
Quick Start Guide
Installing the Unit
Guidance Screen
Mount to the windscreen
using suction mount and
arm.
Warning – Please disconnect the unit from the power
supply, if you need to jump start your vehicle.
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12v DC Plug
Plug into 3 pin
socket on vehicle.
Magnetic Antenna
Install centrally across the
width of the roof (if the roof
is not metal use the roof
mount plate supplied).
Warranty Void if suction mount fails !! - Its is advised that the suction mount
is removed from the windscreen when the unit is not in operation and
reattached on a day to day basis.
For a more permanent fixing, a mounting kit that can be secured to the vehicle is
available for an additional cost.
Touch Screen
USB Power Socket
Charge the screen via supplied USB Cable.
It is recommended that the charge cable is always connected to
the screen whilst in use.

Setup
When launching the BlackBox for the first time the ‘Setup Wizard’ will guide through
the essential settings ready for guidance and area measurement.
Navigation Bar
N.B. The wizard can be re-accessed via Setup > Unit Setup > Run Initial Setup
Wizard.
Starting a Job
Previous
Next Home Information
Cancel Confirm
Guidance Modes
Straight - Sets a straight guidance line between set point A and point B, which is then
replicated both sides of the original line at equal intervals based on the entered width.
Curved - Creates a curved guidance line based on the path driven between set point A
and point B. The line is then replicated both sides of the original line at equal intervals
based on the entered width.
1) Press Start Job.
2) Enter the Farm/Field
name and Confirm
3) Enter working Width,
then select the Guidance
Mode and press Confirm
to begin job.
N.B. Before starting a job it is important the correct Bluetooth device is selected and
that the GPS Quality level is within the green. This ensures the best GPS
performance for use with guidance and area measurement.

Guidance Screen
Measuring the Area of a Field
1) After starting a new job, position your vehicle at the edge of the field and press the
Start/Pause Boundary.
2) Change the settings as required:-
Offset – the distance that the antenna
is from the field edge.
Direction – Where the edge of the field is
when you are facing forward.
3) Press Start and drive around the field edge until the start point is reached. The
BlackBox will automatically close and save the boundary map, displaying the field
shape and area size in the mini map. If the boundary doesn’t close, press the Close
Boundary button.
N.B. During the boundary run the boundary recording can be paused and restarted
using the Start/Pause Boundary button, if there is a need to drive around obstacles.
To do a new boundary map redo steps 1) to 3).
Start/Pause
Boundary
Close
Boundary
Recording
On/Off
Menu
Information Panel
GPS Strength
Coverage Area
Guidance Status Speed (Toggle Speedometer / Digital)
Distance Travelled
Recalibrate
Guidance line
(Straight Mode
only)

Setting and Using a Guidance Line
Finishing a Job
To complete a field boundary map or guidance job to start a new one, press the Menu
button and then Next Job to do a different job with the same settings or Finished Job
to return to the Start menu.
To power off the BlackBox press Shutdown, then press Yes and disconnect from
power supply.
1) Position the vehicle in the field where the job will begin. (When using a curved
line it is important to use the longer edge of the field to set a guide line).
2) At the beginning of a straight run press
the Grid area to set point A.
3) Drive to the end of the run and press
the Grid area to set B. The guidance line
will appear ready for guidance.
4) If working the headland pass, continue
around then line up to the set AB line and
use the guidance to work the inner areas of
the field.
5) When turning in the headland the next
AB line will appear.
N.B. The green coverage recording can be turned off and on using the ‘Recording
On/Off’ button or selected method.
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Pressing the Grid area a third time allows the guidance line to be reset and also if
using the ‘Straight’ guidance mode, recalibrated to align with current location.
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