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FISHER ACCESSORIES
LINED VINYL CAFFYING CASE
MAHOCANY WOODCAFNYING
ViNYL CARFYING CASE
n I
6em
LEATI]EBETTE
44r 2,3, & 551 2 3,5 & LF 030 960& 990
lor r,rrd e
5slr
COVERED CARRYING
CASE
lll-Srope'
UlI552-0
vLr44r,2:i&55r,2,3 &5
7'CABLE I'TOUNTED ON COIL
vLF44r '
4'EXTENSION AOAPTEF
vLF 44r
SHOULDER
TREASUFE
f IShER'S CASH/T
r&aa1
2.:l &
PATCH 3X
HUNTING BOOK, F. L.TATHAM
RASH
2.3 5& 1F990
:151, r.3,5
4'
APRON
Iluol
5yrtem
llisrriminotor
lllith
Seurrh
Opcrator'r
r(r5 | steet, Los Banos,
Ph
12091
150-Ploner
Heod
ilanual
ca
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rehx 171?67
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PAN€ICONTROLS
BATTERY TEST, DISCR IIV INATE. NORMAf.
6 a3
posir
on rokry s lch
Th6
5, SE''ISITIVITY
AOJUSTMENT.
.ontoh rhe *nsrrrv
An
'n borh
d"d
'o1
0
'o
0
modes ot op.mr'on wherh*
BATT.
usinq6AA siz. celrs
rens rhecon.l
NOFM
D 5C
ro,
b--_y
r on
ro, no.md
ro.
drs'iminarion
(see
batery changinOl TheBATTposrio.
or bon'sers.J
merarmode
ora
rrarre,es
Bateresdrud
mode
DISCRIIVINA'ION LEVEL
o ror n n 'i!m rarection,
/,,r,
3. TUI'IING
CONTROI.
The tun n0 conto
burlon
rhumb conto,
6etar
mun
be se1 s mu raneo!5
rhe end.J rrre hanrp
ar
lanher .Gkw s th s s ruied, ll{ rior. rud o rone, and
hiqherrhe Lnienriy readinson rhe me!e,
rr,e
qiD
l,c
push
The
rhe
ON/OFFVOlUME
CONTROf.
-cn5
FIG,I PANEL
-
L13l
--
'bf onddddji
CONTROLS
'
r'
oPar'
plore'
T'"
GROUNO REJECTION CONTfi
The
sround
d_.
rel{r
a"
o.r
on conto
lrr s m,y bea...mp
,
'o-
Of
rhe run ng should
cbb
ro
'cy
{
ror4
shed by
0
movtr
,
"db "
o
r
.
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552.0 OPERATORS MANUAL
GENERA! DESCBIPTION
Trre 552
dere.ro, The
3o KHz
rhe d€recror
The
ron This
and
D s a tle VLF
rerm
The 552D rpeGres
is operared n no,ma
princple
b€hrnd mon vLF d riml.aloEroday
pan'cu
'ruire,*ard
ns,
VLF
pro6s
a,
tor
lvery
relares ro rhe lreqoen.ies Jom 3 KH, ro
rhe co.
.w lre{]uency)
45
ar
has
KHz reqard es ol wh.t m.de
mera
1a
p.oven
ro be rhe mon eilecrre
ransm rer receiver
.r d $rminara
)
prrase
6
separa
rrc
nraohl 3nd adiun rh€ nem bnqih unrir rhe
erc[ f]ead s abour
,in4
rrom
9,'0
1
s
dnie,enr 1or eah
A,inq
!ds
J0ovemenr
TLe
mu ianeousy The,eiord, rhe Ilnnoprocedrre wil be smewrrd
yolr
io side, ty'n9 varous
5520 lonpe $'e ct dii,'r
,r 'nch trom
am a ltLe lorward
sho! d be
mode
narlrarand
lNormal
the
positions
or uF rhe nornar moderor
s@!nd
and $/ns
eay
D'{rmrnare) We .ecommend
Tishren
rhe earch bead
you'
ot
h,nd oi rrrehan{l
ryou noricelhal
llre
lockin{
qround
vou
'c.e
The 552 D has
s'eem and the vLF
rwo deteto^
d erm
rynems
nare
s u*d lo,
merah,
metas
IheVLFdsahna.onmode
wanted hfqet,
THE
PLANEB
THE
COIN SHOOTEF
SEAFCH
rhe 'nnrumenr lo@ly
2
.rockwse,
letrous
a^d
lmasnericl
€n be used n a rypes ot oir condnons, backsand.
or non ieuous
esenera
sch asbonle caps, n, s, io
55?O COMES EOUIPP€D WIIH A
SE,AFCH
COIL AND AN AOJI]STAALE HANDLE
3" SEARCN COIL PFOVIDES THE
WITI AETTER DEPIH PENETBAT]ON THAN
CO LSOFSMALLER
D AMETEFS
by the
Posil
on the search head so 'r r
&lun rhe
nem
lenqth
by oocn,.j rhe lo.k nq .ilr
ookinq down) unr rhe iower
1 rrren hord
lhe
VLF
sround
{rerecron)
sseral
mode lhe normal o,
*a.chins lo. all rypes ol
(non
masnel c,
yu€dwbensarchinspads.
ntai. a h@y
concentarion ol
pul
rabs, elc.
STANDAFO 3'
AELIC HUNTEF OA
h head
hand 'Jrlp
arc bolh adJu{abl-"
yorr
wrh
scton can be
riiq
i rilre
enouqh ro let 1
run
rhe der(ror bV rhe hand
rerecrion
precout
tsorrr
d'aqhr
ah
pa.JLie
w,rh
(ruh
moved in
qro,
!n
]SO
1
ALWAYS
ADJUST. PLACE THE UI'IPAC(ED DETECTOB NEAR
II ls'TO BE USEO, IURNED
[OWI'{G SUFFICIENT TIME FOR
ADJUST TO IOCAL
Tuninq may
Nomal mod. ol op€dtion:
r
slpF.n
ON/OFF/VOLITME conrol
2 Bord. rh. Sdisriviry Contol to h'd rale
Forar-" M.de
3
4 Focre ModeSdlch No 1,Fs
tom
30 and
ALLOW THE INSTRUMENT
OFF, fOR 5 TO 10 MI UTES
CO DITIONS.
chanqe
rh-a rop or rhd hrnde
lnr rhe needre
0
40 on rhe
rempora,ilv when movins berwen
24" .ll rrie
No.
6,
d1drA
Sw(ch
2,
No l, Fs
No r
Jnd rohre |re run ns
on rhe
s.ale, and
ner .n
vou
TO TEMPEFA'TUfiE
THE COIMPO'\IENTS TO
snny and
otrhederecroraqane
ground
Frs I
(kw6e
c
'i,q.",0r,
I ro BATT
l,roNORMlorno.marear.h
rhe end ol rrr. haid. s rfr
,nrenr
ly merer reads
hear
can
rher r0,n rhe
ro lu on
h€her
1A
po
c
d6
on
WHERE
AL
you'
h,D
,
berween
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Now orer
6
for
round
dd tt! n),
dareaes,
rhe orisrnarheighr i24")
F'q 1, cockw6e,
reee and
ncraaes and rhe
rhen the
mpodant rhino ro
rcadng decrca*s,
drkwi* d
audio
chans€
and the
qrdnd
tone and
when coil h
rhe
*ar.h
bC.n6lho .urtu6 b€ins @n
iiwhen rhecoilaP
nlensiry needle ia s ro 0 rhen
aqan rcpea! rhe
inrenrnv naedle
rei€dDn codro
rehember G I ihe audo rone antl
rorate the
rsl on ln orde. to ach 4e
meref read nq s
(Mred
co ro rhe
rotare
the
prryou5
g.olnd
to lhe
qround
sro'nd
neps I rrE audo rone rhen
ra*s
has
been
@Fdion
srclnd
surJace,
d mln b€ iE. tbm lll
reje.ron conuor No 4,
rowrd
adruted roo lar The
part*r q,oufd
lwhs
ras
rhe co
ru
scae o.
ihe met.
Dodrol co&we
b.ance 1fr0
tunins
lro
100
3 i expermenring w1h
sen!r'v ly
Reledon
rese tarcet wrhour damaqnq the af€a
publc prrsorshoo
Co.to, No 5,
Di$imind. mod. ot op€'dion:
conr,ol, No 5,Fi9 l,lomarmum
Conro,
No.4, Fq l,
F'o
I el abour mLd {are
you,552
6 to elminale some
srounds
O,
needed The
as
Mon operaroB
you
w srggen
Feadi!i ieG,ound
or rrre deDer sgnars
beinq.earchad, such as
preter
Jor norma us
ncreenre
pu.pos
theSensr'viy
oi rhe
7 Selftt somo
ol loil speed
co
+profhs
&ros rhe sarch co area
ta4ers sucb 6 coins,
12 ro ]a in.hes apa^ You w
rhe1arcer,
@
,4.
El/
FIG. 2 MODE SELECTOR
pu
I tabs, and small
you
w
B..ause ollhsrypeof
@
@
AND TUNER
notce
rhe
as
re-to^, irhelps
pieces
earch
mode
rhe Mode Sw th No I,
2 Sen'nq rhe Dlrrimrnare L4e Contol,
depend
3
m'derle Th6 controL can be
w,sh6Jor rn{eaed rnsir
4
I 2 i.hcrbov. iesround
5
lu.er and adrun runinq
l0 15 ihen rcee
6
sedcrr co'r n a sde Iosde
d
*rched
rhan
rhe earch coil s
wir re@'ve
nqlpon
Forare rhe
LoMr
H.dearchco deady and rerunebydeprsinglhepusJ'
whsn usnq
3 consanl h.iqrit
lhe o.s
objal ro
Senenv
rhe
$3rch co,l ro amos
ousrr
You wrl notce
po
nar
a decreaF
it ol iu.'nq, rhe aud'o
l@e,en
or nlllinq ol rhe aud
proDerly
Fiq
L ro DISC
be rejecred andsround
ry Conto No 5,Fiq
viy
iseoneD
knob, No
bunon
mo
thar
bery
n'ned and
Lnc,eded as
No.9}
s,ubb'nq the surJace abour
F'q l.
3,
proced!re
1 rfre carch coL s
the origina
ooerar.q rotate
No 2,
rof a merer rcrd n9.l
Fig I, wil vary
cond{rons
l
h'sh
as
oi snsrns the
rone w ll rncreae
poLnr
o lone This eltecr
oi 1un nq,
ihe opcclor
bution
rdred h'qher
rr
vou
is
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rJued lrom
'Beaau*
oJ th* iallra
sroun'l
rel*tion,
condrons,
u
1.r
you
ki underrand
Vour
dele.ror,
and ns
t
By u$ns rhe sade
reces
oi io
hode 10 locare
you
), 4
rhe rarqet
rhe earch .o'r io
rhe
tunins swrch to trr. len, tum in d srmLnare
sampra
hae
rrre side oi rhe ra4er rea
rhe rarqer For opl mum
Llo*r rhan
3 A{
tud o r6ponse, rdrale
hlohe'
a
9. n rhe M9 ni nq
ro se11he senerv
rrre
ei contl{'oB, th€ ro*' l
rhd n orde,
irom
2"
vo!
pa$
rhe sa(h.o
eer rhe Lad rarget,
rhe D$ L4d sdlunemnr, No 2, F'q L ro
erinq Asa n,ch6r
or rhe d s
mid
ty a1
tamriarize
lo
thsher
o,
one
rarser.
fte
ko
Gfqer
d&rmrnaron. rhe rarqer srrou d tre io
io',
vo
ra e The
yourseJ
r
rower)
higher
wrh rhe552D,n41wih rhe
*tinqs
lc
wr chanqe the audD respoir
ere.ron s nor
plr
ns
has
pu
lar,s an.r sma
ocared, move
been
reh
or rqhr. deore$
and a$,n
rabs,youidy!,
qve
rabs
rere!
vou
an
rhe m iera natunor
eve or
arjulineni
ockwisel rhemovemen'
a.h'eved
n rhr Q a
dr or r.e rronr rrre
ir Ei.e$ve
. Po,psJormme,
d Mry.ausedr rl o' rr,efced r
To .rJ,ae
y
o!
rrarenei,
4d
p
a.,. rr.
o olrDul
aun'oourpur
liovo
r
6 AA lzr ( h each Each
unrcl
.er :
As w n, al
or
D'{ S€nrr v ry are ben lor
vLF
Nor any ' me
(r
d
m nJro6,
anv adiudnenr or conro is chansed, $e Posrr
alrlo. Tuier Swrch, F
s
2,
v
ul
The operar.r
mu!
b," dep,es*d to
'l
shou
rerune ro,
erprmenr
rln.t
F
se.
or nte borom Parria rv rcm.ve rhe
then CAFEFULLY um.ap w rc connecror aid rcmove ho
poh'
nep
31r sioLiecesa4 r.dn.in-acr rrpser.hrreadl
!t
hordeG
hols
nq
and cAFtFULtY
rf I or
a...over and rhumb
n
lhe same d,,ecr on as rrre oiss
)
barery
' O rrre
nuts
o.. d r I me,
!o!
lurty
der
,crove
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