PetSafe PCF-1000-20 Operating Guide

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The Power and Loop Indicator Lights

are off.

•฀Check฀that฀the฀Power฀Adapter฀is฀plugged฀into฀the฀Fence฀Transmitter.฀

•฀Try฀plugging฀into฀another฀outlet.฀

•฀If฀the฀lights฀still฀do฀not฀come฀on,฀the฀Fence฀Transmitter฀and/or฀Power฀

Adapter needs to be replaced. Contact the Customer Care Centre.

The Power Light is on, the Loop

Indicator Light is off, and the Fence

Transmitter loop alarm is sounding.

•฀Make฀sure฀both฀ends฀of฀the฀Boundary฀Wire฀are฀plugged฀into฀Boundary฀

Wire฀Terminals฀and฀that฀1฀cm฀(

฀in)฀of฀the฀insulation฀is฀stripped฀so฀that฀

the copper wire is exposed.

•฀Perform฀the฀“Short฀Loop฀Test”฀to฀determine฀if฀the฀Fence฀Transmitter฀needs฀

to be replaced or if the Boundary Wire is broken.

•฀If฀the฀Fence฀Transmitter฀is฀functioning฀properly,฀you฀have฀a฀break฀in฀

your Boundary Wire. See the “To Locate a Break in the Boundary Wire”

section in this guide.

The fuse blows when it is replaced.

•฀The฀Fence฀Transmitter฀and/or฀Power฀Adapter฀needs฀to฀be฀replaced.฀

Contact the Customer Care Centre.

Additional Information

•฀The฀Boundary฀Wire฀is฀buried฀so฀that฀it฀is฀not฀accidentally฀tripped฀over฀or฀cut.฀Use฀care฀when฀trimming฀grass฀or฀digging฀

near the Boundary Wire to prevent damage.

•฀The system should only be used with healthy pets. Contact your veterinarian if you have concerns about the medical

condition฀of฀your฀pet฀(medication,฀pregnant,฀heart฀conditions,฀etc.).

•฀This฀system฀is฀not฀for฀vicious฀or฀aggressive฀pets.฀If฀your฀pet฀may฀pose฀a฀threat฀to฀others,฀DO NOT USE THIS SYSTEM.

If you are unsure if your pet is aggressive, please consult your veterinarian or a certiﬁed trainer.

•฀The฀PetSafe

฀In-Ground฀Cat฀Fence

™

is for residential use only.

•฀The฀Static฀Correction฀will฀get฀your฀pet’s฀attention,฀but฀will฀not฀cause฀harm.฀It฀is฀designed฀to฀startle,฀not฀to฀punish.฀

•฀Test฀the฀Receiver฀Collar฀at฀least฀once฀a฀month฀to฀verify฀it฀is฀functioning฀properly.฀Check฀that฀it฀activates฀at฀the฀Boundary฀

Wire. Battery life depends upon how often the Receiver Collar is activated.

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Short Loop Test

The฀Short฀Loop฀Test฀is฀a฀simple฀test฀to฀determine฀if฀each฀component฀(Fence฀Transmitter,฀Receiver฀Collar฀and฀Boundary฀

Wire)฀is฀functioning฀properly.

1. Disconnect the Boundary Wire.

2.฀Cut฀approximately฀3฀m฀(10฀ft)฀of฀unused฀Boundary฀Wire฀and฀connect฀it฀to฀the฀Boundary฀Wire฀Terminals.

3. Attach the Test Light to the Receiver Collar.

4. Spread the Boundary Wire out into a circle. Set the Boundary Control Switch to B.

5. Set the Boundary Width Control knob to 10 and the Correction Level to 2 or above.

6. If the Loop Indicator Light is not lit, then your Fence Transmitter is not functioning properly. Contact the Customer

Care Centre.

7. If the Loop Indicator Light is lit, disconnect one end of the Boundary Wire from the Boundary Wire Terminal.

8. If the loop alarm does not sound, the Fence Transmitter needs to be replaced. Contact the Customer Care Centre.

9. If the loop alarm does sound, plug the Boundary Wire back into the Boundary Wire Terminal.

10.฀Hold฀the฀Receiver฀Collar฀next฀to฀the฀3฀m฀(10฀ft)฀length฀of฀Boundary฀Wire.฀The฀Receiver฀Collar฀should฀beep฀about฀

0.3฀m฀(1฀ft)฀away฀from฀the฀Boundary฀Wire.฀The฀Test฀Light฀should฀then฀ash฀as฀you฀hold฀the฀Receiver฀Collar฀closer฀

to the Boundary Wire.

11.฀If฀Receiver฀Collar฀does฀not฀beep฀and฀the฀Test฀Light฀does฀not฀ash,฀replace฀the฀battery฀in฀the฀Receiver฀Collar.฀If฀it฀still฀

does฀not฀beep฀and฀the฀Test฀Light฀does฀not฀ash,฀contact฀the฀Customer฀Care฀Centre.

12. If the Receiver Collar beeps, there may be a complete or partial break in the Boundary Wire. See the “To Locate a

Break in the Boundary Wire” section.

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To Locate a Break in the Boundary Wire

Please follow these steps in determining where you have a break in your Boundary Wire:

1.฀Locate฀your฀original฀splice(s)฀and฀verify฀they฀have฀a฀good,฀solid฀connection.

2.฀Check฀your฀garden฀to฀determine฀any฀possible฀damage฀to฀the฀Boundary฀Wire฀(e.g.฀recent฀digging,฀aerating,฀rodent฀

burrowing,฀or฀any฀other฀noticeable฀disturbance฀in฀your฀garden฀next฀to฀the฀Boundary฀Wire).฀If฀you฀still฀cannot฀nd฀the฀

break in the Boundary Wire, follow the procedure below:

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