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Spectra V
3
Field Guide
all you need to know
White's Electronics, Inc. • 1011 Pleasant Valley Rd • Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 USA

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  • Page 1 Spectra V ™ Field Guide all you need to know White’s Electronics, Inc. • 1011 Pleasant Valley Rd • Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 USA...
  • Page 2 Navigation UP/DOWN moves the Cursor vertical to select from a list. SIDE/SIDE moves the highlighted selection horizontally. MENU/TAB brings up menu or moves the Cursor to the next item or selection on the screen. Selection is highighted. brings up information screen. Includes backlight and MENU/TAB x2 advanced menu (see page 11).
  • Page 3 ACTIVE PINPOINT SCREEN SQUEEZE TRIGGER and HOLD TO Pinpoint - SQUEEZE AND HOLD TRIGGER ACTIVE ANALYZE SCREEN TRIGGER FORWARD TO Analyze - TRIGGER FORWARD Pg 3...
  • Page 4 Programs - Aggressively rejects pull-tabs and trash. Responds to all coins and some rings. Coin - Less trash rejection than coin - accepts aluminum, responds to most Coin & Jewelry jewelry, and and all coins. - Salt subtraction method. Rejects iron and some trash. Accepts aluminum, Salt Beach responds to most jewelry, coins and rings.
  • Page 5 Sensitivity (Pre-Amp) Adjusts receive signal amplification. Affects sensitivity, depth, Rx Gain - and interference from external noise. Boosts transmit signal for use in low mineral ground. Tx Boost - CAUTION - prolonged use will increase battery drain. Adjusts level of sensitivity to targets. Affects depth. Discrimination - Adjust detection signal in All Metal circuit.
  • Page 6 Audio Adjust how loud a metal target “beeps”. Target Volume - Adjust volume level of Threshold (slight background hum). Audio Threshold - Target Tone or Pitch. (the “beep” a metal target produces). Tone - Tone or pitch of the Threshold. Threshold Tone or Pitch - When activated produces a progressively higher pitch keyed to VDI Tone ID -...
  • Page 7 Discrimination Custom setting accept or reject for VDI range. Discrimination Accept / Reject - “X” Box = Accept (detected) - Empty Box = Reject. Adjusts level of Bottle cap signal response. Bottle Cap Reject - Adjusts rejection level of negative pebbles and rocks that are not Hot Rock - silenced by the ground balance system and would sound like targets.
  • Page 8 Frequency Best choice for general use. Transmits and receives Three Frequencies - 2.5 KHz-7.5 KHz and 22.5 KHz at the same time. Receives and displays all frequencies. Uses subtraction Salt Compensate - method for saltwater balance. Single frequency. More sensitive to high conductive metals, 2.5 kHz - Silver/Copper.
  • Page 9: Ground Balance/Tracking

    Ground Balance/ Tracking For best results, instrument start up should be followed by a manual ground balance. Pull and hold trigger, then press and hold enter while pumping loop up and down over the ground until threshold is smooth. Release enter then release trigger. Also helpful as an option to check tracking from any search mode.
  • Page 10 Information/Configure To access Information/Configure press MENU twice in succession. To Exit squeeze and release trigger on hand grip twice. Spectra backlight is preset to maximum Backlight - brightness (setting 20). Battery life is significantly increased by reducing brightness or turning off backlight (setting Check battery voltage.
  • Page 11 Metric Units - Selects Metric Units. Expert Menu - A much more extensive and advanced Menu. The Expert Menu contains - • Building your own custom program. • Wireless sharing programs - transfer custom programs between Spectra instruments • Multiple headphone transmit and receive. •...
  • Page 12: First Aid

    First Aid • Help Balloons - From menu screens and Zoom menus, trigger forward - brings up a “Help Balloon” that offers more information about the menu item. Help Balloon Trigger Forward All of Spectra’s systems and controls are explained in •...