Congratulations on your purchase of the Outdoor Shields Avoidance System. Please read and review this ® manual to become familiar with Outdoor Shields components and its operation. It is strongly recommended ® you review this information before using the product. Outdoor Shields gives you control over the areas a pet or pets have access to outside your home. It is ® designed to work independently, or to complement your Invisible Fence ® Brand 800 digital electronic pet __________________________________________________ containment system. Table of Contents Components ........................... 3 How the Systems Works ........................3 Operating Guide ........................... 4 Power up the Outdoor Shields transmitter .................. 4 ® Adjust signal field range ......................4 Verify the signal field range ......................4 Selecting either 7K or 10K on the Outdoor Shields transmitter .
7. Do not attempt to service any Invisible Fence Brand equipment. Refer all service to your authorized Invisible Fence ® ® Brand Dealer only. Unauthorized service or repair will void the warranty. Note: The low battery indicator will begin flashing when it is time to replace the batteries. An Outdoor Shields transmitter producing ® _______________________________________________ less than the maximum setting will get a substantially longer battery life.
® ® Do not touch the correction posts at this time. • The Computer Collar ® unit will beep as it approaches the outer range of the signal field width set in step 2. The beeping will be followed by a correction. • If the Computer Collar unit fails to beep, see the troubleshooting chart found on page 6. ® • Adjust range and/or relocate the Outdoor Shields transmitter until desired area is protected. ® 4. Selecting either 7K or 10K on the Outdoor Shields transmitter ® • Open the lid exposing the LCD display and buttons. • Make sure the range is all the way down. • Press the (-) down button and hold it for 5 seconds until a black segment appears in the display. • Once the black segment appears you have 5 seconds to change between 7K or 10K. • Pressing only the (+) button to change between 7K or 10K. • When the black segment is displayed by the (-) button = 10K and by the (+) button = 7K. • Once you have selected either 7K or 10K the display will return blank after 5 seconds. • You are now ready to adjust the range to the desired area. 5. Checking for low battery • Open the lid exposing the LCD display and buttons. • If the LCD display is flashing with all six black segments showing it is time to replace the batteries.
® is out and red light is dim or out. Invisible Fence, Inc. LEDs on the tester will both light. If neither LED on the tester lights, or just the red LED lights dimly, the Power Cap unit needs to be replaced. ® Training Guide For pets trained to the Invisible Fence Brand outdoor pet containment system ® • Use Invisible Fence Brand training flags to mark the outside of the signal field range. ® • This gives your pet a visual marker, similar to how it learned the signal field range of the outdoor pet containment system. • Allow your pet to enter the shielded area on its own. By already being familiar with the training flags and the warning tone, your pet should react immediately, and back-up/move away from the shielded area. It may take several times for your pet to recognize and avoid the shielded area.
Transmitter). ® • Call your Invisible Fence Brand Dealer. ® Note: If your problem cannot be solved by the Troubleshooting Guide above, call your Invisible Fence Brand Dealer. ® Note: The use of any power source other than a Power Cap ® unit will cause a receiver to operate erratically or fail. Failure of the receiver due to the use of an unauthorized power source could void the warranty.
Important Warnings Invisible Fence Brand pet containment systems have contained over two million pets. However, there are some ® precautions you should take. Warning: Not every pet can be trained to avoid the established boundary. Sometimes even a properly trained pet may cross the boundary. Therefore, Invisible Fence , Inc., as well as Invisible Fence Brand Distributors and Dealers cannot guarantee ® ® the system will, in all cases, keep a customer’s pet within the established boundary. Accordingly, if a customer has reason to believe that their pet may pose a danger to others, or harm itself, the customer should not rely solely upon the Invisible Fence Brand pet containment system to keep the pet from crossing the boundary. ® ________________________________________________ Battery Disposal Separate collection of spent batteries is required in many regions; check the regulations in your area before discarding spent batteries. The Computer Collar unit operates on one (1) Lithium (Li-MnO2) battery with a 3 Volt, 160 mAH capacity, ®...
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