THE MINELAB EXPLORER II
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USER INFO
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Sensitivity The detector’s level of response to a target in the presence of
ground noise and/or electromagnetic disturbance.
Shaft assembly An adjustable assembly made up of the upper and lower shaft
connected by camlocks. The shaft assembly connects the search coil
to the handle assembly.
Shift buttons The three buttons at either side of the display screen are called shift
buttons. They allow selection of adjacent menu items, movement of
screen slider controls and adjustment of settings.
Shortcut buttons Black buttons on the control panel which offer quick access to the
functions and settings most likely to be used during detector
operation. Noise Cancel, Iron Mask, Pinpoint and Detect are all
shortcut buttons.
Slider control Visual representation of setting adjustments for a particular function
(e.g. screen contrast). Settings may be adjusted with shift buttons at
either side of the display screen.
Smartfind One of the Explorer II’s displays. Smartfind visually represents
target details using two-dimensional discrimination.
Threshold (hum) The audible level of sound emitted when no target is detected is the
threshold. This threshold hum is the background sound made as the
Explorer II operates. Threshold can be set anywhere between no
sound (silent) and loud.