Bosch Power Tools DMD4 manual Trouble Shooting, Metal Scan Issue Possible Reason Remedy

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Trouble Shooting

Metal Scan
Issue	Possible Reason	Remedy
Image of metal object	• DMD4's metal detection	• Use ZOOM feature to more
appears wider than actual	is very sensitive.	precisely determine location
size.		and center of metal object(s).
Difficulty detecting metal.	• Metal objects are too	• Use ZOOM feature
	deep. (See Maximun	• Scan in vertical direction as
	Scanning Depth, page 4.)
		well as horizontal direction.
Seemingly false metal	• Jewelry or mechanical	• Remove jewelry
detection.	pencil are too close to	• Use non-mechanical pencil
	SENSOR area.
		• Recalibrate detector.
Wood Scan
Issue	Possible Reason	Remedy
Difficult detecting wood	• Studs and joists are	• Change to metal scan to search
studs and joists.	too deep.	for nails or screws that may
		indicate location of the stud
		or joist.
Difficult to successfully	• Double and triple studs	• Start scan farther away so
starting scan near doors	are usually found around	that outer edge of multiple
and/or windows.	doors and windows.	studs and /or headers are
		detected.
More items than anticipated	• Wood scan detects	• Conduct metal scan as well
are detected.	metal and other dense	to help determine which
	objects as well as studs	detected items are metal,
	and joists.	rather than something else,
		such as wood studs or
		plastic pipes.

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