Leica Geosystems CPD MTD0506 User Manual

User Manual

Version 1.0

English

Congratulations on your purchase of a Leica DISTO™.

The safety instructions can be
found in a separate booklet, which
accompanies this user manual. The

safety instructions along with the
user manual should be read carefully before initial
operation.

Helpful Hint: The first and last page including the
pictures should be folded out and left open, whilst
reading through the manual. Letters and Numbers in
braces {} refer to the illustrations.

Content

Start-up................................................................ 1

Menu functions................................................... 3

Operation.............................................................4

Measuring ............................................................ 4

Functions .............................................................5

Working with BLUETOOTH® .............................. 8

Appendix.............................................................. 9

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Start-up

Inserting / replacing Batteries

See figure {C} - Open the positioning bracket.
Remove the locking clip and slide the endpiece down.
Slide the red locking mechanism to the side and open
the battery compartment. Insert new or replace used
batteries. Close battery cover, reinsert the endpiece
and fix locking clip.

The battery symbol {B, 21} appears permanently blin­king in the display when the battery voltage is too
low. The batteries should be replaced as soon as
possible.

• Pay attention to correct polarity.

•Use alkaline batteries.

• Batteries should be removed if the device will not
be used for a long time (danger of corrosion).

When changing the batteries the settings and stack
content remain unchanged.

Multifunctional Endpiece

See figure {D}
The device can be used for different measurement
situations:

• For measurements from an edge open the posi­tioning bracket until it locks in place.
See figure {E}.

• For measurements from a corner, open the posi­tioning bracket until it locks in place, with a slight

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push to the right the bracket can be turned
further. See figure {D and F}.

A built-in sensor automatically detects the orienta­tion of the positioning bracket and calculates the
corresponding distances accordingly.

Integrated telescopic viewfinder

The device is equipped with a telescopic viewfinder
on the right hand side. The viewfinder is especially
helpful when aiming at distant targets. When looking
through the viewfinder, the target is clearly visible
thanks to the 2x magnification. At distances beyond
30 m laser spot is centered on the crosshair, below
30 m the laser spot appears on the edge of the cros­shair, which is normal.

Level

The integrated bubble level allows simple horizontal
levelling of the instrument.

Keypad

See figure {A}:
1 ON/MEASURING

22nd FUNCTION LEVEL

3 PLUS [+]
4 TIMER
5 EQUAL [=]

6AREA/VOLUME
7STORAGE
8 MEASUREMENT REFERENCE

Start-up

9 CLEAR/OFF
10 MENU

11 ILLUMINATION
12 INDIRECT MEASUREMENT (PYTHAGORAS)
13 MINUS [-]

14 BLUETOOTH

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Display

See figure {B}
1 Information about faulty measurements
2 Laser active
3 Circumference

4 Maximum value of continuous measurement
5 Minimum value of continuous measurement
6 Measurement reference
7 Recall of Historical Storage
8 Storage of constant
9 Main line
10 Units with exponents (
11 Ceiling area
12 Wall area
13 Three auxiliary lines (e.g. previous results)

14 BLUETOOTH
15 2nd Function Level on

16 Hardware error
17 Indirect measurement - Pythagoras
18 Indirect measurement - Pythagoras - partial height
19 Area / Volume
20 Offset setting
21 Battery indication

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Menu functions

Presettings

The menu allows selection of the settings that will
remain in memory after the instrument is switched
off.

Navigation in the Menu

Press the MENU -key {A, 10} repeatedly to scroll
through the possible menu functions (UNIT, OFFSET,
TRIPOD, RESET).

When the desired menu option appears, select it with
the EQUAL - key {A, 5}, scroll through the possible
settings with the PLUS - key {A, 3} or the MINUS -
key {A, 13} and store the selected setting with the
EQUAL - key {A, 5}. Press CLEAR - key {A, 9} to leave
the menu without saving any changes in the settings.

Selecting Units

"UNIT" blinks in the display.
Possible units:

Distance Area Volume

0.000 m

0.00 m
0 mm

0.00 ft

0.00

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0.000 m² 0.000 m³

0.00 m² 0.00 m³

0.000 m² 0.000 m³

0.00 ft² 0.00 ft³

0.00 ft² 0.00 ft³

Distance Area Volume

0' 0'' 1/

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0.00 ft² 0.00 ft³

0.00 ft² 0.00 ft³

0.00 ft² 0.00 ft³

Measure with offset

An offset automatically adds or subtracts a value to/
from ALL measurements. With this feature toler­ances can be taken into consideration e.g. between
unfinished and finished dimensions.

Select the menu function OFFSET {B, 20} (OFFSET
blinks in the display), confirm with the EQUAL - key
{A, 5}. Adjust the OFFSET with the PLUS - key {A, 3}
or the MINUS - key {A, 13}.
By holding the keys down, the setting values will
increase/decrease faster. Once you have entered the
proper offset confirm your selection with the EQUAL

- key {A, 5}. As long as an OFFSET {B, 20} is added/
subtracted the symbol is visible on the display.

Measuring with tripod

Using a tripod eliminates shaking when measuring
over long distances. On the back of the instrument is
an industry standard ¼"-threaded hole for use with a
camera tripod mounting screw. For correct measure­ments the reference needs to be adapted. Select the
menu function TRIPOD {A, 8} ("triPod" blinks in the
display) and confirm with the EQUAL - key {A, 5}.

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Reset

When you select the menu function RESET ("rESET"
will blink in the display) and press the EQUAL-key
{A, 5} twice the device will default to factory
settings.

CAUTION: Any customized presettings as well as
stored values will be deleted.

Operation

Switching On/Off

ON: Press ON - key {A, 1} briefly. Battery indica-

tion is displayed until the next keystroke.

OFF: Press and hold OFF - key {A, 9}. To maximize

battery life the laser beam will switch off after
3 minutes of inactivity, the device will auto­matically switch off after 6 minutes of inacti­vity.

CLEAR key

Pushing the CLEAR - key {A, 9} clears the last entry
or measurement. Within a function (area, volume,
etc.) single measurements can be deleted step by
step and remeasured.

Illumination

Pressing the ILLUMINATION - key {A, 11} turns on/
off the display backlight.

Operation

Measuring reference

If the positioning bracket is folded out, the device
recognizes the position, adapts the reference and
calculates distances accordingly.

The default reference setting is from the rear of the
instrument. By pressing the REFERENCE - key {A, 8},
the setting can be changed, so that the next measu­rement taken will be from the "front" of the in-stru­ment. Afterwards the reference setting automatically
defaults back to rear. See picture {G}.
You can choose the "front" reference permanently by
pressing the REFERENCE - key {A, 8} longer. Press
the REFERENCE - key {A, 8} longer another time to
change back to the "rear" reference.
See also "Measuring with tripod".

Measuring

Single distance measuring

Pressing DIST - key {A, 1} turns the laser on. Aim at
the desired target and press DIST - key {A, 1} again.
The measured distance is displayed immediately in
the chosen unit.

Minimum/maximum measuring

This function allows the user to measure the
minimum or maximum distance from a fixed measu­ring point as well as to determine spacing - see figure
{H}.
It is commonly used to measure diagonal distances

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