User's Manual

Chapter 1 — Using the CN3
26 CN3 Mobile Computer User’s Manual for Windows Mobile 6.1
Reading Bar Codes
The CN3 imager can scan 1D and 2D bar code symbologies,
composite symbologies, and postal codes. You can position the CN3
in almost any orientation to scan a bar code label.
Locating the Imager and the Side Scan Button
To use the area imager
1 Press the power button to turn on the CN3, point the scanner
window a few inches from the bar code label, and hold steady.
2 Press and hold the Scan button. A laser pointer, illumination
beam, and aiming frame turn on.
3 Center the pointer over the bar code label and move the CN3 so
the bar code fills the aiming frame.
Scan button
Imager
Note: There is also one scan button on the front of the CN3 and two
scan buttons on the front of the CN3e.