Scout™ Sonde and Line Locator
Powering Up and Down
Turn the power ON by depressing the Power
on the keypad. The RIDGID
version number will appear in the lower right corner.
Figure 9
Turn the unit OFF by depressing and releasing the
Power
key on the keypad.
Low Battery Warning
When the battery gets low, a battery icon will appear in
the map area on the screen. This indicates that the
batteries need to be changed and that the unit will soon
shut down.
Figure 10
Just before complete shut down there will be a non-in-
terruptible power down sequence.
In some cases the voltage on rechargeable batteries
may drop so quickly that the unit will just shut down.
The unit will turn OFF and restart. Just replace the bat-
teries and turn the unit back ON.
Set Up
Once the Scout is up and running the next step is to set
up the frequencies needed that match the equipment to
be located. Each is activated for use by selecting them
from a list in the menu.
1. Push the menu key:
8
key
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logo displays, the software
Ridge Tool Company
Figure 11
2. Using the up and down arrows highlight a frequency
to match the one used in the sonde or on the line
transmitter, then press the select key (shown below)
to check the box. See the Menu Choices for refer-
ence. Hit the menu key again to return to the main
screen.
Figure 12
Be sure that the frequency selected
WARNING
matches the desired use. 33 is available as both
sonde AND line trace frequencies. Using a sonde fre-
quency for line tracing or vice versa, can cause the
Scout to display incorrect depth information.
3. Now press the sonde/trace/frequency mode key to
cycle through the activated frequencies and modes.
Pay attention to the icons on the screen to see which
mode the Scout is operating in.