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PodInstructions 

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WelcometotheworldofPod!

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ThankyouforbuyingyourPodGPSpettracker.Wehopeyouenjoyusingthisdevice.

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BeforeusingyourPod,pleasereadtheseinstructionscarefullytoensureyoufullyunderstandhowit

worksandhowitshouldbeused.

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Step1–Chargingthebattery.PlacethebatteryintheUSBchargingdockandinsertthechargerina

convenientUSBportonyourcomputeroralternativelyaUSBmainsadaptor.Anorangelightwill

showthatthebatteryisbeingcharged.Thebatteryneedstobechargedfortwohoursoruntilthe

orangelightturnsgreen.

GeneralDescription

ThePodTrackercomprisesfourmainelements;aGPSunit,tofixitsposition;aNetworkServiceunit

withaSIMcardforcommunications,amotionsensorandapowersource(battery).Pleasenotethat

theGPSunitreliesoninformationfromsatellitestoestablishitspositionandmetalstructuresor

largebuildingsmayinterferewithitsabilityto‘see’thesatellites.Similarly,theNetworkServiceUnit

mustbeinrangeoftheMobileNetworkbecauseitreliesonthesametechnologyasyourmobile

phone.InoperationthePodTrackermayloseitspositionfromtimetotimewhenitislocatedinan

areaofpoorsatellitereceptionsuchasbeneathametalroof.Thiswillnotnormallycauseaproblem

becausetheunitwillcontinuetore‐establishitsposition.Ifnomovementisdetectedbythemotion

sensorformorethanaminutetheunitwillswitchto‘sleep’modeuntilmovementisdetected.

UnitDescription

TheillustrationbelowshowsthePodTrackerwiththebatteryinstalled.Atthebaseoftheunitatthe

oppositeendtothebatterytheswitchislocated.Thisisawaterproofswitchandthereforerequires

firmpressureatthecentreofthebasetoactivate.ThisisbestachievedbysqueezingthePod

Trackerbetweenthethumbandforefingerwiththethumbcentrallyonthebaseandtheforefinger

onthebatteryatthetop.Therearethreeindicatorlights.Thetopindicatorisonthebatterywhere

itconnectstotheunit.Therearetwofurtherindicatorsontheunititself.

Topindicator

(baseofbattery) Green‐batteryischargedandreadyforoperation.

Red‐batteryisbelow30%charge.

(This equipment is worn on pets, it's not use or carrier on human body.)(This equipment is worn on pets, it's not use or carrier on human body.)(This equipment is worn on pets, it's not use or carrier on human body.)(This equipment is worn on pets, it's not use or carrier on human body.)

Threeredflashes–switchingoff

Secondindicator

(longerofthetwoontheunit)Green‐networkserviceconnectionestablished.

Blue–tryingtoconnecttonetworkservice.

Thirdindicator

(shorterofthetwoontheunit)Green–GPSfixestablished

Blue–tryingtoobtainGPSfix

Operation

Assembly–takethechargedbatteryandpositionitsothatthemarksonthebatteryandtheunit

arealigned.Pressthebatteryandunittogetheruntilaclickisheard.Holdingtheunitturnthe

batteryclockwiseuntilitislockedinposition.

SwitchingOn–Withtheunitheldbetweenthumbandforefinger(asshown)presstheswitchatthe

centreofthebasefirmlyforthreeseconds.Allthreeindicatorlightswillilluminategreenin

sequenceandwillremainonforthreesecondstoshowthatthePodTrackerhasbegunitsstart‐up

process.

Start‐UpProcess

Theindicatorlightswillthenextinguishandaftertensecondsthesecondandthirdindicatorswill

lightforonesecondwhichwillthenberepeatedeverytensecondsuntiltheunithasestablishedits

positionwhenbothwillshowgreen.Duringthisprocessthesecondindicatorwillnormallyshow

greentoindicatenetworkserviceisworkingandthethirdindicatorwillshowbluetoindicatethat

thepositionhasnotyetbeenfixed.Pleasenotethatdependentuponlocation,timeofday,weather

conditionsandsatellitereceptionthisprocessmayinitiallytakeseveralminutes.Oncetheposition

hasbeenfixedtheunitwillcontinuetoautomaticallylocateitself.

StatusChecking

Duringnormaloperationtheindicatorlightswillremainofftoconservebatterypower.Thestatusof

theunitmaybecheckedatanytimeafterthestart‐upprocessiscompleted.Thisisachievedbya

rapiddepressionandreleaseoftheswitch.Theindicatorlightswillthenilluminatebrieflytoshow

thestatusofeachfunctionasfollows:‐

ThreeGreen–Batterygood,NetworkServicegood,GPSfixgood.

Green,Green,Blue–Batterygood,NetworkServicegood,TryingtoestablishGPSfix.

Red,Green,Green–Batterybelow30%,NetworkServicegood,GPSfixgood.

Pleasenotethatcareshouldbetakentopressandreleasetheswitchquicklyotherwiseitwillcause

theunittoswitchoffandthestart‐upproceduremustberepeatedtocontinueoperation.

SwitchingOff

Presstheswitchforthreeseconds.Thetopindicatorwillflashredthreetimesandtheunitwill

powerdown.

ReplacingtheBattery

Removalofthebatterywillcausetheunittopowerdown.Havingreplacedthebatteryitwillthenbe

necessarytoswitchonandallowtheunittorunthroughthestart‐upprocess.

Fittingthestrap

Havingfamiliarisedyourselfwiththebasicfunctionsandoperationoftheunit,youarenowreadyto

attachtheunittoyourpet’scollar.Passthetwoshortendsoftheincludedrubberstrapthroughthe

outerslotsintheunitasshownsothatthesmoothsideofthestrapisnexttotheunit.Pulleach

tanguntilthefirstribisvisible.Passthelongtangaroundthecollarandbackthroughthecentreslot

intheunitintheoppositedirectiontotheothertangs.Pullthroughenoughribsuntiltheunitis

securelyfittedtothecollar.Thetangmythenbetrimmedandtheendtuckedthroughtheslot

provided.Pleasenotethatforeaseoffittingandamorepermanentattachmentyoumaypreferto

useacabletie.

(Illustrationofstraparrangement)

OperationalNotes

Duringoperationtheunitwillgointo‘sleep’modeifitisnotmovedformorethanoneminute.Ifthe

motionsensoristhenactivatedbymovementtheunitwill‘wakeup’andcontinuetomonitorits

position.Thisfunctionalityisimportanttoconservebatterypower.

IftheAppuserrequeststheunitspositionthesecondindicatorlightwillflashthreetimes.

IftheAppuserdefinesanewperimeterthesecondindicatorwillflashseventimes.

Batterylifewilldependonusage.Themode(Standby,Perimeter,Track)inwhichtheunitisset.The

numberoftimesalocationisrequested,thenumberoftimesaperimeterisredefinedandthelevel

ofactivityofthepet.

Ifyouareexperiencingdifficultyinestablishingthepositioninalocationwherethishasbeenreadily

achievedbefore,tryswitchingoffandonagainaftertenseconds.

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Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15oftheFCCRules.

Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:

(1)Thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and

(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmaycause

undesiredoperation.

Note:ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassB

digitaldevice,pursuanttoPart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovide

reasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.This

equipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledand

usedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradio

communications.

However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticularinstallation.If

thisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcan

bedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrect

theinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:

Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.

Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.

Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthe

receiverisconnected.

Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment complied with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled

environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm

between the radiator & your body.

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