March 2008
2-14 Displaying Data
Setting the LCD Backlight Use the BACKL submenu to specify the number of minutes the LCD
display backlight remains on before it is automatically turned off.
Press the appropriate side of the
[SCREEN] key to activate the desired
pane of the display screen, then proceed as follows:
Note: For this discussion, it is assumed that the left pane of the
display screen is active. If the right pane is active, replace the
[F1]-[F4] keys designations by the [F5]-[F8] keys.
1. To access the Display Menu, press the
[DISP] key.
2. Press [→] and
[F2] = BACKL.
3. Use the numeric keys to enter a value from 1 to 60 minutes and
press
[ENT]. To keep the backlight on constantly, enter a value of 0
and press
[ENT].
The Model DF868 will automatically return to the previous data
display screen and the programmed backlight timeout interval will
begin.
If no entries are made from the keypad before the backlight timeout
interval expires, the backlight will automatically be turned off. At the
next keypad entry, the backlight will be turned on and the specified
timeout interval will begin again.