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Display, Lists, menus and questions – Actron KAL9615 User Manual

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DISPLAY

The OBD II System Tester has a 4 line x 20 character liquid crystal display (LCD) for

easy viewing. This helps make the OBD II System Tester more “user friendly” by

offering a large viewing area to display most Help and Instructional messages. This

puts more information on the display to reduce reference to printed materials. The

display will support a number of helpful symbols that will prompt you through test

routines. These symbols are shown and defined below:
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Question Mark in lower right corner means there is help available for this screen

or current selectable item.

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Pointer (cursor) is used to indicate current selectable choice.

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Down Arrow indicates there is additional

information on the next screen.

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Up Arrow indicates there is additional

information on previous screen.

LISTS, MENUS AND QUESTIONS

The OBD II System Tester is designed to be as intuitive as possible. That is, its

functions and controls should be easy to understand and use the first time you try it.

All menu and screen lists operate the same way. By using the UP and DOWN arrow

keys, you can move the cursor to a selection of your choice. The ENTER key selects

that function or item. The screen example above illustrates a few selections available

on the OBD II Function Menu.
Notice, in the screen below on the left, how the cursor (`) is pointing at 1)Read

Codes. If you wish to read the vehicle’s DTCs, press the ENTER key to select that

function. To make a different choice, such as View Data, use the DOWN arrow key to

move the cursor down to 4) View Data and press the ENTER key to select the View

Data function.

Sometimes, a list will be longer than three or four items, and will not fit on a single

screen. In these cases, the down arrow symbol ([) is visible in the last column of the

display, indicating that there are more choices on the next screen, as shown below

on the left. To go to the next choice, use the DOWN arrow key to move the cursor

down the list. Keep going even after you have reached the bottom of the screen. The

display will scroll to the list, shown above on the right:
You should see that there are now arrows in the last column pointing up and pointing

down. This indicates that you can use the UP arrow key to move the cursor to the

previous screen or the DOWN arrow key to move the cursor to the next screen.
Once the bottom of the list is reached, you will notice that there is now only an UP

arrow (]) in the last column. This indicates that you have reached the end of this list,

and that all other choices are on previous screens. You can return to those screens

by pressing the UP arrow key. These up and down arrow characters on the screen

are used throughout the OBD II System Tester. The UP and Down arrow keys work

exactly the same way, even if you are just scrolling through text such as the On-Line

Help screen.

2)Pending Codes

`3)Erase Codes

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4)View Data

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5)View Freeze Data |

OBD II FUNCTION MENU

`1)Read Codes

2)Pending Codes

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3)Erase Codes

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1)Read Codes

2)Pending Codes

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3)Erase Codes

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`4)View Data

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