Turning it on brings up the user-friendly menu system. The initial screen contains six distinct
areas of adjustment-PROGRAMS, SENSITIVITY, AUDIO, DISCRIMINATION,
FREQUENCY and GROUND TRACKING. There are multiple adjustments or options to
choose from in each of these, but the way they were grouped makes it easy to find a specific
adjustment when needed. The PROGRAMS option offers users 10 separate pre-defined
collections of settings that cover just about any type of detecting you can imagine doing and
were developed through extensive real-world testing before the V3’s release.
To start hunting right out of the box, simply press MENU, highlight the PROGRAMS option,
press ENTER, select the type of hunting you are interested in, press ENTER again and pull
the trigger twice… that’s all there is to it! So, while a beginner can take advantage of the V3’s
performance with virtually no adjustment required, experienced hunters can fine-tune it to suit
their specific preferences and site conditions through the various menu options.
Before the thought of remembering what individual menu options mean scares you away from
the V3, White’s engineers have you covered. When you highlight any menu option, simply
press the toggle switch forward and a “balloon” pops up on the screen that provides a short
explanation of what the function does. In addition, they renamed some of the functions that
were somewhat cryptic on past models with names that make it quite simple to figure out
what each does.
All adjustments are made using the eight glow touchpads located beneath the display screen
and the trigger switch located in front of the handgrip and, with just a few minutes of practice,
navigating through the various screens becomes second nature. Another feature that shows
White’s thought of the end-user in the field is the ZOOM function which allows the text on
the menus to be enlarged to 1-of-4 levels of magnification, making the menu easy to read and
hence adjust as needed.
When searching, three screens provide a great deal of useful information. With the trigger in
the middle position, the V3 is in the SEARCH mode and brings up the Signagraph data in the
center of the screen. It shows the strength of individual frequencies being processed which
aids in target identification. Also displayed will be a target ID value (ranging from -95 to
+95), icon(s) indicating probable target ID, target depth, icons showing the status of specific
features and another unique feature called “Live Controls” along the bottom of the screen.
Pushing the trigger forward places the V3 in the 2nd search mode called ANALYZE. While
much of the information is the same as shown in the SEARCH mode, the center region now
displays lines called “Target Signatures” which can provide not only valuable target ID
information, but target sizing as well.
An innovative feature associated with the Target ID icons that are displayed is tha,t depending
on the PROGRAM selected, different icons will appear; i.e., coins, relic, prospecting, etc.
Holding the trigger in the rear position activates the PINPOINT mode. No motion is required
to detect targets in this mode and the center section changes to provide signal strength on each
of the operating frequencies, which is helpful when trying to pinpoint a good target amongst
trash.
The V3’s LIVE CONTROLS feature is unique to LCD touchpadcontrolled detectors and has
proven to be a real asset in the field. Unlike other touchpad detectors where you have to exit
the search mode to make adjustments via a menu selection, V3 users can actually scroll along
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