6.5 Electrical interference
The DualScan cat flap contains a sensitive radio receiver to pick up the signal from
your cat's microchip. In rare instances, excessive levels of electrical interference can
cause the range of the system to degrade. Avoid the following situations:
1.
The DualScan cat flap should not be used in the vicinity of other microchip readers or
similar low frequency devices. These are particularly detrimental to performance and may
prevent normal operation.
2.
Avoid obvious sources of electrical noise such as faulty, flickering lights.
3.
Avoid trailing mains cables and DC mains adaptors very close to the DualScan cat flap.
If you suspect electrical interference may be affecting the performance of your DualScan cat
flap please contact customer service for assistance.
7. Batteries
The DualScan cat flap requires 4x AA 1.5V batteries. With normal usage, one set of batteries
will typically last for at least 6 months
run out and is described in section 10.
After inserting the batteries, leave the unit for about 10 seconds before allowing a cat into the
tunnel - this allows the electronic sensors to settle properly.
We recommend the use of good quality, alkaline batteries with the DualScan cat flap in order
to give the longest lifetime. We do not recommend using rechargeable batteries because they
generally produce a lower voltage which may cause the low battery indicator light to flash, even
when the batteries do not need recharging.
2. Based on normal usage. Note that heavy usage by many cats may reduce battery lifetime.
2
. A low battery indicator tells you when the batteries have
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