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TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
SYMPTOM
CAUSE
SOLUTION
Detector chatters
• Using detector
• Use detector
or beeps erratically
indoors
outdoors only
• Using detector near • Move away
power lines
from power lines
• Using 2 detectors in • Keep 2 detectors
close proximity
at least 20’ apart
• Highly oxidized
• Only dig up
buried object
repeatable
signals
• Environmental
• Reduce sensitivity
electromagnetic
until erratic
interference
signals cease
Constant low tone
• Discharged batteries • Replace batteries
or constant repeating
tones
• Wrong type of
• Use only 9V
batteries
alkaline
batteries
LCD does not lock
• Multiple targets
• Move coil slowly
on to one target ID
present
at different angles
or detector emits
• Highly oxidized
multiple tones
target
• Sensitivity set
• Reduce sensitivity
too high
No power, no
• Dead batteries
• Replace batteries
sounds
• Poor battery
• Push batteries in
contact
tighter
• Cord not connected • Insert paper spacers
securely
(see page 6)
• Check connections
Detector sounds
• Ground Balance
• Move Ground
continuous tone in
over-adjusted
Balance knob
Pinpoint Mode when
counter-clockwise
coil is lifted away
from ground.
Detector sounds con- • Detector needs to be • Press Pinpoint
tinuous tone with
retuned
• Re-ground balance
coil over ground
TROUBLE SHOOTING
