RIDGID Metal Detector manual Operation Time, Low Battery Warning, Starting Up, Set Up, NaviTrack

NaviTrack® II

Operation Time

Using alkaline cells, typical operation time is from about 12 to 24 hours depending on sound volume and how often the backlight is on. Other factors that affect the operation time will include chemistry of the battery (many of the new high performance batteries, such as the “Duracell® ULTRA” last 10% - 20% longer than conventional alkaline cells under high demand applications). Operation at lower tem- peratures will also reduce battery life.

The NaviTrack II display can also show random symbols when the battery power is too low to drive the internal logic circuits correctly. This is remedied by simply putting fresh batteries into the unit.

To preserve battery life the NaviTrack II will automatically shut down after one hour of no key presses. Simply turn the unit on to resume use.

Low Battery Warning

When the battery gets low, a battery icon will appear in the map area on the screen. This indicates that the bat- teries need to be changed and that the unit will soon shut down.

Figure 10 – Display Low-Battery Warning

Just before complete shut down, there will be a non-in- terruptible power down sequence.

NOTE! Voltage on rechargeable batteries may some- times drop so quickly that the unit will just shut down. The unit will turn off and restart. Just re- place the batteries and turn the unit back ON.

Starting Up

After pressing the Power Key on the keypad, the RIDGID® logo displays, and the software version number will appear on the left of the screen.

Figure 11 – Start-up Screen

In the European version, the screen will include a “CE” logo:

Figure 12 – European Start-up Screen

Make a note of the software version in the box on page 1. If technical support from Ridge is needed it will be helpful to have it available.

Set Up

Once the NaviTrack II is up and running, the next step is to set up the frequencies that match the Sonde, trans- mitter, or line to be located.

Each frequency is selected for use by choosing it from a list in the Main Menu. If the box on the Main Menu for that frequency is checked, the frequency is in Checked-Active status.

Checked-Active frequencies are already selected for use and appear in sequence by pressing the Frequency Key . (For example, the Sonde frequency of 512 kHz is available by pressing the Frequency Key.)

Figure 13 – Sonde Frequency Selected With Frequency Key

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