Salter Housewares PS250 manual

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    76103-578 Issu e 0 C  25.03 .2002 MULTI-LINGUAL PS250 Platform Scale 8VHU,QVWUXFWLRQV 0DQXHOG·XWLOLVDWLR Q %HGLHQXQJVDQO HLWXQJ ,VWUX]LRQLSHUO·XWH QWH[...]

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    PS250 User Instructions © Salter Breckne ll Weighing 2002. All right s reser ved. The inform ation con tained herein i s the p roperty of Salte r Breckn ell Wei ghing and i s su pplied wi thout liabi lity for error s o r omissions . No part m ay be reprodu ced or u sed exc ept as authorised by co ntract or o ther wri tten per mission. The copyri g[...]

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    PS250 User Instructions i Content s page no. Declaration of Conformity Safety Warning s 3 Safe ins ta llat ion 3 Safe use 3 Cleaning t he mac hine 3 EMC co mplia nce 4 1 About your machine  1.1 Descripti on 5 1.2 Display 5 1.3 Key functi ons 5 1.4 E rror codes 6 1.5 Specifica tion 6 1.6 Power s upply 7 2 Weighing  2.1 Hold func tion 10 3 Setu[...]

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    Declaration of Conformity Manufac turer Sa lte r Brec k nel l Ty p e PS250 corres ponds to the req uirem ents of the follow ing EC directi ves: EMC Direct ive EMC 89/33 6/EEC Low V oltage Directiv e L VD 73/23/E EC The app lica ble ha rmonis ed standards ar e: EN609 50, EN50 081–1, EN500 82–1 A copy of th e original signe d decla ration for thi[...]

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    Déclaration de Conformité Fabr ican t Salte r Brec kn el l Ty p e PS25 0 Correspo nd aux exigenc es de s direc tives CE suivan tes: Directive CE M CEM 89/336 /EEC Direct ive B asse T ension L VD 73/ 23/EEC Les standards har mon is é s applic ables s ont: EN60950, E N50081 – 1, EN50082 – 1 Une copi e origi nale de la d é clar ation si gn é [...]

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    Konformit ä ts e r k l ä rung Hers telle r Salte r Breck nel l Ty p PS25 0 entspricht d en Anfo rderung en der folgenden EU-R ichtlini en: EMV -Rich tlini e EMC 89/33 6/EEC Nieder spannungsrichtl inie L VD 73/23/E EC Die ange wendeten harmon isie rten No rmen si nd: EN609 50, EN50 081 – 1, EN500 82 – 1 Eine A bschri ft der or igin al unte rsc[...]

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    Dichiarazione di conformit à Produtt ore Salte r Br ec kn el l Modello PS 250 è confor me al le ca ratteristi che pre viste da lle s eguenti di rettive CE Normativa EM C 89/336/CE Normati va per l a bassa tensio ne 73/23/CE Le norm e standard ar monizz ate applic ate so no: EN60950, EN50 081 – 1, EN50082 – 1 Se r ichiesto, è dis ponibile una[...]

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    - PS250 User Instructions 1 Electro magnetic C ompatibilit y Statemen t for North America This equ ipmen t has b een te sted a nd foun d to c omply with th e lim its for a C lass A digital dev ice, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. These limits are des igned to provide re asona ble protect ion agains t harmf ul interferen ce when the equipm e[...]

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    PS250 User Instructions 3 Safety W a rnings Safe inst allation Take car e when lift ing and transp orting h eavy obj ects. Do not over load the machine. Take c are not to exce ed the weighing c apacity of the machine. Pluggabl e equi pment m ust be installe d near an easi ly accessib le sock et outl et. Perma nently connec ted equipm ent must hav e[...]

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    4 PS250 User Instructions The ou tside of s tandar d produ cts may be wipe d down w ith a clean cloth moi stene d with water contain ing a s mall am ount of washin g up liquid o r disi nfectan t EMC compliance The following warning may be applicable to your machine. WARNING :This is a class A produc t. In a domes tic envi ronm ent this p roduct m a[...]

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    1 Ab out yo ur machi ne PS250 User Instructions 5 1 About your machine 1.1 Des cripti on The PS250 is a self contained po rtabl e platfo rm scal e with a remote display. The platfor m i s constr ucte d of mil d stee l; it has four adjustable feet for levell ing and a non-slip mat for the platform. A bracket an d fix ings are suppl ied for des k or [...]

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    1 About your machi ne 6 PS250 User Instructions Units key Selects we ighin g units Hold key Retains average we ight di spl ay. 1.4 Error codes Err Overload ErrL Below z ero ErrE EEprom error Low battery warning 1.5 Speci ficati on Capacity/res olution 250 kg x 0.1kg 550lb x 0.2lb Disp la y Height 25m m 7 segmen t LCD Operati ng tempe rature 5 º C [...]

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    1 Ab out yo ur machi ne PS250 User Instructions 7 1.6 Power supply The indi cator he ad con tains six met al hy dride r e-char geable batteries. The low bat tery ind icator is disp layed when the battery p ower is ins uffic ient to power the scale. Recharging the batter ies Insert the AC re-ch arger ad apter int o the s ocket on the indicato r head[...]

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    2 W eig hing 8 PS250 User Instructions 2 Weighing For best r esults, always weigh o n a hard flat and level surfac e. The platform has four adjus table fe et for le vellin g. Pre ss to switch on the scale. The di spla y will show   then go to weighing m ode. If the d isplay does not sh ow  or  press . To switc h off the s[...]

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    2 Wei ghing PS250 User Instructions 9 Weig hi ng un it s Press to toggle between k g, lb and oz. kg 1 5.3 kg 0 0.0 net T ARE T 4. kg 5. 1 net 5. kg 1 5.3 net kg 0 0.0 ZERO 0 èç 6. T o cancel a tare UNITS kg/x[...]

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    2 W eig hing 10 PS250 User Instructions 2.1 Hold funct ion This fu nction ena bles you to we igh over sized objects that m ay obscure the dis play . The sy stem calc ula tes an a verage weight readin g and di spl ays this weight v alue. Thi s mak es the hold functi on idea l for weighi ng anim als that may be moving ar ound on th e platform. kg 0 0[...]

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    2 Wei ghing PS250 User Instructions 11 kg 0 0.0 4. T o cancel the hold: HOLD[...]

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    3 Setup mode 12 PS250 User Instructions 3 Setup mode 3.1 Function setup In setup m ode you can confi gur e the foll owing fu nctio ns: • weighing u nit • auto sh ut-off • calib ratio n weig ht Auto shut-o ff switches off the sc ale i f no ac tivi ty is se nsed during the period set. T he tim e val ues are i n seconds . T o disable auto shut-o[...]

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    3 Set up mode PS250 User Instructions 13 Setup menu Navigating th e setu p menu 1. Press and hold until dis play s hows 6(7 (approxi mately thr ee sec onds). 2. Release , displa y show s 81,7 . 3. Press to move across to the option o r value y ou requ ire. 4. Press to selec t an optio n and s ave. To exit the setup m enu and save you r changes: Pre[...]

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    3 Setup mode 14 PS250 User Instructions 3.2 Calibra tion 1. In setup mode, select &$ /  and then select whether you you want to use 1 / 2 , full or 1 / 4 loa d for cali bration ( see ’ Calibration weights ’ on page 12). The ex ample shown i n these instruc tions uses kg weigh t units and 1 / 2 load. Save your selection and th en switch o[...]

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    3 Set up mode PS250 User Instructions 15 kg 0 0 0 0 lb 3. UNITS kg/x to selec t alte rnate uni ts 100kg kg 79 78 4. kg lb oz ca l T ARE T kg 1 00.0 5.[...]

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    Email: sales@salterbrecknell.co.uk Email: sales@salterbrecknell.com P.O. Box 9533, Smethw ick, West Midlands, B66 2TE Tel UK: 0870 44 4 6132 F ax UK: 0870 010 2 241 Salter B recknell Weighing, 3620 Cen tral Avenue N E, Minneapoli s, MN 55418, U SA. Tel: 612 78 1 4211 Fax: 612 781 4320[...]