User's Manual

DIGITAL CONTROL INCORPORATED
DigiTrak
®
F5
®
Operator’s Manual 7
Safety Precautions
and Warnings (Continued)
BATTERY DISPOSAL: This symbol on equipment indicates that the equipment must not
be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to
dispose of such equipment by handing it over to a designated collection point for the
recycling of batteries or electrical and electronic equipment. If the equipment contains a
banned substance, the label will show the pollutant (Cd = Cadmium; Hg = Mercury;
Pb = Lead) near this symbol. The separate collection and recycling of your waste
equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and ensure that it
is recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment. For more
information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please
contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service, or the shop where
you purchased the equipment.
 Before each drilling run, test the DigiTrak F5 system with the transmitter inside the drill head to con-
firm that it is operating properly and is providing accurate drill head location and heading information
(see the Receiver and Locating sections) and accurate transmitter depth, pitch, and roll information.
 During drilling, the depth will not be accurate unless:
• The receiver has been properly calibrated and the calibration has been checked for accuracy so
that the receiver shows the correct depth.
• The transmitter has been located correctly and accurately and the receiver is directly above the
transmitter in the drill head underground or at the front locate point.
• The receiver is kept level and the height-above-ground has been set correctly.
 Always test calibration after you have stopped drilling for any length of time.
 Interference can cause inaccuracies in the measurement of depth and loss of the transmitter’s pitch,
roll, or heading. You should always perform an electrical interference check prior to drilling.
• Sources of interference include but are not limited to traffic signal loops, invisible dog fences,
cable TV, power lines, fiber-trace lines, metal structures, cathodic protection, telephone lines, cell
phones, transmission towers, conductive earth, salt water, rebar, radio frequencies, and other
unknown sources of interference.
• Interference with the operation of the remote display may also occur from other sources operating
nearby on the same frequency, such as car rental agencies using their remote check-in modules,
other directional drilling locating equipment, etc.
• Background noise must be minimal and signal strength must be at least 150 points above the
background noise during all locating operations.
 Carefully review this manual and be sure you always operate the DigiTrak F5 system properly to
obtain accurate depth, pitch, roll, and locate points. If you have any questions about the operation of
the system, please call DCI’s Customer Service Department at any of the phone numbers provided
on the cover, and we will do our best to assist you.