4 Selecting the Color Palette Select one of three color palettes to suit your needs T urn the tool on then use the arrow buttons to step through the palettes RAINBOW Shows a very wide range of temperatures IRONBOW Useful for revealing small temperature dif ferences HIGH CONTRAST Shows the most detail HOTCOLD Indicator marks T o turn th e H OTC OL D In d i ca to r ma rks o n o r o f f while taking a temperature measurement press the OK button during live view Red hot and blue cold t arget marks locat e t he highest and lowest temperatures in the display area T aking a T emperature Measurement 1 Insert a battery pack and turn on the tool 2 Point the tool at the target The T arget T emperature is dis played at t he t op of t he screen 3 T o ac t iv at e t he las er guides pull the trigger softly less than halfway See 831 Distance to Spot Ratio 4 T urn the HOTCOLD indi cator marks on or of f or toggle through the dif ferent palettes to get the desired image on the display 5 The ce nter temperature i s af fected by the material o f th e ta rg et a nd ca n b e a d j u sted b y ch a ng i n g the Emissivity See Selecting the Emissivity Using the Laser Indicators Use the lasers to frame up the target area The lasers correlate to the temperature crosshair on the display Lasers are accurate to 3 50 The target t em per at ur e is t ak en in bet ween t he las er indic at or s and sized according to the following chart 831 Distance to Spot Ratio At 83 away spot is O 1 At 25 away spot is O 4 At 3 away spot is O 12 NOTE A quick change in temperature 10F can af fect the meter s readings Always allow the me ter to reach its stable operating temperature after startup and before use 5 to 30 minutes depending on environment V iewing Images on Another Device Saved images can be transferred to another device in t wo ways by rem oving t he S DHC car d and ins er t ing it into another device or by connecting the Infrared Camera directly to another device This allows the images to be available for things like email insert ing into documents or for use in the MIL W AUKEE Thermal Imaging Software T o t ransf er t he SDHC card f ollow t he Removing Installing the SDHC Memory Card instructions T o t rans f er pic t ures dir ec t ly c onnec t t he m ic ro US B cord to the Infrared Camera micro USB port Con nect the other end to your device T urn the Infrared Camera on T wo t ypes of fles are creat ed f or each image A PNG fle is created for general use A DA T fle is created for use in the MIL W AUKEE Thermal Imag ing Software MIL W AUKEE Thermal Imaging Report Software T he M I L W A UK E E T her mal I m aging Repor t S of t war e is available for download from the 225821 product page at www milwaukeetoolcom Refer to the Thermal Imaging Report software manual PDF for training Personal Settings T o set up the Infrared Camera to your personal pref erences turn on the tool and press the Settings button Use the arrow buttons and OK but ton to toggle and select the desired settings LASER T urn the laser guides ONOFF CROSSHAIR T urn the crosshair ONOFF EMISSIVITY Select the Emissivity of the target see Selecting the Emissivity UNITS Select Fahrenheit F or Celsius C TIME Set the time DA TE Set the date FORMA T Select the T ime and Date formats LANGUAGE Select the display language DELETE ALL Delete all images on the SDHC card F ACT OR Y RESET Return Infrared Camera to original factory settings SYSTEM INFO Display system information OPERA TION T urning the T ool ONOFF Press the Power button to turn the tool on and of f T urning the W orklight ONOFF Press the W orklight button to turn the worklight on and of f Optimizing Thermal Images Use the emissivity settings palette selection and HOTCOLD indica tors to optimize your thermal im ages to your needs