C-scope CS8SST User Manual

CS8SST

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

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CS 8 SST - RAPID GET YOU GOING

INSTRUCTIONS

SET-UP
Assemble and adjust for length (Twist surplus lead around stem).

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Insert batteries.
Set the controls on the front panel as follows:

• NOTCH (SELECT) Fully anti-clockwise

• NOTCH (WIDTH) Fully anti-clockwise

• DISC 9 o'clock

• POWER 3 o'clock. (This switches the unit on. The right hand LED on the front

panel will illuminate for about one second indicating charged batteries.)

SEARCHING
Keep the search head at a constant height, i.e. do not allow the head to swing higher
above the ground at the right and left edges of your swing.

PINPOINTING
When you hear a tone from the loudspeaker, you have found a target.

• Keep the head close to the ground & move it away from the target.

• Hold the PINPOINT push-button.

• Sweep the head over the target area.

• The sound will be loudest when the head is directly above the target.

THE DISCRIMINATE (DISC) CONTROL
Use to ignore metal in the following order as you turn the knob clockwise:
Iron, Silver Paper (Aluminium foil), new 10p, old 10p, Bottle Cap, £1 coin.

THE NOTCH CONTROLS
Can be set to selectively ignore only certain targets, however, please refer to the full
instructions to use this facility.

IF A PROBLEM IS ENCOUNTERED REFER TO THE FULL INSTRUCTIONS

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CS 8SST

A Battery Compartment

A

B Upper Stem & Handle Grips
C Din Plug & Socket
D Stem Connecting Nut
E Cable
F Lower Stem

B

G Search Head & Fastener

C

D

E

F

G

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FEATURES

• Computerised control system

• SST intelligent ground tracking

• Smart Scan panel array

• High speed target analyser

• Target Pin-point

• Depth reading

• Overdrive large target indication

• Anti dust & moisture features

• Comfortable balance

• 8 inch diameter, lightweight search head

• 12.5KHz operating Frequency

• Headphone jack

SmartScan system: Analysis and adjustment occurs hundreds of times per second assuring
optimum performance under any ground conditions.

INTRODUCTION

To protect your investment complete both sections of the enclosed guarantee card and return
to C-Scope. This is particularly important in order to obtain the free second year parts
guarantee. Please retain the original packing box. In the event that your detector should ever
require to be serviced, this package will be most suitable for postal protection.

C-Scope detectors are recognised as the finest detectors available. They are designed with
lasting quality, high technology, and above all, value for money. The only way to realise this
value is to carefully study and understand this instruction manual. You will then be able to
obtain all the advantages designed into your detector. It is also strongly recommended that
you experiment with the detector's operation in air using various test samples, in order to
learn to identify and understand the detector's capabilities and responses. Always remember
that becoming a good metal detectorist is like becoming a good photographer or fisherman,
that is, although it is an advantage to buy the best equipment, having bought it, patience and
hours of practice are needed to become proficient.

ASSEMBLY

Open the carton and remove the main housing assembly. Twist the plastic stem lock, located
at the end of the upper stem to allow the lower stem to be inserted. Adjust for length and
rotate the lower stem to wrap the cable around the stems and take up any slack. Allowing
enough cable for free movement of the search head push the cable into the cable slots to hold
it firm. Turn the stem lock to fix it at the desired position.

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BATTERIES

The CS8SST is powered by eight AA batteries (not supplied) available from garages,
department stores, etc. or a single 12v rechargeable pack from C-Scope. It is advisable to use
standard alkaline batteries to start with. You can then evaluate the sort of use you give the
detector and decide whether the investment in rechargeables is justified.

Battery
Compartment

The batteries should be fitted in the
holder which is located in the battery
compartment. To fit new batteries

CHARGER
SOCKET

first check the power switch on the
unit is switched to OFF. Then loosen
the two captive screws located in the
battery cover (do not fully remove
these from the cover) and remove the
cover. Inside is the battery holder.
Lift out the holder and detach the
connector if it is already fitted. Load
it with the eight batteries ensuring
that each battery is inserted the correct way round, (direction of batteries alternating). Roll
each individual battery to ensure it is located correctly and making proper contact. Replace
the connector making sure that it is firm and well seated, and put the loaded holder into the
housing. Fit the cover and tighten the two captive screws finger tight.

Note: Zinc Carbon batteries should not be left in the detector for long periods where they
could leak, so remember to remove them at the end of a day's searching.

HEADPHONE
SOCKET

BATTERY
COMPARTMENT

BATTERY CHECK

Battery check always occurs at instrument turn on. The Battery Check routine lasts 3 or 4
seconds then the instrument resumes normal operation. New or fully charged batteries should
cause the far right LED to illuminate. If no LEDs are lit the batteries should be recharged or
replaced. Only one LED will be lit at one time.

The LED bar graph is a good representation of battery condition. This means that as the
batteries drain, the LEDs will light from one to the next, right to left. A Ni-Cd pack will
progress down at a rate of 30 - 60 minutes for each LED. Generally when the battery check
reads 5 or 6 you are about halfway through the charge, or life, of that battery pack. The
amount of time varies depending on a number of factors.
For example, to maximise battery life:

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