SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
INSTALL BATTERY
To open the battery compartment, turn the MSV100 over and lift the tab on the
bottom of the battery compartment cover. Remove the cover and set it aside.
Then insert the included “9V” battery into the compartment, orienting the
battery so its + and – terminals (anode and cathode) line up with the + and –
markings in the compartment below the flanges. Don’t forget to place the black
fabric strap under the battery before you install it to make the battery easy to
remove later.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
DETECTING WOOD STUDS, JOISTS AND FRAMES
1. Slide the Mode switch on the front panel (Callout B on p. 4) to the
STUD
position. The Wood detection mode indicator arrow (Callout H on p. 5)
will illuminate.
2. Hold the back of the MSV100 against an area of the wall, ceiling or
upholstery behind which you would
not
expect to find a stud, joist or
frame. What you are looking for is a section of the surface with nothing
but air behind it.
3. Press and hold the
PUSH
button on the left side of
the instrument with your right thumb while moving
the MSV100 a few inches to the left and right, and
then a few inches up and down.
If the beeper sounds for several seconds and then
stops, you have chosen an area with nothing but
air behind it and successfully calibrated the
instrument’s sensitivity to the thickness of the
wall, ceiling or fabric. DO NOT release the
PUSH
button yet.
If the beeper fails to stop sounding as you move the instrument, there is
something distorting the field behind the area that you have chosen.
Release the
PUSH
button, choose another area, and repeat this step until
you have successfully calibrated the MSV100 to the thickness of the
surface.
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