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Trouble Shooting
Metal Scan | 
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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.  | |
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Seemingly false metal  | • Jewelry or mechanical  | • Remove jewelry  | 
detection.  | pencil are too close to  | • Use   | 
  | SENSOR area.  | |
  | • Recalibrate detector.  | |
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Wood Scan | 
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Issue | Possible Reason | Remedy | 
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Difficult detecting wood  | • Studs and joists are  | • Change to metal scan to search  | 
studs and joists.  | too deep.  | for nails or screws that may  | 
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  | indicate location of the stud  | 
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  | 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  | 
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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,  | 
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  | such as wood studs or  | 
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  | plastic pipes.  | 
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