User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Safety Instructions
- Getting Started
- Receiver
- Receiver Menus
- Locating Basics
- Advanced Locating
- Transmitter
- Appendix A: System Specifications
- Appendix B: Receiver Screen Symbols
- Appendix C: Projected Depth Versus Actual Depth and the Fore/Aft Offset
- Appendix D: Calculating Depth Based on Distance Between FLP and RLP
- Appendix E: Reference Tables
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Operator's Manual
Finding the Front Locate Point (FLP)
The locating procedure described here assumes that (a) you are facing the drill, (b) the transmitter is below
ground and between you and the drill, and (c) the FLP is in front of you.
1. With the receiver on and in Locate mode, stand in front of the drill head at a distance of
approximately the depth of the drill head.
2.
Observe the position of the locating ball relative to the receiver box on the display. The figures
below show the FLP ahead of and to the left of the receiver; as the drill head gets deeper, the FLP
will be found farther in front of the transmitter.
Drill rig
Bore path
1. Locating
“target” ball
2. “Box”
Receiver Locate Screen Actual Position of Receiver
and Transmitter
3. Move the receiver to guide the ball into the box.
4. When the ball is centered in the box (Ball-in-the-Box™), hold the trigger for at least one second so
the receiver can lock onto the reference signal. The R icon will appear at the top of the Depth
screen. The locate line (LL) will not display later without this reference.
Drill rig
Bore path
1. Target Ball-in-
the-Box™
2. Reference lock
indicator
Receiver Predicted Depth Screen at FLP with
HAG On
Actual Position of Receiver
and Transmitter