Instruction manual
Tracking Ground Balance Oset
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A feature unique to the 705 is Tracking Ground Balance Oset. In
simple terms, this allows the user to run in Tracking and at the same
time, maintain a Ground Balance setting that varies from the one
“recommended” by the electronics of the X-TERRA.
On the 705, you can adjust this oset to be anywhere from +1 to +15 or
from -1 to -15. There has been some discussion as to whether lowering
the ground phase number makes the GB of the X-TERRA more positive
or more negative. I think the use of the word “Oset” is what makes this
confusing. Setting a + number into the Tracking GB Oset will provide a
more negative ground phase than the number the detector has chosen
as “neutral”.
For example, if you are hunting an area in Tracking, and let’s say the
X-TERRA has determined at a given time the proper GB setting is 35. That
means the 705 software is going to set its ground phase at 35 in an eort
to best neutralize the eects of that soil. If you had programmed your
705 with Tracking Ground Balance Oset of +5, your X-TERRA will actually
indicate a 40 on the display. In this situation, the 40 that you see on the
screen is the sum of what the X-TERRA software has determined to be
required (remember it was 35 in this example), plus the +5 Oset that you
programmed into it. By setting a +5 in your program, you have told the
705 that you want to run a negative Oset of 5, in combination with what
it determines to be the proper setting.
On the other hand, if you want to run a positive Oset, you’ll need to
enter a negative number. For example, if you want to track with a positive
Oset of three, you would need to enter a -3 into the procedure. If, as in
the situation above, the 705 determines that the perfect setting would be
35, your positive GB oset of -3 would actually make the display indicate
a 32. Personally, in most of the sites I hunt, I like to run my X-TERRA with a
slight positive Ground Balance (ground phase setting).
Understanding your X-TERRA - Ground Balance