Minelab Mine lab Explorer IITM, P0591-A

THE MINELAB EXPLORER II

QUICKSTART

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QUICKSTART DISPLAY

The Quickstart display visually represents everything from target details to the

Explorer II’s operating settings. Quickstart’s Smartfind display (pictured below)

and alternate Digital display share many common elements.

QUICKSTART DISPLAY

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Contents

Main Page Page Page Page 7 Introduction ! ABOUT THIS MANUAL " ! Contact Minelab INTRODUCING THE MINELAB EXPLORER II MINELABS UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY Getting Lost? Full Band Spectrum (FBS) Discrimination Ground Compensation Operating Frequencies Page Page THE MINELAB EXPLORER II UNPACKING YOUR EXPLORER UNPACKING YOUR EXPLORER II List of Parts Accessories ASSEMBLING THE DETECTOR CONNECTING THE SEARCH COIL Page THE SHAFT ASSEMBLY Connecting the shaft assembly to the handle assembly CONNECTING THE SHAFT ASSEMBLY Coil not connected? $ THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY Fitting the armrest strap HEADPHONES Attaching headphones REPLACING AND FITTING THE SEARCH COIL Page ExplorerII In Ir on Control Panel THE CONTROL PANEL Page Removal of battery pack Replacing alkaline batteries THE BATTERY P ACK Recharging NiMH battery pack with the mains charger $ Safety Tip Recharging $ Recharging NiMH battery pack with the car charger Battery life indications Notes supporting performance figures BATTERY PERFORMANCE Battery Life Battery Performance More detecting time? Page Quickstart GETTING STARTED Introducing Quickstart Display memory BEGINNER USE Trying out the detector Audio Overload Page QUICKSTART DISPLAY QUICKSTARTS SMARTFIND Two-dimensional discrimination DISPLAY Interpreting target responses Discrimination Introducing Discrim Smartfind Discrimination pattern THE IRON MASK Adjusting the Iron Mask Iron Mask Shortcut Operating in Iron Mask Digital display QUICKSTARTS DIGITAL DISPLAY Preferred Display MODIFYING THE DISPLAY Full screen display Adjusting the display contrast ADJUSTING SENSITIVITY Sensitivity control Noise Cancel Threshold control ADJUSTING THRESHOLD Display Icon AUDIO RESPONSE Pitch of response Adjusting the volume Headphones Caution! AUDIO MENU Introduction to the Audio menu Headphones Introducing Volume Max limit AUDIO: ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Volume Gain AUDIO: ADJUSTING THE TONE Introducing Tone Threshold tone Variability Limits AUDIO: ADJUSTING THE SOUNDS Introducing Sounds Constant Conductivity Ferrous TESTING TARGET AUDIO RESPONSES PINPOINTING THE OBJECT Introducing Pinpoint Using Pinpoint " RECOVERING THE OBJECT Fill your holes! # SELECTING TARGETS Select targets list Page ACCEPTING AND REJECTING TARGETS $ ADVANCED MODE OPTION Moving to Advanced mode Page Advanced Use ADVANCED MODES MAIN MENU STARTING IN ADVANCED MODE Beginning Advanced use Advanced target preferences Are you ready? ! ADVANCED MODES DISPLAYS 9 1 6 5 7 ADVANCED MODES LEARN DISPLAY LEARNING TARGETS Introducing Learn Silence please! ! Phase 1: Preparation for Learn LEARNS TARGET SELECTION ... continued Phase 2: Learning and Saving the target pattern 1 10 ADVANCED MODES EDIT DISPLAY EDITING PATTERNS PHASE 1: Preparing for editing PHASE 2: Resizing and moving the target frame EDITING AND SAVING TARGET PATTERNS PHASE 3: Rejecting the framed target area PHASE 4: Saving edited discrimination pattern EDITING AND SAVING TARGETS ... continued ADVANCED MODES SELECT MENU Saving targets SAVING TARGETS Saving Shortcut AUDIO MENU Volume Shortcut OPTIONS MENU Noise OPTIONS: NOISE Noise Shortcut Introducing Response OPTIONS: RESPONSE Page Introducing Recovery OPTIONS: RECOVERY SETTINGS MENU Introducing the Settings menu Saving and loading a setting Get into the habit. " User Info HELPFUL HINTS user tips Page THE MINELAB EXPLORER II USER INFO www.minelab.com NiMh BATTERY PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS Note: The backlight adds about 8% to the current consumption of the detector. BATTERY PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS Duracell Vs NiMh Battery Voltage USER PREFERENCES Minelab suggests that you record your preferences using a pencil, or make photocopies of this table. RANGESETTING FACTORY PRESET USER A USER B USER PREFERENCES Minelab suggests that you record your preferences using a pencil, or make photocopies of this table. CONTROL PANEL BUTTON FUNCTIONS Page Page TROUBLESHOOTING Page SERVICE REPAIR FORM WARRANTY Repairs TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE MINELAB EXPLORER II EXPLORER II MODEL Page Page Page Page DETECTOR CARE AND SAFETY