Victor 1570-6 - Manuel (Page 8)

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independent of the accumulator and the calculating register, it retains its value until
you clear it with the Memory Total (MT) key.
SLIDE SWITCH FEATURES
This section illustrates and describes the mode switches you can use to control your
calculator’s operation.
1.
↓ 5/4 ↑ Decimal Rounding Selector
↓
This causes automatic round down (truncation).
5/4 This setting causes automatic round off. If the last digit of the result
that will be printed or printed/displayed upon rounding is followed by a
value of 0 to 4, the digit is unchanged. If the last digit of the result that
will be printed or printed/displayed upon rounding is followed by a
value of 5 to 9, the digit is rounded up.
↑
This setting causes automatic round up
2. • PRINT Printer Select Switch
•
(Non-print) Printer is activated only when feed key or non-add/date key is
pressed.
PRINT Printer is activated as long as calculator is turned on.
3. + 0 1 2 3 4 6 F Decimal Point Selector
+ Monetary Add Mode: At this setting, amounts entered are assumed to
be monetary. The calculator automatically supplies a decimal point to
the left of the last two digits entered. Use this setting to add, subtract,
multiply and divide decimals.
Units/price mode operation:
Multiplication: The first factor will be entered as a whole number and
the second factor will have a decimal point supplied to the left of the
last two digits.
Division: The first factor will have a decimal point supplied to the left of
the last two digits and the second factor will be entered as a whole
number.
0,1,2,3,4,6 Fixed decimal point mode; these settings specify the number of digits
to the right of the decimal point that are shown in the result.
F Floating decimal point mode; this setting specifies that all digits of the
result are shown, up to a maximum of 10 on model 1530-6, and 12 on
model 1560-6 and 14 on model 1570-6. If the result exceeds these
capacities, excess digits to the right of the decimal point are dropped.
No rounding takes place.
4. • F-Cal Financial Calculation Switch
•
Without Financial Calculation
F-Cal Tax 1 key change to Amortization key