You might have a bad battery in there. Sometimes these things save the configuration in battery backup-ed RAM.
-George > > Hello everybody, > my name is Arnold, located in southern Germany, and I am quite new > joining this very interesting group - I got as well the fever of precise > timing, > reading all you comments lot of months back - and learning a lot from all > your knowledge and experiences. > > I am collecting already some nice counters and oscillators, OCXOs and > Rb-types. My target is to build a very stable and precise frequency standard > applying gps. > > Now I have the possibility to get (perhaps) a time interval counter > hp 5371A in very nice condition, but with a small black point: > When switching on it indicates: > " Instrument setup lost, Reset to default, Saved Configurations lost. > Press any key to continue". > Is that a severe problem? > Is such equipment a 'must' for serious working? > What is about the value for such a device, more than 600, 1000 ore > more $ ? > > Thank you at the moment in advance, > I am sure that I will have to ask you in future more questions, if > allowed. > > Best regards from the Lake Constance, > > Arnold, DK2WT > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
