User Manual XC Tracer Mini II GPS
Rev 02 21.10.2018
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.
Energy Management
Normally the solar cell delivers enough energy to power XC Tracer Mini II GPS and charge the
battery at the same time when flying. But on occasion the device might slowly discharge during a
flight if it’s been in your shadow for long periods, or if the sun is low, or if the sky is overcast etc.
Perhaps the next flight might be different, with enough sunshine to power the device and charge the
battery; however it’s always a good idea to switch off the device immediately after landing.
Should it ever be necessary you can charge XC Tracer Mini II GPS using a Micro USB cable. It takes
approximately 3 hours to fully charge the battery so it's best to leave it charging overnight.
Important: The battery does slowly get discharged even when the vario is switched off. Fully
recharge the vario before the winter break, and recharge the battery again once when the new
flying season starts.
Automatic Switch-Off
Automatic switch off is disabled during the first 60 minutes after switching XC Tracer Mini II GPS
on, 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.
Adjusting The Volume
XC Tracer Mini II GPS has 4 volume settings: Mute, gentle, medium and loud. You can change the
volume setting with a short push of the red button, always from mute – gentle - medium – loud –
mute – gentle etc.
