PRECAUTIONS REGARDING SAFETY
Safety Precautions ............................................................................................ 1
Usage Precautions ............................................................................................ 3
1 BEFORE USING THE INSTRUMENT
1-1 Names of Parts ................................................................................... 9
1-2 Unpacking and Packing .................................................................... 11
1-3 Standard equipment ......................................................................... 11
1-4 Attaching and Charging the Battery ................................................. 12
2 DISPLAY AND KEYBOARD
2-1 Display and Keyboard ...................................................................... 16
2-2 Operation Key ................................................................................... 16
2-3 Function Key ..................................................................................... 17
2-4 Alphanumeric Input ..........................................................................19
2-5 LD Point, Laser pointer ..................................................................... 19
3 PREPARATION FOR SURVEYING
3-1 Centering and Leveling of the Instrument ........................................ 20
3-2 Laser plummet .................................................................................. 20
3-3 Optical plummet (Option) .................................................................22
3-4 Leveling with Circular vial ................................................................. 23
3-5 Leveling with Electronic vial ............................................................. 23
3-6 Eyepiece Adjustment ........................................................................ 25
3-7 Target Sighting ................................................................................. 26
3-8 Attachment and Detachment of Tribrach .......................................... 32
4 TURNING THE POWER ON
4-1 Turning the Power On and Off ..........................................................33
4-2 Adjusting LCD Contrast .................................................................... 34
4-3 Adjusting Illumination Brightness .....................................................35
4-4 Adjusting Reticle Illumination ...........................................................35
5 ANGLE MEASUREMENT
5-1 Measuring an Angle .........................................................................36
5-2 Resetting the Horizontal Angle to 0 .................................................37
5-3 Holding the Horizontal Angle ............................................................ 37
5-4 Inputting an Arbitrary Horizontal Angle ............................................38
5-5 Displaying the % Slope of the Vertical Angle ................................... 40
5-6 Changing the Horizontal Angle
from Clockwise to Counterclockwise ................................................ 41
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