User's Manual
User Manual XC Tracer Maxx Rev 01 23.2.2020
Battery Indicator
After switching the device on the battery charge status is indicated with a sequence of short
beeps:
5x Beep means that the battery is charged 95% or more.
4x Beep means that the battery is charged 75% or more.
3x Beep means that the battery is charged 55% or more.
2x Beep means that the battery is charged 35% or more.
1x Beep means that the battery is charged 15% or more.
When the battery is less than 15% charged you will hear a constant beep for one second
after switching the device on.
After indicating the battery charge the GPS now searches for a fix. A beep-beep-beeeeeep
indicates that the device is now ready for flight.
The battery charge level is also displayed on the LCD.
Adjusting The Volume
XC Tracer Maxx has 4 volume settings: Mute, gentle, medium and loud. You can change the
volume level by double pressing the red button (like a double click on the mouse of your
computer), always from mute – gentle - medium – loud – mute – gentle etc.
Energy Management
A fully charged battery from the XC Tracer Maxx is sufficient to run the vario for 60 hours,
including logging of IGC and KML files, sending and receiving of Flarm Beacons, data
transfer over BLE etc. The battery can be charged via the USB port. To do this, use the USB-
C charging cable provided and charge the XC Tracer Maxx overnight. Fully charging an
empty battery takes about 5 hours.
Important: Please charge with your computer or use an original charger from a smartphone.
Never use a cheap charger; this can damage XC Tracer Maxx!
Automatic Switch-Off
Automatic switch off is disabled during the first 60 minutes after switching on XC Tracer Max,
however after that it will turn itself off if it hasn't detected lift or sink for 1 minute – ie. after
you’ve landed. In addition, low-voltage detection will switch the device off if the battery
voltage drops below 3.3V. The automatic shutdown works fine if the GPS reception is good.
However, this is not always the case. Therefore it is advisable to switch off the variometer
manually immediately after landing.