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MD-300 Electronic Timer User's Manual
©1995 FarmTek, Inc.
1000-D Hwy 78 North
Wylie, TX 75098
(972) 429-0947
(800) 755-6529
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  • Page 1 MD-300 Electronic Timer User's Manual ©1995 FarmTek, Inc. 1000-D Hwy 78 North Wylie, TX 75098 (972) 429-0947 (800) 755-6529...
  • Page 2 START/STOP the timer. When the timer is started, the time is first reset to The MD-300 Timer supports a wide variety of events. The zero, and then the running time is shown on the display. basic timer with the equipment listed above can support When the timer is stopped, the final time is shown on the speed events such as barrel racing and pole bending.
  • Page 3 For these The list of setup options available is shown in the "MD-300 events, it is desirable to force the timer to ignore the electric Setup Options"...
  • Page 4 MD-300 User’s Manual Page 3 MD-300 User’s Manual Page 3 (Cont’d) MD-300 SETUP OPTIONS MD-300 SETUP OPTIONS (cont'd) Display Description Display Description Dash Press SELECT OPTION to select dash or sprint Electric Eye Alignment Status events which measure time between a start line pair of eyes and a finish line pair of eyes.
  • Page 5 SETUP to the jack. If the eyes are properly aligned, "Good" ter the setup mode. As shown in the "MD-300 Setup Options RECEIVER is displayed. If not properly aligned, "Bad" is displayed. An Table," ten of the setup options available are event types alignment status of "Good"...
  • Page 6 None "Pen" - Team penning Final Horn: None Operation: The MD-300 Electric Eyes form a start line Time Format: Counting up in seconds to .001 broken by the cattle to start the timer. When Warn. Horn: 60 seconds the timer is started, a conventional rope bar-...
  • Page 7 SETUP kept internally while the timer was stopped. mode. As shown in the "MD-300 Setup Options Table," five If timer accidentally stopped by breaking the of the setup options available are time formats and two of light beam, operates normally.
  • Page 8 When a horn time is displayed, press the key to in- NEXT Whenever a new event type is selected, the MD-300 Timer crement the horn time value. Press the key to decre- PREV automatically sets the warning horn time and final horn ment the horn time value.
  • Page 9 Manual provided with the OE-200 Automatic Horn. To change the scoreboard brightness level, press the SETUP key to enter the setup mode. As shown in the "MD-300 Setup Options Table," the "SB Brt" setup option is used to change scoreboard brightness. Since the brightness option...
  • Page 10 The Transmitter has built in re- event currently selected on the MD-300 Timer Console. chargeable batteries to allow operation in the arena without When the timer is started by breaking the light beam, the A/C power.
  • Page 11 MD-300 User’s Manual Page 10 MD-300 User’s Manual Page 10 (Cont’d) If the batteries in the Transmitter are not used for long peri- ble provides power to the Receiver. The Receiver requires ods of time, they should be given a full charge every three neither A/C or batteries to operate.
  • Page 12 The quickest way to restore operation to a severely discharged Transmitter is to plug it in with the With the MD-300, alignment of the Receiver is also impor- switch turned off for one or two minutes and then turn tant.
  • Page 13 If your event requires simultaneous operation of two com- plete timers (both timers start and stop at the same time and provide backup for each other), the MD-300 Electronic Timer can provide this capability. However, if two light sources (Transmitters) are on at the same time, and pointing...