User's Manual

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Operator’s Manual
Pressure Units Menu ................................................................................ 26
Temperature Units Menu .......................................................................... 26
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Language Selection Menu ......................................................................... 26
Transmitter Selection and Frequency Optimization ....................................... 26
Frequency Optimization ........................................................................... 27
So I Just Paired, Now What? ..................................................................... 30
Transmitter Selection ............................................................................... 30
View Frequency Optimization .................................................................... 31
Transmitter Information ........................................................................... 31
DataLog ......................................................................................................... 32
Left/Right Offset ..................................................................................... 33
Deviation ............................................................................................... 33
Flags and Pins ......................................................................................... 34
Diagnostics .................................................................................................... 34
Perform Level Check ................................................................................ 35
Perform System Self-Test ......................................................................... 36
Perform Signal Self-Test .......................................................................... 36
System Info ................................................................................................... 37
Locating Basics 38
Locating Screens ........................................................................................... 39
Locate Screen ......................................................................................... 39
Locate Screen Shortcuts .......................................................................... 40
Depth Screen .......................................................................................... 40
Predicted Depth Screen ............................................................................ 42
Depth Screen, Invalid Location ................................................................. 43
Interference ................................................................................................... 43
What is Interference? .............................................................................. 43
Checking for Interference ......................................................................... 44
Roll/Pitch Check ...................................................................................... 45
Suggestions for Dealing with Interference .................................................. 46
Locate Points (FLP & RLP) and Locate Line (LL) .......................................... 46
Effects of Depth, Pitch, and Topography on Distance Between FLP and RLP .... 48
Marking Locate Points .............................................................................. 49
Locating the Transmitter ................................................................................ 49
Finding the Front Locate Point (FLP) .......................................................... 50
Finding the Locate Line (LL) ...................................................................... 52
Finding the RLP to Confirm Transmitter Heading and Position ....................... 54
Advanced Locating 56
Tracking “On-the-Fly” .................................................................................... 56
Off-Track Locating ......................................................................................... 58
Target Steering .............................................................................................. 59
Feasible Target Steering Area ................................................................... 60
Turning Target Steering On ...................................................................... 61
Positioning the Receiver as the Target ....................................................... 61
Steering to the Target with the Remote Display .......................................... 62
Target Steering in Interference Areas ........................................................ 62
Turn Target Steering Off .......................................................................... 63
Transmitter 64
Batteries and Power On/Off ........................................................................... 65