Section 4, Instrument setup, Instrument navigation – Jenway 6850 User Manual

Page 18: Main menu screen, Slit width setting

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SECTION 4

– INSTRUMENT SETUP

4.1

INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION

To navigate around the spectrophotometer screen press the arrow keys on the main keypad and use

the Enter key to select the highlighted option. Alternatively, some options and actions require the user

to press the function and numeric keys on the instrument keypad. The Esc key can be used to return

to the previous menu without saving any changes.

4.2

MAIN MENU SCREEN

Main Menu Screen

The main menu screen provides access to all

measurement modes, the system utility menu

and the variable slit width setting. The available

measurement

modes

are

photometrics,

quantitation,

spectrum

scan,

kinetics,

DNA/Protein and multi-wavelength.

The system utility menu option allows the user to

perform a variety of setup and service functions.

See section 4.3 for further details on these

options.

4.2.1

Slit Width Setting

The

slit width option allows the user to select the instrument’s bandwidth parameter from the available

options 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 5.0 nm. Use the arrow keys to cycle through the options and press the

Enter key to confirm. The instrument will perform a dark current calibration before returning to the

main menu.

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