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Control Panel
It is important to familiarize yourself
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with the features of the Explorer II control
panel. A few minutes spent reading this
chapter will be a worthwhile preliminary
to basic or advanced detecting.
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THE MINELAB EXPLORER II
THE CONTROL PANEL
easy reference
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.
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Power button (see page 31)
Display screen (for details see page 40)
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Main Menu button (see page 32)
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Shortcut buttons (see pages 33-34)
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Back button (see page 32)
Shift buttons (see page 35)
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Backlight button (see page 31)
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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. The backlight provides greater screen
clarity in dim conditions.
Power
Figure 4.1
The POWER button turns the Explorer II on and off and also allows
POWER
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Figure 4.1 Power button
you to specify operation in the detector’s last manual setting.
NOTE The first time you turn on the detector it will start
up with factory presets as the most recent manual setting.
To start the detector in factory preset mode:
• Press and hold the POWER button until a six-note musical tune
is sounded. The Minelab logo and the words ‘FACT ORY
PRESETS’ will be briefly displayed on the screen.
To start the detector with its previous manual setting:
• Press and release the POWER button. This will start the
detector with the previous settings from when the detector
was last used (e.g. target specifications, sensitivity levels,
etc) and you may proceed with detecting or modifying
detector settings.
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BACKLIGHT
Figure 4.2 Backlight button
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Backlight
Figure 4.2
Pressing the BACKLIGHT button turns the light behind the
Explorer display screen on or off. Contrast can be adjusted to suit
via the Main Menu (detailed in Chapter 5: Quickstart). Turning this
light off will extend battery life. Whenever the detector is switched
on, the backlight illuminates for the first 5 seconds.
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MENU AND BACK BUTTONS
The Menu and Back buttons are likely to be the most frequently used of all the control
panel functions in both Quickstart and Advanced modes.
Menu
Figure 4.3
Pressing the MENU button at any stage of detector operation will
bring up the Main Menu screen. This allows access to the various
operational settings of the Explorer II. This manual covers Menu
Figure 4.3 Menu button
options in detail in Chapter 5: Quickstart and Chapter 6: Advanced
Use.
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Figure 4.4 Back button
MENU AND BACK BUTTONS
Back
Figure 4.4
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.
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
Pressing the NOISE CANCEL button automatically selects the
quietest, most stable channel for detecting. This will automatically
eliminate most audio response to electromagnetic disturbances
Figure 4.5 Noise cancel shortcut button
(e.g. powerlines). Selection takes approximately 30 seconds. 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.
Figure 4.6 Detect shortcut button
In Advanced mode it is possible to manually select your desired
detecting channel.
Detect
Figure 4.6
This shortcut button returns to the Detect mode display at any stage
of operation, allowing you to continue detecting.
• 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.
SHORTCUT BUTTONS
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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 a second time switches to the Iron Mask
function.
• Pressing the button again returns you to Discrim Coins.
Discrim displays a pattern representing which targets are selected
from the Discrim Select list (the factory preset is Coins). This pattern
is explained in detail on page 42 of Chapter 5: Quickstart. A small
bar also appears at the bottom of the Smartfind screen to indicate
whether Iron Mask is ON or OFF.
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Figure 4.8 Pinpoint shortcut button
SHORTCUT BUTTONS
Pinpoint
Figure 4.8
The Explorer II is programmed to operate as a motion detector
(detecting targets as the search coil is swept). The PINPOINT
shortcut button overrides this automatic setting enabling the
Explorer II to become a non-motion detector. This allows a target’s
location to be pinpointed. Continuous target response will be emitted
when the search coil is positioned directly over a target.
A small bar appears at the bottom of the screen to indicate whether
Pinpoint is ON or OFF . It will flash in ON mode to remind you to turn
Pinpoint OFF. Using the Pinpoint function is explained in detail in
Chapter 5: Quickstart (page 59-60).
THE MINELAB EXPLORER II
SHIFT BUTTONS
The six buttons at either side of the Explorer II display screen perform several functions.
Menu items may be selected, help screens displayed or adjustments made to display and
audio levels.
Selecting a menu item
Figure 4.9
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 left-
Figure 4.9 Example of selected menu item
Figure 4.10 Example of a help screen
hand top shift button selects the ADVANCED option of Advanced
mode’s OPTIONS menu.
Help function
Figure 4.10
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.
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Figure 4.11 Example of an adjustment bar
Repeat function
Figure 4.11
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.
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