Advanced Options - bca Tracker2 Owner's Manual

Operating Instructions
Special techniques should be considered if there are several rescuers
available, the victims are in very close proximity, and their beacons
cannot be turned off. For a summary of these special techniques, see
page 14.

Advanced Options

Auto-Revert System: if engaged by the user, the auto-revert feature
automatically returns the Tracker2 to transmit mode after five minutes
in search mode. At startup, the user can engage the Tracker's auto-
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revert feature by pressing and holding the options/SP button while
turning the beacon on. Continue to depress the SP button until the
display window shows "Ar." Once auto-revert is engaged, auto-revert
remains activated as long as the beacon is on.
If auto-revert is engaged, then after four minutes and 30 seconds in
search mode, an alarm will sound for 30 seconds and "Ar" will flash
repeatedly in the distance indicator. To remain in search mode, briefly
press the options/SP button or toggle the search tab in and back out
at any time during the 30-second alarm period. If 30 seconds elapse,
"tr" will flash once and the Tracker will begin transmitting. In auto-
revert mode, as long as the search tab is pulled out, the beeping will
continue to alert the user that the beacon is transmitting.
If auto-revert is not engaged, the Tracker will sound a short alarm
every ten minutes to remind the user that he or she is in search
mode. After 30 minutes in search, the beacon will beep every ten
minutes.
Mute Mode: To mute the sound, begin in transmit ("tr") mode, push
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and hold the options/SP button , then pull the search tab on, wait
until "L0" is displayed, then release the options/SP button. To turn
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the loudspeaker back on, simply push the search tab back into
transmit. The next time you return to search ("SE") mode, the sound
will be on. Mute mode will not deactivate the beeps emitted when the
beacon is about to begin transmitting a signal.
Special Mode: Special (SP) mode is an advanced feature designed
to assist expert searchers in specialized multiple burial situations.
These situations are typically only found in guided groups where
victims are in close proximity and one or more rescuers can start
shoveling while a professional guide resumes the transceiver search.
SP mode can provide that searcher with a distance and direction to
the next victim.
Special mode can only be entered while the user is in search mode.
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To enter SP mode, press the options/SP button . For further
instructions, see the next page.
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