Hi Christoph,

The manual for the talking meter you referenced in your e-mail seems to be 
the correct manual for your meter.

You shouldn't need to push any other button except the talk button to get 
your meter to talk.

After you turn on the meter, you should hear some talking when you press the 
talk button no matter what position the big rotary function switch is set to 
other than of course off.

I have found that the little talk button located on the positive (red) test 
lead doesn't always work.

The volume may be turned down all the way on your meter.

To adjust the volume, do the following:

1.  Turn the meter over as if you were going to replace the batteries.

2.  Orient the meter with the battery compartment away from you.

3.  Lift up the little swing-out support stand.

4.  In the recessed compartment that stores the stand there is a little 
volume control to the left of the stand's hinge.

5.  Being gentle, using a small flat blade screwdriver turn the volume 
control clockwise to increase the talking volume.  If the control is turned 
completely counter clockwise there is no talking.

I hope this helps.

73

Howard, W A 9 Y B W








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christoph Bungard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 1:28 PM
Subject: Talking Multimeter From NFB Independence Market


> Hi everybody,
>
> yesterday, I finally received the package containing two talking 
> multimeters
> (one for my neighbor and one for myself) that I had ordered from the NFB
> Indepemdemce Market.  It caught my attention that NFB had not supplied the
> manual in an accessible format.  Anxious to get started, I then scanned 
> the
> print manual, but the result wasn't as expected.
>
> I found a description of a talking multimeter right here:
> http://www.accessible-devices.com/TalkingMultiMeterManual.html
> However, I am unsure, if the multimeter described in this article is the
> same model that I have now.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Also, one unit is working, the other is not, although the batteries are 
> OK.
> The problem is that I actually don't quite remember how I got my unit to
> speak, because it didn't work right after turning it on.  I simply pressed
> the buttons randomly and was surprised I got it to work.  Do you have to
> press two or more buttons in a specific order to make the unit speak?
>
> 73 and thanks for your help,
>
> Christoph, DF9WM