Filter
Top Products
31
Quick Reference
Troubleshooting
Problem Cause Solution
PDT 8100 does
not turn on.
Lithium-ion bat-
tery not charged.
Charge or replace the lithium-ion
battery in the PDT 8100.
Lithium-ion bat-
tery not installed
properly.
Ensure battery is installed properly.
System crash. Perform a hard reset. See Reset-
ting Your PDT 8100 Terminal on
page 27.
Rechargeable
lithium-ion bat-
tery did not
charge.
Battery failed. Replace battery. If your PDT 8100
terminal still does not operate, try a
soft reset, then a hard reset; see
Resetting Your PDT 8100 Terminal
on page 27.
PDT 8100 re-
moved from cra-
dle while battery
was charging.
Insert PDT 8100 in cradle and be-
gin charging. The lithium-ion bat-
tery requires up to 4 hours to
recharge fully.
Cannot see char-
acters on display.
PDT 8100 not
powered on.
Press the PWR key.
Contrast not ad-
justed properly
(monochrome
LCD only).
To adjust the contrast on your PDT
8100 terminal, see Adjusting the
Contrast (Monochrome LCD) on
page 14.