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Programming General Settings
Programming General Settings
This section covers your scanners general settings.
Setting and Using the Backlight
The LCD has a backlight that can be set with three levels of intensity plus
OFF
.
To make your selection, press
[VOL]
. Each time you press the control, the
backlight cycles in the following order.
OFF — Low Intensity — Medium Intensity — High Intensity
When you stop at the desired level, the scanner remembers your setting the next
time you turn on the scanner.
You can also set the backlight using the menu.
Setting the Dimmer
If you connect the orange wire to a wire in your car that changes state when you
turn on the headlights, the scanner can automatically dim the display when you
turn on the headlights.
Tapping
[VOL]
overrides the menu setting and cycles through all backlight
settings.
[MENU]
Settings
F
Set Backlight
F
Auto
— Use this setting if you have connected the scanner to your vehicle’s
headlights using the orange wire. If you have connected the wire, the scanner
automatically dims the backlight when you turn on the headlights. After selecting
this option, select either:
+ Polarity
— If the headlight wire is connected to +12V when the headlights
are on.
- Polarity
— If the headlight wire is connected to vehicle ground when the
headlights are on.
Manual
— Use this setting to manually set the dimmer level to
High
,
Middle
,
Low
, or
Off
. To guide you in your selection, at each setting the display shows
what you can expect to see.
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