Controls, Connectors, and Indicators 
66) SHIFT  Selects the secondary functions of the other DMM 
buttons. Primary functions are indicated on the panel 
above the DMM buttons and secondary functions are 
indicated below. Pressing SHIFT while shift is pending 
cancels the shift prefix. A pending shift prefix will clear 
automatically if another DMM button is not pressed 
within 10 seconds. While the shift prefix is pending, 
"SHIFT" appears in the readout. 
(6?) HOLD/SMOOTH Changes the display mode. 
HOLD "Freezes" the display, which also shows "HLD." 
Display updating resumes when any DMM button 
is pressed. 
SMOOTH Filters measurement variations from the display. The 
display represents the mean value calculated from a 
series of accumulated measurements. A numeral in 
the upper right of the display shows how many 
measurements the displayed average includes: 8, 16, 
24,
 32, 40, 48, 56, or 64. After 64 measurements are 
accumulated, the running average is updated, after 
each eight measurements, to reflect the most recent 
64 measurements. To reset the averaging process, 
smoothing must be deselected, then selected again. 
68} MIN/MAX 
DISPLAY — 
MIN/MAX 
RESET 
Displays the minimum or maximum measurement or 
resets the minimum and maximum to the next 
measurement value. 
Repeated operation of MIN/MAX DISPLAY steps the 
display through the sequence of minimum, maximum, 
then present measurements. Minimum and maximum 
values are updated with each measurement, regardless 
of which of the three displays is selected and regardless 
of whether smoothing is in effect. 
MIN/MAX Initializes the minimum and maximum values when 
RESET the next measurement is made. Selecting a new 
DMM function also resets the minimum and 
maximum values. 
2465B/2455B/2445B Operators 
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