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1 Speaker Generates audio and buzzer tones.
2 Indicator 1 Orange: Charging
Green: Charging complete
Red: Battery pack error or the surrounding temperature is out of 
the charging temperature range.
3 Indicator 2 Flashes blue when operating via Bluetooth or orange when 
operating via W-LAN. Lights red when there is a bar code 
scanning error and lights green when a bar code scans 
successfully.
Lights red when the alarm function is activated.
Flashes magenta when the DT-X8 is ready to communicate.
4 Screen The screen displays texts, operations, indicators and so forth. 
5 Cursor Key Perform the same functions as the up, down, left and right arrow 
keys on a PC keyboard.
6 Center Trigger Key Used to perform bar code reading. 
Can be assigned an arbitrary function.
7 Power Key Turns the power on and off.
8 R Key Can be assigned an arbitrary function.
9 L Key Can be assigned an arbitrary function.
10 Enter Key Press when fi nishing entering numerical values or when moving 
to the next step.
11 Numeric Keys Used to enter numeric values and decimal points.
12 Function Keys F1: Similar function as the Alt key on a PC keyboard.
F2: Similar function as the Shift+Tab keys combination on a PC 
keyboard. Used to move the cursor among entry or selection 
items.
F3: Similar function as the Tab key on a PC keyboard. Used to 
move the cursor among entry or selection items.
F4: Not assigned.
F5: Enter a space.
F6: Similar function as the cursor left key on a PC keyboard.
F7: Similar function as the cursor right key on a PC keyboard.
F8: Select text entry mode.
(The mode changes in order of Numeric 
➝
 Uppercase letter 
➝
 
Lowercase letter)
13 Microphone Used for audio input (including voice).
14 Fn Key Used to make various settings in combination with the numeric 
keys or when starting a pre-registered application.