| THE MINELAB EXPLORER II |
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ADJUSTING SENSITIVITY |
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| Sensitivity control |
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| The sensitivity bar indicates how responsive the detector is to a |
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| target in the presence of ground noise and/or electromagnetic |
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| interference. |
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| The degree of sensitivity is increased by pressing the top shift |
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| button and decreased by pressing the bottom shift button (on the |
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| left side of the control panel). Pressing the center left shift button |
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Noise Cancel | switches between |
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| A line cycling around the number indicates that the detector’s |
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| sensitivity is in |
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| continuously monitors the environmental conditions and will adjust |
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| actual detector sensitivity as close as possible to your specified |
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So that you can detect in best | level of stability, depending on these conditions. |
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conditions, we would advise you to | Manual |
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always choose the channel with | 5 | ||
In the manual mode (where the line does not cycle around the | |||
least interference before beginning | |||
number) the adjustment controls the sensitivity directly. This mode | QUICKSTART | ||
your detecting session. | |||
is suitable for the beach and very quiet (unmineralized) ground. | |||
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If the detector becomes noisy and | Manual sensitivity is also recommended for high trash areas when |
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you suspect electromagnetic | best results are obtained by sweeping the coil very slowly. |
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interference, change to a better | A high manual number is preferable for stable conditions with low |
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channel before adjusting |
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interference. A low number is suggested for very variable, ‘noisy’ |
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sensitivity. |
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conditions. |
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To do this automatically, press the | Adjusting sensitivity |
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Noise Cancel shortcut button, or |
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The highest sensitivity setting (32) is suitable in only the least |
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manually select the least noisy |
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‘noisy’, most stable environments. Decreasing sensitivity will |
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channel. | stabilize the detector where it is affected by noise or interference, |
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| but will marginally affect depth penetration and detection of small |
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| objects. This may still be preferable to operating with excessive |
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| background ‘chatter’. |
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| ADJUSTING SENSITIVITY |
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