Bounty Hunter DISCOVERY 3300 - Manual (Page 23)

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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