On/Off Button
1. Press and hold the on/off button to start
scanning. The scanning indicator LED
will light up.
2. Release the on/off button to stop scanning.
Calibration
The unit should be calibrated to the surface being measured
before each use.
1. Place the unit flat on a wall, then press
and hold the on/off button.
2. The red stud LED lights up and
the buzzer will sound. The unit will
begin calibrating.
Note:
Do not move the unit until
calibration is finished.
3. The red LED will dim and the buzzer stop emitting noise when
the calibration process is finished. Hold down the on/off button
and proceed with scanning the wall.
Indicator LEDs
1. The red stud indicator LED
will light up and the unit will
emit beeps when a stud or
object is encountered
2. The red live wire indicator LED will light
up and the unit will beep when live AC
cables are detected.
WARNING!
WIRES DEEPER THAN THE DETECTION
LIMIT, IN METAL CONDUITS OR BEHIND PLYWOOD
SHEARWALL WILL NOT BE DETECTED. SHIELDED
WIRES, DEAD WIRES, OR LIVE WIRES BEHIND
CASINGS, METAL WALLS OR THICK, DENSE WALLS
WILL ALSO NOT BE DETECTED AS LIVE WIRES. USE
CAUTION WHEN DRILLING OR NAILING NEAR THESE.
2. CONTROLS
3. USAGE
OPERATION
SFR-019
The Stud Finder is capable of detecting wood and metal studs,
live wires, metal and copper pipes behind plasterboard and other
common building materials.
Locating A Stud
1. Place the stud finder on the
surface you wish to nail or
drill into.
2. Press and hold the on/
off button to calibrate the
unit before each use. After
calibration is finished, slowly
move the unit horizontally.
3. The unit will beep and the
stud indicator LED will light
up when a stud edge is
located. Pause and make
a mark on the wall at the
marking groove.
4. The unit will continue to
beep as you pass across the
stud. Make another mark
where the unit stops beeping
and the stud inidcator LED
switch off.
Note:
Repeating steps 2 to 4
from the opposite direction of
the stud will help to identify the edges of the stud more accurately.
WARNING!
IF THE LIVE WIRE INDICATOR LED LIGHTS
UP, STOP AND MAKE A SEPARATE MARK ON THE
WALL. DO NOT DRILL OR NAIL INTO THE SURFACE
WHERE THE LIVE WIRE IS DETECTED. FAILURE TO
FOLLOW THIS DIRECTION MAY LEAD TO PERSONAL
INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND/OR
SURROUNDINGS.
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WARNING!
THE STUD FINDER DOES NOT DETECT
PLASTIC OBJECTS SUCH AS PIPES OR CLIPS.
PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN DRILLING OR
NAILING INTO SURFACES WHERE WATER PIPES MAY
BE PRESENT.