XP Metal Detectors Adventis 2 User manual

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Contents pages
Introduction....................................................... 2
Description ........................................................ 4
Assembly ........................................................... 5
Alkaline or Rechargeable Batteries,
Battery Life, Battery Low Alert ........................ 7
Controls ............................................................. 9
Start I/0, Sensitivity ..................................................... 9
Discrimination ............................................................ 10
FREQ. SHIFT. .............................................................. 12
Ground ..................................................................... 14
Detecting Techniques.................................... 15
Care Instructions ............................................ 16
Trouble Shooting Problems ............................ 18
Advice to Detectorists ................................... 19
Specifications ................................................. 20
XP Accessories ............................................... 21
Warranty conditions ....................................... 23

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INTRODUCTION
CONGRATULATIONS ON PURCHASING AN XP METAL
DETECTOR AND WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF RESEARCH
AND EXPLORATION!
You have invested in a high tech detector with extreme performance, designed
and developed in France. Therefore, you are taking part in the development of
the research in the field of metal detecting undertaken by our company, we
thank you for that.
ADVENTIS 2 is a clever combination of analog/digital technology and
benefits from the latest advances in the field. Our knowledge of that
technology has led us to integrate a microprocessor to analyze
discrimination signals. This microprocessor, faster for discrimination
signal analysis, gives our detectors an increased power and stability,
as well as a better rejection of unwanted targets.
The development of the ADVENTIS, the ADVENTIS 2 has led to the
inclusion of a new circuit board with specially optimised
specifications.
9faster target detection through the use of new, more
discriminating analogue filters. It will therefore be easier for
you to detect targets in iron infested areas.
9the transmitter of the XP wireless headphones is integrated
on your detector's circuit board. You can therefore use our
optional wireless headphones without having to change parts
to change channels.
9The new FREQ. SHIFT switch gives you the option of choosing
between two working channels for the XP wireless
headphones – channel 1 or channel 2 – and between two
detection frequencies – Freq 1 or Freq 2 – for your detector.
You can then search for targets in the same area as another
XP detector without any interference issues.
These two new detectors are also fitted with a new 9” (22.5 cm)
carbon fibre search head with a more robust coil cover.
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INTRODUCTION
You will find it much easier to adjust the controls to
optimise your search technique to the type of area you are searching
in.
The sharpness of the transition between ferrous and non-ferrous,
adjustable with a single turn potentiometer is an addition to maximise
performance.
Our high sensibility "double D" search coils, provide very good ground
penetration.
You will appreciate the sturdiness and the manufacturing quality of
our equipment.
Because a metal detector is generally used in extreme conditions, we
have given full attention to the most sensitive parts. ADVENTIS 2 is
been developed and manufactured with quality components and
material, thus ensuring your XP detector a maximum useful life.
9Coil Connector, developed by XP: waterproof, gold contacts
(30 μgold plated).
9Impact resistant polypropylene armrest.
9Strong Cable, designed to resist movement failures.
9Robust Waterproof search coil.
9Telescopic stem, stored away instantly and easier handled
9Fibreglass lower stem
The ADVENTIS 2
is high performance detector specially designed
to give you greater ease of use.
Before using your detector for the first time, we recommend that you read this
instruction manual carefully in order to make full use of its abilities.
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DESCRIPTION
1 – Full telescopic stem, includes a fibreglass impregnated lower
stem.
2 – Robust, waterproof search coil. Diam.9” (22.5 cm), provided
with coil cover.
3 - ABS electronics box
4 – Specific XP connector, Waterproof.
5 – Hipmount bag
6 – Coil fixing system
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ASSEMBLY
The assembly of your detector will only take
you a few seconds.
Put the shaft together as shown on the diagram.
xPut the rubber washers on the side of the
fibreglass tube (1).
xInsert the fibreglass tube on the search head (2).
xInsert the new coil fixing parts as shown on the
diagram and screw (3).
The electronic box of your detector can be positioned in 2 different ways:
Option 1 : Under the armrest
To fix it, insert the 2 wings of the armrest in the slides of the
electronic control unit, as indicated on the diagram.
Once the control box in place
under the armrest, wind the cable
around the telescopic shaft as
indicated on the photo.
Use the 2 pieces of Velcro® (A and
B) to keep the cable in a spiral
position.
Insert now the
connector (female)
in its panel
connector (male),
screw it, the
connector is now
watertight.
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ASSEMBLY
To hold the cable along the telescopic stem you can use
Velcro® strip as shown on the photo below(C & D).
Option 2 : Electronic box hipmounted
Insert the control box into the hipmount bag.
Then insert the connector (female) in its panel
connector (male) and screw it.
LRemoval of control box
To remove the control box from the armrest, proceed
as indicated below.
Put your hands around the control box and press slightly
with your thumbs on the side of the armrest (1).
Whilst you keep the pressure on, slip the armrest off,
and remove completely the control box from the
armrest (2).
The hipmount bag provided with your detector can allow you to
protect your detector from rain when the electronic box is fixed on
the armrest.
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ALKALINE OR
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERY, BATTERY
LIFE, BATTERY LOW
ALERT
ALKALINE BATTERY __________________________
ADVENTIS 2 is powered with 12 volts from 8
AA Alkaline batteries using 2 batteries
holders, 4 batteries each.
Pay close attention to the battery ± polarity
before inserting the batteries holders in the
electronic box.
The metal rivets (3) of the batteries holder
must be on the right. Screw the nuts 1 and 2
to close the batteries lid.
In the event of nonprolonged use,
remove the alkaline batteries from the detector.
BATTERY________________________________________
To power your detector you can use rechargeable battery.
The insertion of the rechargeable battery is similar to the Alkaline
batteries.
A charger will allow you to power your detector.
Recharging the batteries can be done in a very simple way:
Always turn off the detector before recharging batteries.
Remove the search coil connector of the electronic box and
insert the charger instead. 12 to 18 hours are necessary to
have a full recharge.
Avoid leaving the batteries recharging for more than 20
hours.
WARNING! Before inserting your charger, check that you are not
recharging Alkaline batteries.
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ALKALINE OR
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERY, BATTERY
LIFE, BATTERY LOW
ALERT
BATTERY LIFE _________________________________
Alkaline batteries about 45 hours with headphones.
Batteries NiMh about 40 hours with headphones.
BATTERY LOW ALERT ______________________
When the battery voltage is too low to power your detector, the
detection "beep" of a metallic target radically changes tonality, it
becomes higher pitched.
From then, you only have a few detection hours left, depending on
the batteries you are using.
This has the advantage of warning you in plenty of time about the
low condition of the batteries without hindering you whilst
searching.
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CONTROLS
START I/O, SENSITIVITY _____________________
Turn the machine on with the SENSITIVITY I/O
control.
You will hear some quick "beeps" which will tell you
that the detector is correctly operating.
Then you can detect.
The control also enables you to adjust the sensitivity of your detector.
The sensitivity level determines the depth of detection and the
stability of your machine. It can be adjusted to suit the environment
so as not to be plagued with false signals.
Please note that this new detector has a more advanced
SENSITIVITY setting compared to previous ADVENTIS model,
enabling you to make gradual adjustments to help alleviate
false signals.
The range of adjustments has been widened to offer more
sensitive adjustments at the top end of the range.
You should therefore not be surprised if you have to lower
the potentiometer settings on bad ground. The performance
of the machine will not diminish.
Avoid testing your detector inside your house or in shops
because you can encounter a lot of metallic and
electromagnetic pollution (reinforced concrete, metallic
girder and fluorescent lights).
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CONTROLS
DISCRIMINATION_______________________________
The discrimination control depends on the 3 positions DISC switch.
3 options are available:
1ST option : The DISC switch is on
the AM position ("All metal" mode),
the detector is then set up in all
metal mode. The discrimination
control is deactivated.
This mode can for instance be used to locate a target with
more precision. When in IRON REJECT (D1 or D2), in some
cases, a non-ferrous target can be partially masked by a close-
by ferrous target. The AM mode, more powerful, will help you
locate them.
2ND option : The DISC switch is on the D1 position (grey area),
the discrimination control allows the user to go progressively
from the all metal mode (potentiometer to the minimum) to
the ferrous metal discrimination (potentiometer to the
maximum).
3RD option : The DISC switch is on the D2 position (red area),
the discrimination control rejects ferrous objects on the
minimum level and can reject foil on the level shown on the
front panel of the detector. On D2 mode, avoid going beyond
the FOIL level otherwise you might lose useful small targets.
Before using your detector for the first time, become familiar with
the sounds of metallic targets (ferrous/non ferrous).
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CONTROLS
In IRON REJECT (D1 or D2), a non ferrous target will produce a
deep, full sound which can be repeated at the same spot with each
sweep. Most of the ferrous targets will be silent or might produce a
choppy sound (short "pops" or "clicks") which can be easily
recognized.
NOTE
Experienced detectorists must forget their concerns over
the discrimination levels they must not go beyond. The D1
mode is very soft, it doesn't go over iron rejection, so you
should not fear pushing the setting 3/4 to the right.
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CONTROLS
FREQ. SHIFT._____________________________
The FREQ. SHIFT switch eliminates interference
which would otherwise be caused between two
XP detectors used within close proximity of each
other.
It can act on two settings simultaneously:
the working frequency of your detector:
9Freq1 ou Freq 2
The XP wireless headphone output channel:
9CH1 ou CH2
How to use the FREQ. SHIFT. switch.
If you are working ALONE without your XP wireless headphones:
it is better to use FREQ. SHIFT.
9on the middle setting: DETECT Freq1 / WS1 OFF position
The wireless headphone output will be switched off and therefore not use
up power. The detector will be set on frequency 1.
If you are working ALONE with your XP wireless headphones:
you can use FREQ. SHIFT.
9on a low setting: DETECT Freq 1 / WS1 CH2 position
9on a high setting: DETECT Freq 2 / WS1 CH1 position
You should also consider adjusting the input channel of the wireless
headphones on the earpiece. Simultaneously hold down the ± buttons for
five seconds. See the wireless l headphones user manual for more
information.
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CONTROLS
If you are working WITH A PARTNER without the XP wirelessheadphones:
you can use FREQ. SHIFT.
9on the middle setting: DETECT Freq1 / WS1 OFF position on
YOUR device.
9on a high setting: DETECT Freq 2 / WS1 CH1 position on
your partner's device, even if they are not using a wireless
headset.
If you are working WITH A PARTNER, with the XP wireless headphones:
you can use FREQ. SHIFT
9on a low setting: DETECT Freq 1 / WS1 CH2 position for
YOUR device
9on a high setting: DETECT Freq 2 / WS1 CH1 position for
your partner's device.
In any event, please refer to the XP wireless headphones
user manual before use.
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CONTROLS
GROUND________________________________
With this control you can correct ground effects and
more accurately reject ferrous minerals or any
pottery containing iron oxides.
If you are prospecting on grounds loaded with
magnetic stones, it might be a good idea to keep a
sample of these stones on you to adjust your detector before
detecting this type of ground. You only need to move a magnetic
stone in front of the search coil turning slowly the GROUND control
from left to right so as to obtain a total rejection of the stone.
If the mineralization is too scattered, sweep the head on the
ground and turn the control progressively from left to right in order
to get good stable detector. On mineralised grounds, these
procedures will optimise your searches.
For maximum depth detection, do not turn this setting
towards the right more than necessary. The red arrow
indicates a basic position suitable for most ground.
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DETECTING
TECHNIQUES
ADVENTIS 2 is motion detector, which means that a target
detection can be carried out only when the search coil is moving.
When you detect an area, it is important to sweep with the head as
close as possible to the ground with wide movements, but not
making contact with the ground.
Keep the head parallel to the ground following the relief as much
as possible.
To pinpoint a target, use quick crossed sweeps,
with the coil over the target taking note of
where the strongest audio signal is received.
The exact location of the target is under the
centre line of the search coil from front to back
and can then be determined by ‘x ing’.
If you feel the performance of your detector is not at it’s best:
1. The discrimination is too high,
ÖSet it in D1 mode with the discrimination control set to
the equivalent of 2 o'clock or less.
2. The ground rejection is too high,
ÖAdjust GROUND control towards the equivalent of a 12
o'clock position or less if the ground doesn’t give false signals.
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CARE
INSTRUCTIONS
Our detectors are designed to be as robust as possible, however,
like any electronic precision instrument, they require some care.
The XP search coil cable has been designed so as to resist long term
movement. However you should take some precautions and prolong
the life of your detector :
Öto remove the connector from the control box, it is important
never to pull the cable but the connector.
ÖIt is important to leave enough slack at the bottom of the cable
near the coil to allow for adjusting the coil angle without placing strain
on the coil.
ÖIt is important not to replace the Velcro with tape as this will
centre the movement on one single part of the cable.
Öwhen the box is hipmounted, put it on your side or on your back in
order not to fold the cable of the connector when you lean forward.
(Diagram 1)
Öwhen the box is hipmounted, to prevent strain on cable and
connector, you should slide the cable through the hipmount bag belt
strap. Diagram 2
Diagram 1 Diagram 2
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CARE
INSTRUCTIONS
Not adhering to these precautions will lead to long term damage
of the cable and void the warranty due to user negligence.
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In the event of nonprolonged use, remove the
alkaline batteries from the detector.
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Do not expose your detector to high temperatures.
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TROUBLE SHOOTING
PROBLEMS
TROUBLE
CAUSES
SOLUTIONS
The sound changes its
tone, it becomes more
high pitched when
encountering metallic
targets .
ÖLow batteries.
Change the batteries.
Ö
Wrong polarity
Check if you have correctly
inserted the batteries in each
pack. One battery
might be in
the wrong way around.
You can't start your
detector.
Ö
Batteries are badly
inserted or upside down.
Check the way the batteries have
been inserted in the 2 battery
holders (refer to chapter 4)
ÖA 6.35 plug is inserted in
the headphone plug.
Remove it.
ÖThe loudspeaker is
defective.
Plug in headphones to check.
You notice excessive
false signals without
reasons
ÖThe sensitivity is too
high.
Lower it.
ÖThe search coil
connector is badly locked to
the control box
Lock it without forcing.
ÖYour headphone cable is
defective.
Change the headphones.
ÖYou are passing through
an area with a lot of
interference (high voltage
cable, electric transformer,
electric fence).
Lower the sensitivity or get away
from this area.
Ö
You are close to other
metal
detectors.
Change frequency due to FREQ.
SHIFT (refer to chap.5)
You notice false signals
when the search head
knocks the ground.
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GROUND control is too
low.
Turn the GROUND control slightly
to the right until false signals
stop.
The detector beeps on
potteries, bricks or
with certain stones.
Ö
GROUND control is too
low.
T
urn the GROUND control
slightly
to the right until false signals
stop.
If the problem persists, contact your retailer for advice.
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ADVICE TO
DETECTORISTS
Detecting is an activity, which like other leisure activities
requires some guiding principles. These few
recommendations will allow
you to fully enjoy it while respecting laws,
environment and other people.
xEnquire about and abide by the laws in force of the country or
the state before searching. It is of your responsibility to know
them and to abide by them.
xAlways ask the permission of the land owners where you want
to search.
xHave regard for the natural environment in which you are
searching.
xDon’t forget to backfill all holes you dig.
Avoid detecting in zones where battles took place
during the wars. Report any suspect object you might
discover to the authorities.
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