Radio Shack Detector Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 14)

TROUBLESHOOTING

If you have problems, here are some suggestions that might help. If none of these

suggestions help, take your detector to your local RadioShack store for assis-

tance.

PROBLEM SUGGESTION

The detector displays or

sounds false signals.

The sensitivity might be set too high. Adjust

SENSITIVITY

counterclockwise.

You might be sweeping the detector’s search-

coil too fast or at the wrong angle. Sweep the

searchcoil more slowly and hold the detector

correctly. See “Using the Detector” on

Page 10 and “Pinpointing a Target” on

Page 12.

The detector might sound a false signal if it

detects some types of heavily oxidized met-

als. Try pinpointing the target from several dif-

ferent angles (see “Pinpointing a Target” on

Page 12). If the detector does not display and

sound the same signal each time, the target is

probably heavily oxidized metal.

The detector sounds only one

kind of tone, and discrimina-

tion does not work.

DISC/ALL METAL/TONE

is set to

ALL METAL

DISC

. This is not a malfunction.

Set

DISC/ALL METAL/TONE

TONE

(see

“DISC/ALL METAL/TONE” on Page 8).

The detector sounds a con-

stant loud tone or constant

repeating tones.

The batteries might be weak. Replace the bat-

teries.

You are operating the detector near another

detector or near power lines. Power lines can

interfere with the frequency that the detector

operates on.

The detector does not turn

on, has weak volume, will not

tune properly, operates errati-

cally, or drifts.

The batteries might be weak. Replace the bat-

teries.

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