MSD 7550 Programmer_Monitor for Programmable Digital 7 Series Ignitions Installation - Manual (Page 3)

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 3
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When you first turn the ignition on, the Programmer will display a short introduction with MSD, the
ignition version and other information. You can bypass this to get to the Main Menu by pressing Enter.
MAIN MENUS
The Main Menus are shown in Figure 3. Note the * on the right side of the screen. This means that
there is more to this menu above or below list shown. By pressing ⇑ you will get to the next part of
the Main Menu. Note that three screens comprise the Main Menu.
NAVIGATING THE MENUS
To move around to the options in a menu, use the Next button. Whichever
subject’s first letter is flashing, that is the active choice. That is, when you press
Next, the next screen will be that choice.
Also note that there is an Previous symbol (^) in the left corner of the monitor.
This will take you to the previous menu. When this is flashing and you select
Enter, you will be taken to the previous screen.
SAVE MENU
This is the Menu that you have to go to in order to change a program. When you
hit Enter or Next after making a change in a program, it automatically takes you
to the Save Menu. Note that there is another screen below the one that comes
up (as indicated by the lower *). There are five choices at the Save Menu:
When the Save screen comes up, the Save command is already flashing. By hitting Enter (or Next)
the value will be saved and the monitor will display the new value.
RPM Example:
Following is an example of how to edit the MaxRev rpm limit (Figure 4).
Main Menu
Press Next until RevLim flashes. Then press Enter.
SAVE MENU
This will save the new program value in the Ignition.
This will restore the previous value.
This restores the program to the default value.
Restores the complete table back to the default value. This is handy in
cases such as the Launch Curve where there are numerous values.
Entering this will restore EVERY PROGRAM back to default properties.
Take note that you will start completely over by entering this!
Save
Cancel
Default Item
Default Table
Default Product
Figure 3 Main Menus.