The mode menu: setting preferences, Two line display – HP 20B User Manual

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Basic Features

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Two Line Display

There are two lines in the display screen as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Display Screen

The top line of the screen displays operation status, operator symbols, annunciators, and abbreviations of the registers,
variables, and menu names. Throughout this manual, this line is referred to as the

top line

. In Figure 1,

SIN

is on the top line.

The bottom line displays numbers you have entered, or results. Throughout this manual, this line is referred to as the

bottom

line

.

When no operations have been entered and no operations are pending, the bottom line of the screen displays

0.00

. This state

of the calculator is referred to as the

default calculator screen

.

The Mode Menu: Setting Preferences

The Mode menu allows you to customize the calculator. To access the Mode menu, press

:u

. Press

<

or

>

repeatedly to scroll through the menu starting with

FIX=2

(the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point).

Once an item is displayed, press

I

to cycle through the other options for that setting. To exit the Mode menu, press

O

. Table 1-1 lists the items in the Mode menu

.

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