User's Manual

SP400X Series - 5. Operate the SP400X

NOTE: There are two ways to clear the bar code or symbol and prepare the SP400X to scan again:

• PresstheyellowCLEARbutton.TheredtaillightswillashonceandtheSP400Xwillemitatone.

• WaitfortheSP400Xtotimeoutanderasethescanfromthememory.TheSP400XwillemitaHi-Lotoneandtheredtaillights

will ﬂash once.

Scanning tips

• TheSP400X’sscannerissimilartoadigitalcamerainthatittakesdigitalpicturesofabarcode.Likeadigitalcamera,thescanner

should be held as still as possible when reading a bar code.

• Thegreenlightbarshouldbeapproximatelycenteredonthebarcode.

• Thegreenlightbarshouldcoverapproximately3/4ofawidelinearbarcode.

• TheSP400Xiscapableofreadingbarcodesatadistanceoffrom2-12inches,but6-9inchesistheidealrange.Actualreading

distances may vary depending on the dimensions of the bar code.

• Readingbarcodesstraightonisappropriateinmanycases,butthereectedlightcaninterferewithreading.HoldingtheSP400Xat

an angle of about 5 degrees to the bar code may give better results.

• TheSP400Xreadsbarcodesinanomnidirectionalmanner.ThismeanstheSP400Xdoesnotneedtobepointedinthesame 

direction as the bar code.

The SP400X reads bar codes in an omnidirectional mannerThe green light bar should be approximately centered on the

bar code and cover approximately 3/4 of a wide bar code