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Section 3 - System overview
3.1 RD8100 locator
Locator features
1 Keypad
2 LCD with auto backlight
3 Speaker
4 Battery compartment
5 Optional Lithium-Ion battery pack
6 Accessory connector
7 Headphone connector
8 Bluetooth module antenna
9 USB connector (inside the battery compartment)
Locator keypad
10 Power key
: Switches the unit on and off.
Opens the locator menu
11 Frequency key
: Selects frequency.
Closes submenu
12 Up and down arrows
: Adjusts the locator
signal gain.
Scrolls through the menu options
13 Antenna key
: toggles Peak, Peak+, Null, Broad
Peak and Guidance modes.
Opens a submenu
14 Survey key
: Saves Survey measurements
15 Transmitter key
: Sends iLOC commands to
Bluetooth transmitters
Locator screen icons
16 Indicates the signal strength and Peak marker
17 Signal strength: Numerical indication of signal
strength
18 Peak / Proportional arrows: Indicates the location of
the line relative to the locator
19 Battery icon: Indicates the battery level
20 Gain and Log number: Displays the log number
momentarily after a survey measurement is saved to
memory
21 Volume icon: Displays the volume level
22 Current Direction arrows
23 Radio Mode: Indicates when Radio Mode is active
24 Power Mode: Indicates when Power Mode is active
25 Accessory indicator: Indicates when an accessory is
connected
26 CD Mode icon: Indicates when Current Direction
Mode is active
27 A-Frame icon: Indicates when the A-Frame is
connected
28 Operating mode indicator
29 Bluetooth icon: Indicates status of Bluetooth
connection. Flashing icon means pairing is in
progress. Solid icon indicates an established
connection is active
30 Antenna mode icon: Indicates antenna selection:
Peak, Null, Broad Peak, Peak+ and Guidance Mode
31 Sonde icon: Indicates that the signal source is from
a sonde
32 Line icon: Indicates that the signal source is from a
line
33 Compass indicator: Shows the direction of the
located cable relative to the locator.
34 Tx status (with Bluetooth Tx models): Transmitter
communication status
– confirms successful iLOC /
communication.
35 Tx standby (with Bluetooth Tx models): Indicates
that the transmitter is in Standby Mode
36 Current / depth indicator
37 GPS Status icon (GPS models only): One bar
indicates that GPS is active. 3 bars indicates that the
GPS has locked to the GPS satellite system
38 GPS Signal quality icon (GPS models only):
Indicates the quality of the signal being received
