USER MANUAL
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1. side of the VL100 there is the jack in which you can insert the special probe optional After its insertion you have only to press the key A to turn the variometric value into the anemometric one and vice versa on the screen 2 POWER The instrument is powered by two 1 5 volt pen light batteries The working life is of about 200 hours using alkaline batteries Be careful to insert the batteries with the correct polarity When there are about 40 hours of power left the flashing notice Batt on the display tells you that the batteries are nearly exhausted TECHNICAL DATA 3 altimeters readable up to 6096 mt Analogue variometer with a scala up to 10 mt sec Digital variometer with a scala up to 25 mt sec Audio variometer with different tones for ascent and descent Average variometer with a delay which can be set from 1 to 30 sec Anemometer Flight timer Units which can be set as metric decimal or imperial ft mph Data bank of the last 10 flights Working life of about 200 h Measures 1355x72x37 mm Weight about 200 g with the batteries The technical data is liable to be changed without previous notice2. U to decrease it a stedy pressure on the key makes this operation faster Once you have selected the required value press C to confirm Now you can do the same operation for the values A2 and A3 Then press M to exit the sub menu AVERAGER AND ACOUSTIC VARIOMETER SENSITIVITY THRESHOLD SETTING Press M Press twice 7 to choose the submenu Set Pressing Ci the value on the screen 2 blinks pressing A or U you can adjust the climb rate that the audio will begin to sound at If you for example select the value 0 3 the acoustic variometer will signal only altimetric changes higher than 30 cm sec After having selected the requested limit press G to confirm Do the same operation to select the descent limit Pressing Ci again you have access to the averager which can be selected for delays up to 30 seconds pressing A or U Ex if choose sec 15 the analogue and sound variometer will continue to signal the instantaneous altimetric change while the digital variometer will indicate the altitude gain or loss over the last 15 seconds Once you have selected the delay press GE to confirm Escape M ADJUSTING THE UNITS The altimetric readings can be displayed in metres and Km h or in feet and Mph To change the measurement system you have to operate in the following way Press M press twice 7 and four times o then press A or to choose if the height has to be expressed in metres or feet Confir
3. USER MANUAL SOOD 5 DISPLAY A Analogue variometer B Screen 1 Altimeter A1 C Screen 2 Digital variometer Anemometer D Screen 3 Altimeter A2 Altimeter A3 Flight timer KEYBOARD SYMBOLS Switching on Switching off Menu Variometer anemometer variator Volume of the acoustic variometer Altimeters A2 A3 and flight timer Zero setter A2 A3 and timer USE OF THE KEYS DURING THE FLIGHT The keys to be used during the flight are 4 Sa DO Pressing it you can regulate the volume of the acoustic variometer silent medium loud Pressing it you select A2 A3 and flight timer on the screen 3 Pressing it you select the digital variometer or the instant speed when the instrument is supplied with the speed probe on the screen 2 Pressing it you zero the value now appearing on the screen 3 A2 A3 or flight timer SETTING UP OF THE ALTIMETERS The instrument is eguipped with 3 altimeters A1 is readable on the screen 1 A2 and A3 are readable on the screen 3 It is possible to zero A2 and A3 pressing When the instrument has been switched on press the key M and the following image will appear on the screen Screen 1 Rec Screen 2 Alt Screen 3 Set Pressing U you can enter the various sub menus in succession choose the sub menu Alt Press CC on the screen 1 and there will appear A1 The blinking indicates that this value is ready to be adjusted pressing A to increase it and pressing
4. m pressing C Now press A or M to choose if the speed has to be expressed in Km h or Mph Press CG to confirm Escape M HOW TO RECORD Enter the main menu and choose Rec pressing A you ll start the recording which will be confirmed by the notice Start Rec The flight timer self zeroes The constant flashing of the indicator of the chosen measurement unit on screen 1 tells the pilot during the flight the recorder is on Pressing M during the recording will interrupt it HOW TO READ THE RECORDING It is possible to re play the recorded flights up to 10 of them the eleventh recording will cancel the first one After you have entered the main menu pressing G the number of the recorded flights will appear on screen 2 up to a maximum of 999 flights Every time you enter the flight memory the instrument goes back automatically to the last recorded flight if you want to read the data of a previous flight press U you can go back up to 10 flights When you have chosen which flight to read press O to confirm and to enter the reading of the highest values If you press Gp again you enter the lowest recorded values Pressing A you can read the highest speed of the flight on the screen 2 instead of the alti averager On the screen 3 you can see the lenght of the flight in hours and minutes up to 99 h and 59 min HOW TO ACTIVATE THE ANEMOMETER The instrument is calibrated to read speed during the flight On the right
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