Leica Geosystems Leica DISTO D5 - Manual (Page 13)

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9 Leica DISTO™ D5 LCA782204a en Operation
Operation
Switching on and off
Switches on the instrument and laser. The display shows the
battery symbol until the next button is pressed.
Pressing this button for longer switches the instrument off.
The instrument switches off automatically after six minutes of
inactivity.
CLEAR button
The last action is cancelled. While making area or volume measu-
rements, each single measurement can be deleted and remeasured in
series.
Reference setting
The default reference setting is from the rear of the instrument.
Press this button to take the next measurement from the front edge
. A special beep sounds whenever the reference setting is changed.
After a measurement the reference returns automatically to the default
setting (rear reference). See figure {H}.
Press this button for longer the front reference is set permanently.
Press this button, the rear reference is set again.
Measuring
Single distance measurement
Press to activate the laser. Press again to trigger the distance measu-
rement.
The result is displayed immediately.
Minimum/maximum measurement
This function allows the user to measure the minimum or maximum
distance from a fixed measuring point. It can also be used to determine
spacings. See figure {I}
This function is commonly used to measure room diagonals (maximum
values) or horizontal distances (minimum values).
Press and hold down this button until you hear a beep. Then slowly
sweep the laser back and forth and up and down over the desired target
point - (e.g. into the corner of a room).
Press to stop continuous measurement. The values for maximum and
minimum distances are shown in the display as well as the last measured
value in the summary line.
Laser continuous ( )
Press and hold down the key when switching on the device until the
character appears permanently in the display and a beep sounds.Every
further press of the key releases a distance measurement.
Press the key and keep it pressed to switch the device and Laser
continuous operation off.
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If the laser is in continuous operation mode, the device
switches off automatically after 15 minutes.