User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety Precautions and Warnings
- Dear Customer:
- Introduction
- F Series Battery Charger System
- Receiver
- General Description
- Standard Receiver Display Screen Symbols
- /Power On
- Power Off
- Automatic Shutdown
- Toggle & Trigger Switches
- Audible Tones
- Main Menu
- /Calibration Menu
- /Height-Above-Ground (HAG) Menu
- /Settings Menu
- Transmitter Selection Menu
- /DigiTrak LWD (Log While Drilling) Menus
- Target Steering Menu
- Using the Keypad
- Display Screens
- Transmitter
- Remote Display
- Locating
- The Target Steering Function
- Appendix A: System Specifications and Maintenance Requirements
- Appendix B: Projected Depth Versus Actual Depth and the Fore/Aft Offset
- Appendix C: Calculating Depth Based on Distance Between FLP and RLP
- Appendix D: Reference Tables
- Appendix E: EU Required Documentation
- LIMITED WARRANTY
Transmitter
DigiTrak
®
F5
®
Operator’s Manual 43
C-Cell C-Cell
SuperCell™
Installing Batteries / Power On
The transmitter is powered on once the batteries are installed properly. To install the batteries:
1. Remove the battery cap from the transmitter by rotating it counter clock wise. A large flathead
screw driver is required.
2. Insert battery or batteries positive terminal first.
When using two C-cell batteries in the long-range transmitters, performance is improved by placing a
spring between the batteries, as shown below.
Install Transmitter Batteries with Battery Contact Spring
3. Replace the batter cap. Dual frequency transmitters must be in the appropriate orientation for the
desired frequency when the battery cap is installed, see below.
Pointing Up Pointing Down _
C-Cell C-Cell
SuperCell™
Battery Contact Spring
5XD 12/1.3 to
Operate in
Single Mode
And
5XD 19/12 to
Operate at
19Hz
5XD 12/1.3 to
Operate in
Dual Mode
And
5XD 19/12 to
Operate at
12Hz
Battery Cap