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Your Shadow X3 is equipped with a water-resistant rear-mounted
¼-inch (6.3mm) stereo headphone jack.
Located on the back side of the control box, the jack accepts most
stereo and mono headphones with an impedance rating of 8 ohms or
more. Upon use, the internal speaker is automatically disconnected.
The use of high-quality, high-sensitivity headphones – like the
Troy-
PRO
™ headphones – is strongly encouraged and recommended.
Headphones block-out background noise while detecting and enable
deep, low-volume signals to be heard more easily. They also help with
'target perception', thus making pinpointing much easier.
Headphone-use increases battery life. All-in-all, headphones should
always be used while metal detecting!
To produce the strongest and best audio signal possible for deep, weak,
targets, the Shadow X3's audio circuit is designed to produce full-gain
audio. The Shadow X3 does not have an external, adjustable volume
control. Thus, it is capable of producing a very loud audio signal in
response to surface or large-mass metal targets.
To protect your hearing while using head-
phones, it is strongly recommended that you
use properly adjusted, volume-control-
equipped headphones – like the
Troy PRO
™
headphones - available soon!
Care must be taken when using head-
phones to protect your hearing from loud
and/or continual audio-tone blasts.
For best results, rotate your headphone
volume controls to their minimum, full-coun-
terclockwise position. Gradually increase
each control to a comfortable, well-balanced
listening level as you scan back and forth – a
few inches away – from a U.S. Quarter
placed directly on top of the ground. Once
adjusted, leave the volume controls set to this
optimum setting while detecting.
HEADPHONES
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Owner Instruction Manual
order to sense targets buried within.
Hot Ground
- Severely mineralized ground that produces many false
signals as it is swept. Coal cinders and iron-laden slag soil are but two
examples of 'hot ground'.
Hot Rock
- A rock or piece of mineralization that is different in its miner-
alization content than the surrounding ground matrix. Hot rocks can
produce false signals in some operating modes and no response in
others.
Interference
- Usually an affect of R.F. (radio frequency) and electro-
magnetic pulse-type signals. These can be from power lines, transmit-
ters, electric fences, automobiles, other metal detectors and/or almost
any device that produces electromagnetic radiated energy. These types
of interference usually produce false, random, erratic signals that pro-
duce unexpected audio 'blips' from a metal detector.
Mineralized
- Soil, sand or ground matrix that contains varying amounts
of negative iron oxide.
Mode
- An operational arrangement and/or selection of specific metal
detector features and settings to match a specific type of detecting or
target acceptance or rejection.
Modulated Audio
- An audio signal produced by the metal detector
(when a target is sensed) to the speaker or headphones that is very
loud for surface targets and gradually gets softer as the distance is
increased between the target and the search coil. Modulated audio is
very useful in determining a target's depth and size, based on the
strength of audio signal heard.
Motion Mode
- A metal detector operating mode that requires the
search coil be kept in motion to respond to metal targets.
Neutral Ground
- Ground or soil matrix that contains neither positive
nor negative mineralization.
Negative Ground
- Sand or soil that contains negative iron minerals.
Non Ferrous
- A metal item that does not contain iron.
GLOSSARY
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