Craftsman 3300 manual Trouble Shooting Guide

TROUBLESHOOTING

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

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