Sensitivity Clarification :shrug:

[trueblue]

just read'n through some older posts and came across this quote about sensitivity , I had thought it woulda been the other way round eg: increasing the "Gain" sensitivy would drive the signal deeper into the ground more so when one considers the foglight theory on sensitivity , turning it down to cut through the fog if the quote below is correct then does'nt that blow the foglight theory outta the water

Sensitivity control. What this control really does is
enable one to adjust the "Gain", or amplification of a signal from
the receiver coil to your headphones or speaker, which improves
the detection of targets, especially those "deeper beepers". It does
NOT mean that the transmitter EM field is being driven deeper into
the ground though, as again, it's only a signal amplifier. All Sensitivity
controls on detectors work this way.

I'm thinking the quote is wrong any clarification on the topic is appreciated

thanks
trueblue

 

[EdUK]

Think of it like hi-fi separates - your cd player usually has a fixed output going into your power amp - it is the power amp you turn up to amplify the signal more when you want it louder.

 

[John LA]

n/t

 

[trueblue]

thanks guy's