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Spectra VX
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User’s Guide
pull and hold the pinpoint trigger switch or flip it to the forward
position. Pinpoint audio is identical to all-metal audio with one
exception: normal all-metal mode has SAT applied to it, and
pinpoint does not. That means the all-metal channel requires
loop motion or the target will get “tuned out,” but pinpoint does
not require loop motion.
Pinpoint audio has only one option, VCO, which is the same
as with the all-metal search mode.
Discrimination
A primary feature of practically all detectors since the
1970’s has been discrimination. VX
3
is no different. Discrimi-
nation, of course, allows us to accept or ignore certain targets
based on their phase (or VDI) response. In analog detectors, this
is accomplished with a knob that sets the threshold point of dis-
crimination; everything below the threshold is rejected, and
everything above is accepted.
Modern digital detectors take discrimination to a higher
level, allowing the user to accept and reject narrow VDI
regions. VX
3
has a discrimination resolution that allows individ-
ual VDI number to be accepted or rejected. The Discrimination
menu is:
Unlike the Disc entry on the Live Control Bar, the Disc
menu includes the icons assigned to each VDI, making it a little
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