How-tos
Using the Sound Level Meter
Last updated on 24 July 2025 by Michael Villeneuve
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Default settings for the Precision INtegrating Sound Level Meter Type 2230 BK are as follows:
- Detector: RMS
- Power: On
- Time Weighting: Fast
- Mode: Operate
- Display: SPL
- FSD: FSD selects the measurement range of meter. Recommended values for use in the lab are 90 (30-83dB) or 100 (40-93dB)
- Sound Incidence: Frontal
- All | max/min | pause: ALL
- EXT. FIlter: Out.
- Freq. Weighting: A
For using it to calibrate the ear-tip SPL see the specific how-to.