VISTA X INSTRUCTION MANUAL BY DEEPTECH
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Tips: How to set up your Vista X
These tips will help to shorten the “learning curve” of the Vista X
If searching in the DISC. Mode for coins and other non-ferrous targets on highly mineralized
ground that also contain many iron patches:
1)
Ground Balance the Vista X as described in Section 3 How to Ground Balance
2)
Set the DISC. knob between 20-30
3)
Set the gain between 0-30 and threshold knob between 30-40 (you may set these
value higher if you are not receiving too much “chatter”)
Remember, fair amounts of iron in the ground paired with a low Disc. setting will result in
“chatter”. This is avoided with the settings described above. If you feel the Vista X
is still giving you too much “chatter”, reduce the gain and threshold instead of raising the
level of Discrimination. If the level of Discrimination is raised under these conditions, more
time will be needed to process the signals therefore increasing the detection distance between
the discriminated iron object and the desired non-ferrous target in order for the desired target
to be detected. With a little practice you will master these difficult conditions with ease.
This may only happen in the DISC. Mode. Remember, the Vista X hast a very fast recovery
speed even with a high Discrimination setting and will outperform many other detectors.
If searching on ground with “normal” mineralization and very few ferrous targets:
1)
Ground Balance the Vista X as described in Section 3 How to Ground Balance
2)
Set the gain and threshold as high as possible
3)
Set the Discrimination to your liking
The Two Tone Mode may be used in basically any situation. In this Mode, the Disc. knob has
a different function. It is then used to allow you to adjust the audio level of the low tone for
iron targets. For example, if the Discrimination is set to “0”, some ferrous targets will still emit
a high tone. The further you turn the Disc. knob to the right, the bigger and higher I’m
conductivity the target must be in order to emit a high tone. If you are searching for non-
ferrous targets, it is recommended that the Discrimination is set as low as possible for best
performance, In the Two Tone Mode the Vista X is extremely fast and sensitive.
