Try the following:
Press MODE
Set your Number Format as you like
Press F3 (CAS)
Ensure that Approx is checked.
Press F6 twice (OK)
This should have the effect of making all future numbers input become reals (floats with a decimal) and causing them to all be displayed in the number format you like. It will have the side effect that you will lose accuracy in some calculations, however, so it's not ideal (which is why there's a difference in the first place).
Press MODE
Set your Number Format as you like
Press F3 (CAS)
Ensure that Approx is checked.
Press F6 twice (OK)
This should have the effect of making all future numbers input become reals (floats with a decimal) and causing them to all be displayed in the number format you like. It will have the side effect that you will lose accuracy in some calculations, however, so it's not ideal (which is why there's a difference in the first place).
--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "hvdave2000" <hvdave2000@...> wrote:
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> Hello all. Just got my 50g today. I'm moving on from my 41cx and 42s.
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> The first thing I did was to configure it for Engineering Units. Pressing MODE then choosing the associated NUMBER TYPE as "ENG" all went smoothly. However the behavior of the calculator is puzzling.
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> With the NUMBER FORMAT set to ENG and 4 significant digits I get the following....
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> Type 12345678 <ENTER>
> Display shows: "12345678" instead of "12.346E6"
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> I was expecting to see the number in the ENG format after I hit <ENTER> since that is the number format I selected.
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> Curiously if I multiply by "1E0" then I get "12.346E6" whereas mutiplying by "1" gets "12345678".
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> Is this normal behavior? I'd like set the calculator so that it always shows in ENG format if possible.
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> Thanks
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