How to take a Eurotek Pro control box apart?

[pine3874]

I would like to adjust the GB on my Eurotek Pro, but need to know how to take the control box apart without doing any damage. If someone could let me know how take it apart and what to be careful about when doing so, I would really appreciate it. Also, the menu and +/- buttons don't always respond to the first push and sometimes have to be pushed 3-4 times before they respond. Is there anyway to fix this by myself? Thanks

 

[BarryL]

not sure but I would guess the screws are hidden under face plate cover with all the letters and symbols which I am not sure you can pull off and stick back on just a thought

 

[pine3874]

Found the third screw in the battery compartment....once removed it all came apart easily.

 

[supertraq]

Yea Monte has a thread somewhere about them being set very positive,mine was and as per his instructions by pushing the pinpoint button and bobing the coil and backing off until just very slightly postive. It's my new favorite machine now.

 

[Monte]

I would like to adjust the GB on my Eurotek Pro, ...

Are you sure you know how to GB the Euro-Tek Pro? I had two of them after they were released, and I noted abrupt differences between the two of them when I compared the GB associated with the All Metal Pinpoint function as well as the Discriminate mode's GB, which was the primary problem I was having with the ETO. It was way too positive with a few search coils in the Discriminate mode. I did open both of mine to tweak the GB trimmer, but when each was set to be comparably functional in the Discriminate mode, I noted a difference in the Pinpoint mode. That lead me to wonder if there are different GB settings for All Metal Vs Disc., and if some 'adjustment' might simple be engineered into the digital circuitry?

... but need to know how to take the control box apart without doing any damage. If someone could let me know how take it apart and what to be careful about when doing so, I would really appreciate it.

I see you found the unseen screw and got it apart. Well, a precaution here, other than tinkering with the GB trimmer, is to be careful with the ribbon cable between the control face plate and the circuit board. I have seen them separate easily and have heard they do not fit back in place all the time.

Also, the menu and +/- buttons don't always respond to the first push and sometimes have to be pushed 3-4 times before they respond. Is there anyway to fix this by myself? Thanks

I had one of two ETP's, and know of two people who have had them as well, that suffered from the misbehaving pushbuttons.

So, rather than tinker with it, and since you can't remedy the pushbutton issue, I would suggest you contact Teknetics, let them know of the pushbutton issue and what GB concern you have, then ship it in for service. In my case the ETP was kind of fun to use, sometimes worked OK for simply day-to-day urban Coin & Jewelry Hunting, but failed to meet my demands for an serious relic Hunting use, for several reasons. The Iron Audio was a nice new approach, but overall, the Omega 8000 was a better all purpose detector, and I got rid of both Euro-Tek Pro's. Don't miss them at all.

Monte