User manual MINELAB EXPLORER II

[. . . ] THE MINELAB EXPLORER II 4 Control Panel MI NE LA It is important to familiarize yourself B 4 CONTROL PANEL with the features of the Explorer II control panel. A few minutes spent reading this Ex p lo chapter will be a worthwhile preliminary r er II to basic or advanced detecting. NO IS NC E EL IRO Ir o n ON /O N M FF AS K ON / PIN OFF PO IN T DE TE CT BA CK L IGH T BA CK 29 THE MINELAB EXPLORER II www. minelab. com THE CONTROL PANEL easy reference 2 As the control panel provides user access to all Explorer II functions, the various buttons will be referred to throughout this User's Manual. The terminology will remain consistent with the elements labelled below and will be a useful reference as you begin detecting. 6 6 4 CONTROL PANEL 1 7 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Power button (see page 31) Display screen (for details see page 40) Main Menu button (see page 32) Shortcut buttons (see pages 33-34) Back button (see page 32) Shift buttons (see page 35) Backlight button (see page 31) 30 THE CONTROL PANEL THE MINELAB EXPLORER II POWER AND BACKLIGHT BUTTONS The Power button offers you the option of operating the Explorer II with its factory settings or in the most recent manual setting. [. . . ] This allows access to the various operational settings of the Explorer II. This manual covers Menu options in detail in Chapter 5: Quickstart and Chapter 6: Advanced Use. 4 CONTROL PANEL Back Figure 4. 4 Figure 4. 4 Back button This button allows you to `retrace' your steps through the control panel display screens. Pressing the BACK button during detecting or from within the menu structures will take you back one step in the history of control panel use. This button will typically be used when selecting or customizing settings within various menu categories. NOTE The BACK button will only retrace the last 3 steps. 32 MENU AND BACK BUTTONS THE MINELAB EXPLORER II SHORTCUT BUTTONS The Explorer II's shortcut buttons are intended to offer quick access to the functions and settings most likely to be used in detector operation. Noise Cancel Figure 4. 5 Figure 4. 5 Noise cancel shortcut button Pressing the NOISE CANCEL button automatically selects the quietest, most stable channel for detecting. This will automatically eliminate most audio response to electromagnetic disturbances (e. g. It is very important to keep the detector coil motionless during this time. Also ensure that no metallic objects are moved in close vicinity of the search coil. In Advanced mode it is possible to manually select your desired detecting channel. 4 CONTROL PANEL Detect Figure 4. 6 This shortcut button returns to the Detect mode display at any stage of operation, allowing you to continue detecting. · · Figure 4. 6 Detect shortcut button When detecting in the Quickstart mode, pressing DETECT will switch between Smartfind and Digital displays. When detecting in the Advanced mode, pressing DETECT will switch between Smartfind, Digital, Learn and Edit displays. More information on detect screens appears in the opening pages of Chapter 5: Quickstart and Chapter 6: Advanced Use. 33 SHORTCUT BUTTONS THE MINELAB EXPLORER II www. minelab. com Iron Mask Figure 4. 7 The IRON MASK shortcut button allows you to quickly switch between two detection modes: Discrim and Iron Mask. Assuming the detector is in the preset Discrim Coins function: Figure 4. 7 Iron Mask shortcut button · Pressing the button once switches to the adjustment screen for Iron Mask which allows you to set the detector's level of ferrous rejection. Pressing the button again returns you to Discrim Coins. · · 4 CONTROL PANEL Discrim displays a pattern representing which targets are selected from the Discrim Select list (the factory preset is Coins). [. . . ] Selecting a menu item Figure 4. 9 Figure 4. 9 Example of selected menu item Pressing and releasing the shift button next to a menu item or icon will select this option. For example, in Figure 4. 9 pressing the lefthand top shift button selects the ADVANCED option of Advanced mode's OPTIONS menu. Help function Figure 4. 10 4 CONTROL PANEL Figure 4. 10 Example of a help screen Pressing and holding down the shift button next to a menu item or pressing and holding a shortcut button for approximately one second will display a Help screen describing this particular function and various other menu options available. Repeat function Figure 4. 11 Figure 4. 11 Example of an adjustment bar Pressing and holding the shift button adjacent to either side of an adjustment bar for more than one second will repeat the function of a single depression of the same button (until the button is released). For example, (Figure 4. 11) pressing and holding the right-hand bottom shift button will steadily increase display contrast. You are now ready to proceed to Chapter 5: Quickstart. SHIFT BUTTONS ! 35 THE MINELAB EXPLORER II www. minelab. com CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS . . . [. . . ]