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On/Off/Sensitivity.
Rotary control switches the detector on/off and adjusts the sensitivity. Ground containing
mineralisation and some beach situations may cause instability or false signals requiring
a reduction of the sensitivity level.
Loudspeaker
(and battery condition indicator).
The presence of metal is indicated by a short tone from the loudspeaker. A distinct step
change in the pitch of the audio signal indicates that the batteries should be changed.
Pin-point.
The ‘motion’ aspect of the CS2MX is switched off whilst the pin-point button is
depressed. In pin-point mode the search-head can be held still to determine
the precise target position. Pin-point mode operates in ‘All Metal’, ie. whatever level
of discrimination you have preset will be switched off while the pin-point button is
depressed. This is a useful facility which allows you to trace around the edges of a
signal to identify large pieces of iron.
(Note: very large pieces of iron, such as discarded
agricultural machinery and iron stakes tend to give positive signals even when the
detector is set to high discrimination settings).
Once the pin point button is released
the detector returns to motion mode.
Discrimination.
Set to ‘ALL METAL’ there is no discrimination, i.e. all metals are detected. Set DISC control
to between ‘1’ and ‘4’ on dial. Signals from most small iron rubbish are ignored, i.e. there is
no audio signal. The discrimination level can be increased to between ‘4’ and ‘10’ so that
the signals from more categories of metal object are ignored.’
(see ‘Notes on Sensitivity, Ground Effect and Discrimination’).
The CS2MX Features and what they do
