CONTENTS
INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 11
1.1 SV 973 AS SOUND LEVEL METER / SOUND EXPOSURE METER / ANALYSER ........................................................ 11
1.2 GENERAL FEATURES OF SV 973 ............................................................................................................... 12
1.3 ACCESSORIES INCLUDED ......................................................................................................................... 12
1.4 ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE ........................................................................................................................ 13
1.5 FIRMWARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE ............................................................................................................... 13
2 GENERAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................ 14
2.1 INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATIONS ............................................................................................................... 14
2.1 INPUT AND OUTPUT SOCKETS OF THE INSTRUMENT ........................................................................................ 14
2.2 INSTRUMENT POWER ............................................................................................................................. 15
2.3 CONTROL KEYS ON THE FRONT PANEL......................................................................................................... 15
2.4 WORKING WITH INSTRUMENT ................................................................................................................. 17
2.4.1 Measurement mode ................................................................................................................. 17
2.4.2 Configuration mode ................................................................................................................. 18
2.5 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................ 20
2.6 DESCRIPTION OF ICONS .......................................................................................................................... 21
2.7 OVERLOAD AND UNDERRANGE DETECTION .................................................................................................. 23
2.8 SAVING DATA ...................................................................................................................................... 23
2.9 DOWNLOADING AND UPLOADING FILES ...................................................................................................... 25
2.10 ACTIVATING OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................... 25
3 MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS AND CALIBRATION – FUNCTION ................................................................ 26
3.1 ACTIVATING MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS – MEASUREMENT FUNCTION .............................................................. 26
3.2 INSTRUMENT’S CALIBRATION – CALIBRATION ............................................................................................... 26
3.2.1 Calibration – By Measurement ................................................................................................. 27
3.2.1 Last calibration record – Last Calibration .................................................................................. 28
3.2.2 History of calibrations – Calibration History .............................................................................. 29
3.2.3 Erasing calibration records – Clear History ................................................................................ 29
3.2.4 Post measurement calibration – Post Calibration ...................................................................... 29
3.2.5 Automatic calibration – Auto Calibration .................................................................................. 29
4 CONFIGURING MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS – MEASUREMENT ........................................................... 31
4.1 SETTING GENERAL MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS – GENERAL SETTINGS............................................................... 31
4.2 SETTING MEASUREMENT TRIGGER – MEASUREMENT TRIGGER ......................................................................... 33
4.3 SETTING PARAMETERS FOR PROFILES – PROFILES .......................................................................................... 35
4.4 SETTING ALARM THRESHOLDS FOR DOSE METER – ALARM ............................................................................... 35
4.5 CONFIGURING DATA LOGGING – LOGGING .................................................................................................. 35
4.5.1 Setting general logging parameters – Logger Setup .................................................................. 36