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- Page 1 ® Bluefang All-In-One Smart Phone Controlled Super Collar Instruction Manual US and International Patents Pending...
- Page 2 The Only pet collar that gives you: Remote Training Bark Control Containment Fitness Tracking...
- Page 3 Bluefang® is the only pet training collar that has the ability to be reprogrammed to use its onboard hardware in new, imaginative ways bringing you new functions and features as they are developed by the geniuses at High Tech Pet.
- Page 4 INTRODUCTION Bluefang collars are the most advanced and useful dog training collars made. They bring you “All-In-One” capability to train your dog, correct unwanted barking and monitor fitness and activity level. The BF-22 and BF-25 models also have a built in low frequency radio receiver that works with any High Tech Pet electronic fence transmitter to safely contain your dog in your yard.
- Page 5 COLLAR FEATURES Speaker: Collar contains high fidelity audio speaker for generating unique training tones that may be associated with specific commands. Lamp: Paw Logo flashes on power up and whenever the collar receives a command from your smart phone. Front Stimulus Probes: Solid copper probes deliver harmless static training stimulus.
- Page 6 ADJUSTING THE COLLAR STRAP The strap should be adjusted to a length that is snug but will allow you to comfortably put two fingers between the stimulus probes and your dog’s neck. Adjusting the collar strap is simple but, tricky in that the slider will not move without first sliding out the top strap layer.
- Page 7 DOWNLOAD THE APP • From Google Play Store or Apple App Store, search “Bluefang Dog Trainer”. Download the free app to your phone. Play Store App Store Launch the app Launch the app by clicking the app icon on your phone.
- Page 8 OPENING SCREEN (WHAT’S New) The app will display a very brief splash screen while loading. It will then open to the “WHAT’S NEW” screen. This is a live feed from our server. Notes on product updates, access to online instructional videos and help links as well as links to our website are displayed on this screen.
- Page 9 APP HEADER BARS Once connected to a collar, your phone will display the following header on most screens. Screen Name Goes to Settings Screen Goes to Main Menu or returns to Collar battery status, previous screen displayed on screens where appropriate Link status, displayed on screens where appropriate Android...
- Page 10 NAVIGATING TO THE MAIN MENU “Main Menu” link opens “Main Menu” screen iPhone Menu icon opens slide out menu Android...
- Page 11 CONNECTING FROM iPhone 1. From the “MAIN MENU”, navigate to any screen. 2. Press the “SETTINGS” link Screen will now show “FIND DOG” screen displays a list of the selected collar available collars. “CONNECTED”. On your first connection, the collar is displayed with the default name “Bluefang”...
- Page 12 CONNECTING FROM ANDROID Note that the Android operating system is still evolving their real time Bluetooth connectivity. This has greatly improved over the last few years and is still getting better. However, from time to time you may lose the link to your collar requiring you to close and re-open the app or, in some cases you may need to reboot your phone.
- Page 13 NAMING YOUR COLLAR FROM iPhone 1. From the Main Menu 2. Press the “SETTINGS” link navigate to any screen. 3. Press the “Edit Name” button 4. Enter the desired collar name and press “OK”...
- Page 14 NAMING YOUR COLLAR FROM ANDROID You can give each collar a unique name that will be stored in the collar and read by any connecting phone 1. Press Menu Icon 2. Select “Settings” From the slide out menu 3. Select the “Labels” tab 4.
- Page 15 NAVIGATING TO THE TRAINING SCREEN From the “Main Menu” select “Train My Dog”. iPhone From the slide out menu, select “Train Dog” Android...
- Page 16 CUSTOMIZING iPhone COMMANDS Your Bluefang system gives you 6 command tones that are each associated with a specific command. You can customize each of these commands to teach you dog the specific commands you choose. 3. Touch the command 1. From the TRAINING screen press you want to change the SETTINGS link 2.
- Page 17 CUSTOMIZING ANDROID COMMANDS 3. Touch the command you 2. Press the 1. From the Slide Out want to change. “Labels” Link. Menu select “Settings” On the “Train Dog” screen, your new command will 4. From the pop-up key 4. From the pop-up key appear as a TONE pad, enter the desired pad, enter the desired...
- Page 18 CUSTOMIZING iPHONE TRAINING STIMULUS 1. From the “MAIN MENU’ 2. Press the 3. Press the “Setup select “Train My Dog”. “SETTINGS” link. Stimulus” button 4. Use sliders to adjust static 6. Use sliders to adjust static “STIMULUS INTENSITY” corresponding “STIMULUS DURSTION” to the “STIMULUS”...
- Page 19 CUSTOMIZING ANDROID TRAINING STIMULUS Setting Up Your Custom Stimulus Profile: The Bluefang collar gives you a range of sonic and static training stimuli. You can use the default Stimulus Profile, or proceed with the steps below to set up a custom profile tailored to your dog’s individual temperament.
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Page 20: Training Your Dog
TRAINING YOUR DOG The Bluefang super collar uses High Tech Pet’s unique STAR (Stimulus Tone And Reward) training system that applies audible tones and harmless static stimulus to quickly train your dog desired behaviors and break unwanted habits.. Unique Training Tones. Each button triggers a tone at the collar. - Page 21 STAR TRAINING SYSTEM (Stimulus Tone And Reward) Created by High Tech Pet in collaboration with some of the nation's leading animal behaviorists and professional animal trainers, our new STAR dog training system uses a simple 3 step process based on Pavlovian principles that uses specific tones to trigger desired behavior and negative stimulus to deter unwanted behavior.
- Page 22 Corrective stimulus can be useful, even essential in effective dog training and in most cases, need not be painful to your dog. Electronic Dog Training Collars. High Tech Pet Collars provide stimulus that is divided into painless, moderate and strong levels.
- Page 23 BARK CONTROL Navigating to the Bark Control Function iPhone From the “MAIN MENU” press “Stop My Dog’s Barking” Press ”SETTINGS” to go to Settings Screen shown on the next page Android From the Slide Out menu press “Bark Control”...
- Page 24 iPhone BARK CONTROL SETTINGS BARK SCREEN SETTINGS SCREEN Returns to “BARK” Screen On/ Off Switch “SETTINGS” link navigates to “SETTINGS” Resets to factory Screen default settings Adjust to the loudness of 3 Sensing Modes your dog’s bark 3 Stimulus Output Modes Adjust to your dog’s relative size...
- Page 25 ANDROID BARK CONTROL SETTINGS Android app controls settings and modes on the same screen On/ Off Switch “Bark Detect” and “Dog Size” settings allow you to tune the collar to your dog’s individual voice. Output modes give you a choice of corrective stimuli. Adjust for the relative loudness of your dog’s bark Adjust for your dog’s relative size...
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Page 26: Electronic Fence
ELECTRONIC FENCE Switching on “Containment” enables the auxiliary, low frequency radio receiver that is responsive to all High Tech Pet brand electronic fence transmitters. The Bluefang collar uses High Tech Pet’s exclusive Pulsed Proportional Stimulus system that starts out mild and automatically increases stimulus as your dog approaches the boundary wire. - Page 27 BARK SENSING MODES Bluefang collars use audible sound plus static stimulus which both start out mild and progressively increase as your dog’s barking persists. This has proven to be among the most effective and humane bark control techniques. “STOP NUISANCE BARKING” mode stops normal barking but, allows the more urgent intruder and alarm barking.
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Page 28: Activity Tracking
ACTIVITY TRACKING The Bluefang super collar’s sensors continuously track your dog’s activity throughout the day. Data is transferred to the collar automatically when the Fitness function is selected and the collar is in range. Your dog’s activity record may be displayed by day, week, month or year. The iPhone app displays data as a pie chart. - Page 29 Android The Android app captures your dog’s physical activity and allows you to display it in bar chart and pie chart format by hour, day, week, month and year. Display bar chart Display pie chart Reload all collar data Upload new data Select Date Range BAR CHART: Average PIE CHART: Percent of...
- Page 30 BMI CALCULATOR An on-board Body Mass Index calculator assesses your dog’s fitness level. Dog’s with BMI above normal need to increase exercise level. Activity tracker may be used to increase, maintain or decrease exercise level depending upon your dog’s BMI. Select breed from dropdown menu Select gender...
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Page 31: Power Management
POWER MANAGEMENT Three power modes are provided to allow you to optimize the life of your battery. iPhone Android From the main menu got to “Train From the slide out menu My Dog” then click the “SETTINGS” go to “Settings” and Select link and press the “Edit “Power”... -
Page 32: Firmware Update Screen
High Tech Pet. When your collar connects, the app checks the collar to make sure it has the latest firmware. If there is a newer one available, the app will ask if you wish to download it.
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