User Manual

APR500 – Classic Mode
16.10.2014 Page 8 of 46
3. Security Advice
Caution! Dispose of exhausted rechargeable and non-rechargeable
batteries must be compliant with your local laws. To ensure proper
compliance is entirely the responsibility of the owner and / or user of
the reader.
4. Basic Operations of the APR500
This chapter introduces the basic operations of the APR500.
4.1 Keys of Operation
The APR500 has an ergonomic mobile phone style alphanumeric keyboard with 21 buttons
for easy operation. The function of the buttons is described below.
Hotkey A
Activates the reading function
as configured for Hotkey A
Hotkey B
Activates the reading function as
configured for Hotkey B
Enter button
Selects menu items, moves to
the next field during an
operation and confirms inputs
Arrow buttons
Move up/down/left/right
Up/Down: Scrolls through the
menu, alters selected
values, higher/lower
case letters for
alphanumeric input
C button
Switches the Handheld on/off.
Moves into the next higher
menu level, cancels the input
Left: Moves one digit back
in input fields
Right: Skips the input field
Alphanumeric keys
Are used in order to enter
numbers and / or characters
into input fields
F button
Opens the readers main menu
# button
Activates the alphanumeric
Keypad (No Tag mode, Assign
Mode)