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T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G
P R O B L E M S
P
ROBLEMES
C
AUSES
S
OLUTIONS
You hear a
series of beeps
with a regular
interval.
Low batteries.
Change the batteries.
Wrong polarity
Check if you have correctly inserted
the batteries in each pack. One
battery might be in the wrong way
around.
You can't
start your
detector.
Batteries are badly inserted or
upside down.
Check the way the batteries have
been inserted in the 2 battery
holders (refer to chapter 4)
A 6.35 plug is inserted in the
headphone plug.
Remove it.
The loudspeaker is defective.
Plug in headphones to check.
You notice
excessive
false signals
without
reasons
The sensitivity is too high.
Lower it.
The search coil connector is badly
fitted to the control box
Re fit it without forcing.
Your headphone cable is defective.
Change the headphones.
You are passing through an area
with a lot of interference (high
voltage
cable,
electric
transformer, electric fence).
Lower the sensitivity or get away
from this area.
You are close to other metal
detectors.
Change frequency using the FREQ.
SHIFT (refer to chap.5)
You
notice
false
signals
when
the
search
head
knocks
the
ground.
GROUND
control is too low.
Turn the
GROUND
control slightly to
the right until false signals stop.
The detector
beeps
on
pottery & “hot
rocks”
(not
coke)
GROUND
control is too low.
Turn the
GROUND
control slightly to
the right until false signals stop.
If the problem persists, contact your retailer for advice.
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