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Process Number (Process #)
This menu selection offers the user a choice among several different methods of audio
discrimination to accommodate a variety of search conditions and personal preferences.
These methods differ in the way the signals are processed for analysis.
The Process Number selections are:
dE: DEFAULT PROCESS
This is the best process to use for most conditions, and is thus the default. It also has the
best target separation in heavy concentrations of targets.
JE: JEWELRY PROCESS
Detector will be more sensitive to small and low-conductivity metals like jewelry, but will
run noisier in trashy areas.
bc: BOTTLE CAP MODE
Response is modified so that steel bottle caps will usually produce inconsistent, or non-
repeatable, tones and broken sounds. There may be a slight reduction in the ability to
separate adjacent targets. Use this process in areas with a high concentration of steel
bottle caps. Also refer to the Capabilities & Limitations section for sweep techniques to
aid in the identification of steel bottle caps.
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be stored as the discrimination value.
• All targets up to and including the value selected, will be eliminated from detection,
unless notched-in.
5. A slash will appear over the target words being eliminated. Notice that two slashes can
appear over each word. The left slash represents the bottom half of the range; the right
slash represents the top half of the range. When you select a value within any range,
the slash will appear, even though all values within that range might not be eliminated
from detection. To recall the discrimination setting, press the MENU button until you
enter the DISC LEVEL feature.
NOTCH
Unlike Discrimination Level, which eliminates all targets from the left of the scale to the right,
NOTCH can eliminate and re-include targets within the scale displayed at the top of the
display. Inclusion or exclusion of target ranges is indicated with a half-crossed or crossed icon.
To demonstrate how to set a notch, follow this instruction at first use.
1. Reset all detector values to default:
a. Turn detector off
b. Press-and-hold red MENU button and push-forward-and-hold Toggle Switch
c. Turn detector on while continuing to hold MENU and Toggle
d. Release Menu and Toggle
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Process Number (Process #)
This menu selection offers the user a choice among several different methods of audio
discrimination to accommodate a variety of search conditions and personal preferences.
These methods differ in the way the signals are processed for analysis.
The Process Number selections are:
dE: DEFAULT PROCESS
This is the best process to use for most conditions, and is thus the default. It also has the
best target separation in heavy concentrations of targets.
JE: JEWELRY PROCESS
Detector will be more sensitive to small and low-conductivity metals like jewelry, but will
run noisier in trashy areas.
bc: BOTTLE CAP MODE
Response is modified so that steel bottle caps will usually produce inconsistent, or non-
repeatable, tones and broken sounds. There may be a slight reduction in the ability to
separate adjacent targets. Use this process in areas with a high concentration of steel
bottle caps. Also refer to the Capabilities & Limitations section for sweep techniques to
aid in the identification of steel bottle caps.
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be stored as the discrimination value.
• All targets up to and including the value selected, will be eliminated from detection,
unless notched-in.
5. A slash will appear over the target words being eliminated. Notice that two slashes can
appear over each word. The left slash represents the bottom half of the range; the right
slash represents the top half of the range. When you select a value within any range,
the slash will appear, even though all values within that range might not be eliminated
from detection. To recall the discrimination setting, press the MENU button until you
enter the DISC LEVEL feature.
NOTCH
Unlike Discrimination Level, which eliminates all targets from the left of the scale to the right,
NOTCH can eliminate and re-include targets within the scale displayed at the top of the
display. Inclusion or exclusion of target ranges is indicated with a half-crossed or crossed icon.
To demonstrate how to set a notch, follow this instruction at first use.
1. Reset all detector values to default:
a. Turn detector off
b. Press-and-hold red MENU button and push-forward-and-hold Toggle Switch
c. Turn detector on while continuing to hold MENU and Toggle
d. Release Menu and Toggle
