User's Manual

Receiver
38 DigiTrak
®
F5
®
Operator’s Manual
Display Screens
The basic receiver displays include the locate mode screen, the depth mode screen, and the predicted
depth screen. These are presented below. For more information regarding these screens and for detailed
locating instructions, please see the Locating section.
Locate Mode Screen
When the receiver is detecting a signal from a transmitter, the locate mode screen provides real-time data
about the transmitter’s location, temperature, pitch, roll, and signal strength. The roll/pitch meter shows
the quality of the signal from the transmitter.
Receiver Locate Mode Screen with Transmitter in Range (Trigger Out)
The roll/pitch update meter displays the quantity of roll/pitch data being received from the transmitter.
When the meter is empty, no roll/pitch data is being received, and all information will disappear on both
the receiver and remote display. Depth and predicted depth readings may still be taken, but the receiver
will assume the transmitter has a pitch of zero, as indicated by the following image appearing on the
depth or predicted depth mode screen.
Pitch Assumed Zero
When the roll offset function is used (an electronic compensation to match the transmitter’s 12 o’clock
position to the drill head’s 12 o’clock position), the roll indicator will show as below. For more information
on the roll offset, see
“Roll Offset Menu” above.
Roll Offset Is Activated
Locating Target
(FLP or RLP)
Transmitter Signal
Strength
Roll/Pitch
Update Meter
Roll Indicator
Transmitter
Temperature
Transmitter Pitch
Receiver