
• The holding value may not be updated if the reading does not reach stable state for all
measurements.