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Operating Manual V1.1 – 05/2007
5.3 Control Element on the Control Panel of the VT1200S
The Leica VT1200S is a fully automatic microtome with a vibrating blade
that can be operated in semiautomatic or automatic sectioning mode.
5. Working with the Instrument
Key/setting dial automatic sectioning mode
ditto
• Blade feed rate (SPEED)
• Selected amplitude (AMPL)
• Saved section thickness
(AUTO FEED)
ditto
The LED AUTO is active.
The automatic sectioning mode is
enabled.
semiautomatic sectioning mode
When the instrument is switched
on, to make it easier to insert a
specimen, the specimen recepta-
cle automatically moves into the
lowest position (the LED in the
DOWN key lights up) and the blade
holder moves into the rearmost po-
sition (the LED in "Blade away" from
the specimen lights up).
If semiautomatic sectioning mode
has been selected before the unit
is switched off, the following saved
parameters are called up again
once the unit is switched back on:
• Blade feed rate (SPEED)
• Selected amplitude (AMPL)
The LED illumination is switched on
automatically. You can switch it off
using the ON/OFF key.
The LED MAN is active.
semiautomatic sectioning mode is
enabled.
Switch on the
instrument.
1 = on 0 = off