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- Page 1 ® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 1 Spectra V ® ® Complete Owner’s Complete Owner’s Guide Guide includes Expert Menu and PreSet Details includes Expert Menu and PreSet Details White’s Electronics, Inc. The World’s Finest Metal Detectors - manufactured in Sweet Home, Oregon USA...
- Page 2 ® 2 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra ® Congratulations and thank you for ® choosing White’s Spectra V Spectra is the result of years of research and development, time proven manufacturing and testing techniques, and most of all ... listening to our customers. The Spectra represents many firsts for metal detector technology.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 3 Table of CONTENTS - Explore Your Spectra ........................7 Turn On & Go ............................7 In-depth Turn-on and Go ........................7 ON/OFF .............................7 Ground Rejection ........................7 Program In Use .........................8 Backlight ............................8 Live Controls ..........................8 VDI Numbers & Spectragragh ....................8 Icons ............................9 Sweeping The Search Coil ......................9 Repeatable Audio “beep”... - Page 4 ® 4 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Audio ..............................18 Target Volume ..........................18 Threshold ............................18 Tone/Pitch - Target ........................18 Tone/Pitch - Threshold ........................18 Tone ID ............................18 Audio Wireless Headphone ......................19 Enable ............................19 Channel ...........................20 Power Level ..........................20 Monitor Battery ........................20 Multiple Wireless Headphones ....................20 (additional information on Audio Wireless Headphones on page 47) Discrimination ..........................21 Accept/Reject ..........................21...
- Page 5 ® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 5 Expert Menu .............................29 Programs ............................29 Select ............................29 Save ............................29 Restore / Load .........................29 New ............................30 Rename ...........................30 Erase ............................30 Setup ............................30 Share ............................30 Library ............................31 Discrimination ..........................32 Visual Reject ..........................32 VDI Select By ..........................32 Icons ............................32 Sensitivity .............................33 Probe (Live Control Sensitivity Zoom) ..................33...
- Page 6 ® 6 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Span Limit ...........................38 Wrap Limit ..........................38 2.5 kHz Normalize ........................39 7.5 kHz Normalize ........................39 22.5 kHz Normalize .........................39 Ground Tracking ...........................39 Ground Probe (Ground Tracking Live Control ZOOM) ............39 Filter & Speed ..........................40 Search .............................40 Analysis ...........................41 Configure ............................41...
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Page 7: Explore Your Spectra
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 7 Explore Your Spectra - Explore your Spectra metal detector with complete confidence. You cannot harm or destroy the original factory presets or software. Original programs are easily restored under Programs, Restore. Option selections remain through ON/OFF and battery changes. To return to original selections, manually return to underlined or check marked levels, or Restore. -
Page 8: Program In Use
® 8 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra At anytime during searching, this “ground balance sequence” may be repeated to ground balance the Spectra to ignore ground minerals. The Spectra will automatically track to normal ground mineral changes. Quick (abrupt) and dramatic (usually visible) ground changes may require a manual sequence such as dirt to gravel, dry sand to wet salt sand, wood chips to dirt, sand to dirt, sand/dirt to rock, or other obvious ground changes. -
Page 9: Icons
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 9 The current target VDI number appears much larger above the rectangle upper left side of display. Listen for a solid repeatable (over multiple search coil passes) audio “beep” then look for a consistent Icon and/or VDI number indicating a good quality metal target. -
Page 10: Optional Step (Analyze)
® 10 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Optional Step (Analyze) Push the toggle forward (away from the grip) sweep over the target several times, and look at the analysis. The Analyze Screen provides a visual of the actual target sig- nal. -
Page 11: Live Controls
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 11 Live Controls - UP/DOWN moves the Cursor vertical to select from a list. SIDE/SIDE moves the highlighted selection horizontally. MENU/TAB brings up menu or moves the Cursor to the next item or selection on the screen. Selection is highighted. MENU/TAB x2 brings up information screen. - Page 12 ® 12 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • “Quick Save” During adjustment of any Live Control, or within any Menu one change can be quickly added individually as that programs new Saved Defaults “quick save”. • Immediately after making a single Live Control adjustment, if you want to then Save it as a default for that Program, press and hold ENTER, and press MENU (new box appears).
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Page 13: Six Block (Standard) Menu
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 13 MENU - When a Live Control is selected highlighted with ARROW LEFT & RIGHT, pressing and releasing ZOOM accesses more options for that specific option, next level menu. At any point in a regular or zoomed menu, pushing the toggle forword accesses “Help Balloon”... -
Page 14: Programs
® 14 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Programs - ✓ Check mark in front of program name indicates it is the original factory or manual saved default program (no changes from default settings). Triangle in front of Program name indicates it has been modified from the original or manually saved defaults (changed from default). -
Page 15: Common
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 15 • Common – Collect your common personal preference settings to later substitute by category within Programs being saved from Expert, Programs, Setup, and Exclude feature. Note: COMMON, from the factory, contains a showroom demonstration program designed to work in high interference indoor areas (Reduced Sensitivity) intended only for Dealer Showrooms or demonstrating and experimenting with basic Spectra functions indoors. -
Page 16: Memory
® 16 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Press ENTER to either RESTORE that PROGRAM or CANCEL. • Squeeze and release toggle “once” to exit to six block MENU, squeeze and release toggle “twice” to exit to the search mode. Memory Capabilities - The Spectra offers the most intuitive and advanced memory system ever offered with a metal detector. -
Page 17: Sensitivity
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 17 Sensitivity - • Press MENU, ARROW to Sensitivity, press ENTER. • Rx Gain – (Formally called Pre-Amp Gain or Receive Gain) Use ARROW left and right to adjust. Adjusts the search coil receive signal prior to entering the electronic circuitry for signal processing (pre-amp). Constant OVERLOAD signals (not over a target) indicated by a low pitch audio beep and display OVERLOAD indication require a decreased Rx Gain setting. -
Page 18: Audio
® 18 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Audio - • Target Volume – How loudly a metal target “beeps”. Use the ARROW Left & Right to adjust the target volume. During adjustment, a sample level is indicated continuously when the trigger is pushed forward. •... -
Page 19: Audio Wireless Headphone
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 19 Wireless Headphones – Select Wireless Headphones and press ENTER. SpectraSound System comes factory pre-connected (Channel 4) allowing the “Quick Connect Sequence”. Wireless Headphone - Quick Connect • Select Audio or Zoom Audio • Wireless Headphone. -
Page 20: Power Level
® 20 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Arrow down to Channel, Select (arrow left & right) to find a Channel free of interference. Color Bar indicates level of external interference for each channel choice. Green representing clear channel, Red representing external interference. Ideally, select the channel with the largest portion of green within the bar. -
Page 21: (Additional Information On Audio Wireless Headphones On Page 47) Discrimination
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 21 Discrimination - • Discrimination Accept / Reject – Allows custom setting accept or reject for the entire VDI (Visual Dis- crimination Indication) range -95(-0-)+95. This is the same range that appears on the display. Discrimination settings are built into each Program. -
Page 22: Bottle Cap Reject
® 22 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • This “quick save” method can be used for one specific setting change ONLY (the last one made). To Save As Default” multiple option changes from the Live Controls, after all changes are made, select Program, then hold ENTER and press MENU, select Save As Default, and press ENTER. -
Page 23: Ground Filter
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 23 Ground Filter - • Filtering out ground minerals allows deeper penetration (detection depth) in mineralized grounds and also determines the ideal search coil or loop sweep for optimum performance. Less ground filtering in low ground mineral areas increases depth, however, doesn’t penetrate high mineral ground well. -
Page 24: Frequency (Primary)
® 24 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Frequency (Primary) - • Allows selection among a variety of primary frequency options. • Three Frequencies – Allows three primary frequencies to be transmitted and received. Three Frequencies is normally the best choice for general searching. •... -
Page 25: Ground Tracking
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 25 Ground Tracking - Autotrac - Selects among options controlling the automatic ground rejection feature. • Report - When ON (“X” in box) ground adjustments (tracking) is indicated by “TRACKING” appearing on the center lower portion of the display (temporarily replacing the Program name). Tracking with arrows pointing right indicate ground balance is tracking with an increase in ground rejection levels. -
Page 26: Lock Offset
® 26 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Locktrac has a Offset option of it’s own, so that manual balancing can be offset + or – perfect to enhance either small targets in high mineral ground, or avoid mineral anomalies (hot rocks). Information / Confi... -
Page 27: Owner's Name
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 27 • Owner’s Name – Use the ARROWs Down / Up, and Left / Right to spell out your name. Or press ENTER to bring up a key-board and then use ARROWs and ENTER to spell out your name. •... - Page 28 ® 28 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Do Expert Choices Change Anything In The Live Controls and Regular Six Block Menu? Many personal preference choices within the EXPERT MENU will automatically revise the Live Controls and Six Block Menu to accommodate those preferences. For example different methods of adjusting the Discrimi- nation in the EXPERT MENU will automatically bring that specific method to the Live Controls and Six Block Menu.
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Page 29: Expert Menu
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 29 How Can I Quickly and Easily SAVE One Option Change? “Quick Save”, described under Live Controls, also works for individual changes within any Menu. Specific change in the Expert Menu can be added as the current Program’s default. Hold ENTER and press MENU, new window appears, select Save As Default, and press ENTER. -
Page 30: New
® 30 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Use MENU/TAB to tab between Restore or Cancel (to cancel restore), ENTER to activate choice. • Squeeze and release toggle on grip twice to exit. • New – Create a new program and name using settings from an existing program. •... -
Page 31: Library
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 31 • Note: The other Spectra has to be set to RECEIVE, on the same channel as you are sending. • Saved Programs; Select a program from your Menu or Live Control listing. • Library, select All Programs or just an individual Program to send from your Library. •... -
Page 32: Discrimination
® 32 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Discrimination Detailed • Visual Reject - When selected (“X”in box), rejected VDI numbers do not appear on the display. This reduces the number of VDI numbers that appear allowing better concentration on those accepted. When not selected (empty box), all VDI numbers appear on the display (rejected and accept) whenever a target is compatible with that VDI number. -
Page 33: Sensitivity
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 33 • Icons – Allows selection of the desired Icon set for the current program. • ARROW to Icons and press ENTER. ARROW to desired Icon set and Press ENTER. Filled circle indicates selection. •... -
Page 34: Audio
® 34 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra Tip #1. – If Signal loss is significant (50% +), the ground is highly mineralized (contains a lot of natural ground mineral/metal oxides). Conservative sensitivity settings, multi-frequency operation, and perhaps a smaller accessory search coil, is highly recommended for such areas. Tip #2. -
Page 35: Search Audio
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 35 during use of the VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillation) option. Threshold level is critical in determining the dynamic range (change in sound from minimum to maximum) when the VCO option is used. • Target Tone – Adjust the tone, pitch, or audio frequency of a target “beep”. There is sometimes an advantage to setting the target tone to a different level than the threshold tone, making deep targetsmore eaily recognized. -
Page 36: Modulation
® 36 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra with a progressively higher pitch “beep”. If accepted by the discrimination settings, iron type targets will produce the lowest pitch “beep”; large silver will produce the highest pitched “beep”. Nickels in the mid range indicate with the most medium pitched beep. Discrimination rejected target signals are still suppressed. -
Page 37: Tone I.d
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 37 up directly over the target (for discrimination) or sweep normally (discrimination) then slowly over specific targets (all metal). • Tone ID – Adds the Tone ID feature specifically to the discriminate portion of the Mixed Mode. -
Page 38: Wrap Limit
® 38 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Higher number settings allow greater differences between a target at the different frequencies and still be considered a good or valued target signal. • Lower number settings dictate less difference between the target at the different frequencies is require to be considered a good or valued target as opposed to a trash metal. -
Page 39: Khz Normalize
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 39 • 2.5 kHz – Normalize – Different operating frequencies react to the same targets with different VDI numbers. Multi frequency software normalize target VDI scale. • Individual frequencies offer the choice of a natural VDI scale dictated by that frequency (Normalize OFF) or Normalize (shifting to the common scale). -
Page 40: Filter & Speed
® 40 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra ground/target combinations, an advanced operator can extrapolate information valuable in choosing options. • Options and accessory search coils, may change the signal strength, and have a small effect regarding the phase and the VDI measurement. Filter &... -
Page 41: Analysis
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 41 • Analysis – Selects options for the Analysis mode, toggle pressed forward away from grip. • Match Search “X” – Applies the exact same settings to Analysis mode as is selected for the regular search mode, toggle on grip in center position. •... - Page 42 ® 42 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Decimal – ON/OFF depth indication with decimal point (upper right side of display) during searching (toggle center position) EXAMPLE: 26.5. • Fraction – ON/OFF fractional depth indication (upper right side of display) during searching (toggle center position) EXAMPLE 26 •...
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Page 43: Pinpoint
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 43 • Color – Select color choices for the Icon and Accept/Reject ranges. • Icon Ranges – ON/OFF. When ON, VDI number range of each Icon dictate their color. • Accept/Reject – ON/OFF. When ON, Spectragraph block colors indicate if that VDI number is currently being rejected or accepted by the current discrimination settings or program. - Page 44 ® 44 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Signal – ON/OFF. When On averages graph signal over multiple search coil passes. • Scroll Rate – Adjust calibration and resolution of scrolling graph. • Rule – ON/OFF. When On displays reference scale on bottom of scan graph. •...
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Page 45: Status Line
® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 45 • Resolution – Adjust how many VDI numbers contribute to a specific Spectragraph bar. • A higher number (larger range of VDI numbers for each bar) will produce fewer and wider Spectragraph bars. •... -
Page 46: Battery
® 46 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra • Size – Select the text size of the Menus, Sm, Med, Lg, X-Lg. • Expert Only – Select Expert Only to eliminate the secondary Six Block menu. Pressing Menu once brings up expert menu Color Pallet CUSTOM, allows custom color mixing options throughout the menu system. -
Page 47: Spectrasound System Note
When Monitor Battery Speaker is not selected “empty box”, built-in speaker will never sound. Plug-in headphones and wireless headphones (enabled) continue to operate normally. Spectra V3 will also provide Wireless battery voltage - • Press MENU twice, Arrow down to Expert and press ENTER. -
Page 48: Program Charts
® 48 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra - 1 - ROGRAM HART... - Page 49 ® Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra 49 - 2 - ROGRAM HART...
- Page 50 ® 50 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra - 1 - ONFIGURE HART...
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- Page 52 ® 52 Complete Owner’s Guide - Spectra PECTRA OUND YSTEM NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCRules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa- tion.
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