Minelab E-Trac Manual

Control Panel design and layout
E-Trac’s Display is logically and cleverly laid out
starting on the left with the 4 new Navigation
Buttons. These four buttons control the up down
and side to side movements and nearly all of the
E-Trac’s functions making it considerably easy to
move around the pre-loaded menu choices. The
two large Arrow buttons (Ô) on either side of
the faceplate control E-Trac’s Edit Modes whilst
moving around the screen and making detection
pattern changes.
The Menu button in the centre controls the access to all E-Trac’s selectable Menu choices.
Pinpoint takes the E-Trac out of a discrimination motion mode and puts it into a temporary all metal, non-
discrimination mode. Note: it is not advisable to search in the pin point mode.
The Detect button, while in the Pattern Screen, will switch the Detection Screen to Digital Screen and vice
versa if in Digital. While in the Main Menu, QuickMask™ or Edit Screen, pressing Detect returns you to the
Pattern/Digital Screen at any stage of operation.
QuickMask™ allows on the spot adjustments of the FE and CO rejection levels independently of any cur-
rent Discrimination Settings allowing for a fast and easy way of editing Patterns. It also allows an instant
switch back to the last Detect screen.
Pressing Accept / Reject allows instant acceptance of / or discrimination against any particular target
(more on this later).
Noise Cancel allows you to select from 11 operating channels and provide ‘the best noise free channel’ on
which to detect, eliminating or helping to reduce most sources of electromagnetic noise that can be gen-
erated into the atmosphere by electrical devices such as radio mast transmitters, pylons and generators.
Pressing the button takes about 28 seconds to cycle through. Noise cancel can also be manually chosen
via the Expert Menu.
The Backlight button illuminates the visual screen area via the extreme top right hand side button which
allows you to continue detecting when the natural light gets low.

Minelab E-Trac Specifications

General

Transmission Technology	Full Band Spectrum (FBS) Multifrequency Technology
Microprocessor	32bit, 48MHz microprocessor – fast and powerful
Coil	Ultra-lightweight 11” Double D (DD) waterproof coil
Connectivity	USB connector for communication with Personal Computer
Software	Intuitive User Interface; Fast Target processing; Multi-language functionality
QuickMask™	Fast and Easy adjustment of Ferrous and Conductivity Discrimination
User Modes	4 Minelab Modes and 4 My Modes
Depth Gauge	Accurate Gauge active in Normal detecting and Pinpoint mode
Pinpoint	Non-motion with modulated audio and visual Crosshair on LCD, 2 Modes – Normal and Sizing
Discrimination	2 Dimensional Smartfind™ Discrimination
Target Identification	2 Dimensional Smartfind™ Size / Conductivity and Ferrous characteristics Conductivity 1-50, Ferrous 1-35
Sensitivity Adjustment	Fully Automatic; adjustable to be more aggressive or conservative, Manual Setting 1-30
Sensitivity Gauge	Auto Level, Manual Level, Suggested Level
Threshold	Fine adjustment level from 1-50
Recovery Speed	Selectable Fast & Deep
Trash Density	Low for areas with isolated targets or High, for areas with more trash
Noise Cancel	Automatic & Manual selection of 11 channels
Audio Response	4 Settings: Normal, Long, Smooth, Pitch Hold
Tone ID Number of Tones	1, 2, 4 and Multi-tone; customizable for Conductivity or Ferrous response
Tone ID Variability	30 adjustable steps for better Target Identification
Headphone	Input ¼” 100Ω Stereo Jack
Ground Balance Modes	Auto Ground Compensation - Advanced Digital Filtering
Ground Settings	Neutral for most ground conditions, Difficult for more mineralized soils
Batteries	1600 mAh NiMH or Alkaline batteries
Low Battery Audio Alarm	Audio and visual indication
Visual Display	Large 3.4” (8.65cm) greyscale LCD panel with Contrast adjustment and Backlight
Patents	US 4890064; US 5537041; US 5506506