Helpful Hints - Minelab Explorer User Manual

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HELPFUL HINTS

These tips are provided to enhance your personal use of the Explorer. They are intended
to work together with the information and instructions appearing elsewhere in the
manual.
Batteries
Noise Cancel
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Clearing saved patterns
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It is normal for the tip of the rechargeable battery to get warm while
charging because the current regulator is mounted inside the
battery pack.
Using headphones extends battery life. The speaker draws
significant current from the battery for short amounts of time. Using
the headphones when the battery voltage is low (when the battery
indicator's level starts decreasing) helps in getting the most out of
the battery.
It is best if you perform a Noise Cancel with the search coil in the
position used for detection. This is because the interference picked
up in a vertical position can be different from the interference
picked up in the horizontal orientation.
In competitions, where several Explorers have to work nearby, it
might be best to select the channels manually.
If you want to know what channel has been chosen by the detector
after a Noise Cancel, go into the Advanced mode in Main Menu >
Options > NOISE and look at the number displayed. If you do a
Noise Cancel while in that menu, you have to go out of the menu
and back to get the new channel number.
If you want to clear one or more patterns from the SAVE DISCRIM
menu, do the following:
Go to SELECT menu and select CLEAR.
STEP 1
Go to the SAVE menu and save cleared screen into the
STEP 2
locations you want.
Choosing the right Tone Make sure that you start with the Main Menu > Audio > Sounds >
CONDUCT selected and the threshold level and the volume are
appropriate for your environment (i.e. for headphones or speaker
use, ambient noise etc.)
Adjust the threshold 'hum' to a tone you are comfortable with
STEP 1
using the Main Menu > Audio > Tone > TH. TONE. This
tone should be the lowest tone you can still hear clearly.
Using two targets you are likely to often seek which display a
STEP 2
difference of 1 or 2 on the digital reading, adjust Main Menu
> Audio > Tone > Variability so you can hear the difference
between one and the other.
Select a target with high conductivity (giving a high number
STEP 3
on the digital display) and wave it past the coil. Adjust Main
Menu > Audio > Tone > Limits for a pitch as high as
possible but still within the range where you can hear well.
Setting your own reject If you want the detector to reject targets (for example to make a
target patterns new pattern for bottle caps, suitable for your conditions):
Prepare a number of targets from the category you want to
STEP 1
reject (bottle caps).
Go to Advanced Learn and start with an all black screen.
STEP 2
Select Learn Accept (the flashing tick) and pass the coil
STEP 3
over the bottle caps until the detector accepts them.
Go to SAVE (press the shift button next to the SAVE icon)
STEP 4
and save to the location you want (e.g. S4). The Smartfind
thumbnail will display your pattern.
Now that this pattern has been saved, you can use it to construct
your own discrimination pattern by:
• Going to SELECT menu and choosing CLEAR. For instance,
construct this personal discrimination pattern by accepting
coins with a tick and rejecting your newly learnt bottlecaps
pattern (S4) with a cross.
• If you want to improve the pattern, use Advanced Edit to
modify the clear (accepted) area.
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