About This Guide; Introduction; Configurations; Chapter Descriptions - Motorola Symbol DS6708 Product Reference Manual

About This Guide

Introduction

The Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide provides general instructions for setting up,
operating, maintaining and troubleshooting the Symbol DS6708 digital scanner.
NOTE The Symbol DS6708 premier digital decoder does not support imaging. For imaging features and
parameters, refer to the Symbol DS6707 Digital Imager Scanner Product Reference Guide, p/n 72E-83978-xx.

Configurations

This guide covers all operating features of the Symbol DS6708 Standard Range digital scanner.

Chapter Descriptions

Topics covered in this guide are as follows:
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Chapter 1, Getting Started
information.
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Chapter 2, Scanning
digital scanner in hand-held and hands-free modes.
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Chapter 3, Maintenance & Technical Specifications
scanner, troubleshooting, and technical specifications.
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Chapter 4, User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options
customize how data is transmitted to the host device and programming bar codes for selecting user
preference features for the digital scanner.
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Chapter 5, Decoding Preferences
selecting these features.
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Chapter 6, USB Interface
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Chapter 7, RS-232 Interface
point-of-sale devices, host computers, or other devices with an available RS-232 port.
provides a product overview, unpacking instructions, and cable connection
describes parts of the digital scanner, beeper and LED definitions, and how to use the
provides decoding preference features and the programming bar codes for
describes how to set up the digital scanner with a USB host.
describes how to set up the digital scanner with an RS-232 host, such as
provides information on how to care for the digital
provides commonly used bar codes to