response vs recovery modes

[Anonymous]

What is the difference between reponse "audio 1" & recovery "fast"? Should these two be used simultaneously? Just got my Explorer for Christmas, & have read both the manual & book. Thank you!

 

[Anonymous]

You can use any of the recovery options along with any of the auduio options, its really a matter of preference, although they say the explorer will see the deeper targets with the audio 3 or 2 option, I have yet to see one audio not see a target that another one does, the audio 3 and deep modes to seem to blend the tone to make it easier to get a solid steady signal though.. Myself I prefer the normal audio and fast response most times as I think it gives the most distinct solid tone quality on good targets compared to bad, which is why I said the audio is the best discriminator, at least the way I use it.. the other audio selections may make a deeper target easier to hear but blend the off tones too much in my opinion

 

[Anonymous]

I'm going to take your advice & start with normal audio until I gain experience, in conjunction with whatever recovery mode applies. Thanks very much for your time!

 

[Anonymous]

Hey Jim,
I was using normal audio for the same reason you mention and thought all was well. Then in my test garden most of the coins were hard to find (there is a penny that I never found)
One day I played with ALL the settings one at a time. As soon as I went to audio 1 everything showed up real good even the penny.
I really would like to use normal audio for the same reasons you stated but am afraid to from the results in my garden. Maybe I'll try back to normal audio and play a little more with the other settings.
JimT

 

[Anonymous]

I also switched to audio 1 recently. According to the manual it causes the sound to linger slightly so you don't miss the target when you go a little faster...I noticed a definite difference too. -Dave

 

[Anonymous]

Andy's book describes the 'fast' response as the time it takes the machine to 'reset' after passing over a target. Specifically, the fast mode recycles the machine faster which is why they suggest it's use in higher trash areas. He also says it affects the way the machine operates. How, I've never figured out. Audio 1, in my limited time, takes some getting used to. Otherwise it just sounds like gobs of tones to me. You might also want to look into tone variability. Why, I don't know exactly but it seems to me to work sort of like audio 2 and 3. HH and GL.
PS. One thing I did that helped a lot...I took an 8X11 piece of cardboard and attached a bunch of junk like nail, screwtop, crowncap, iron, jagged aluminum etc on it and then alternated placing silver quarter, dime, large cent, gold coin etc on it, in the middle of all that junk to see if the XS could see it. It did. Takes getting used to, but it's there. Use tape to attach the junk so you can rearrange it and get a real good feel for how the machine responds and what you should listen for. You can also play games with it by having someone place targets (blind) on it for you to call out. Hey when the world is frozen over and there's snow on the ground, anything goes.
HH