Commenting on the Equinox User Manual

SittingElf

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Palm Bay, FL, and Air Force Bases in FL and OK
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Equinox 600, Equinox 800, Garrett Ace 300 (x2 For Wife and Son), Ground Hawg, Garrett Carrot, Minelab Pro-Find 35, SoundClean9 APTX LL Headphones
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All Treasure Hunting
While still on the waiting list for a Nox 800, I downloaded the User Manual from Minelab, and printed out the whole thing on my Canon Duplex printer (it hates me now!). Three hole punched and put in a three ring binder.

I read it cover to cover yesterday while supervising my son while he was playing in a large indoor bouncy house / trampoline center. I am very seriously impressed by the manual! By the second read-through, I feel very confident that I will not have much problem getting into the ground with the Nox.

The manual is concise, easily understood, and complete. Easy to read with great alert callouts; suggestions for first use settings; and near-perfect illustrations. This is one of the best user manuals for ANY product I have ever seen, and I have a MUCH clearer understanding of the features and controls that will help me really take advantage of the detector out the gate on arrival. Night and day difference from the Garrett detector manuals I own.

I would highly recommend that those who are complaining about the lack of a printed manual included in the box, should take the PDF off of Minelab and either print it themselves or have a office copy location do it for them...in color! Much easier to reference than trying to find the right location for specific items while scanning on a computer.



Now...just eagerly awaiting my machine!!!
 

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While still on the waiting list for a Nox 800, I downloaded the User Manual from Minelab, and printed out the whole thing on my Canon Duplex printer (it hates me now!). Three hole punched and put in a three ring binder.

I read it cover to cover yesterday while supervising my son while he was playing in a large indoor bouncy house / trampoline center. I am very seriously impressed by the manual! By the second read-through, I feel very confident that I will not have much problem getting into the ground with the Nox.

The manual is concise, easily understood, and complete. Easy to read with great alert callouts; suggestions for first use settings; and near-perfect illustrations. This is one of the best user manuals for ANY product I have ever seen, and I have a MUCH clearer understanding of the features and controls that will help me really take advantage of the detector out the gate on arrival. Night and day difference from the Garrett detector manuals I own.

I would highly recommend that those who are complaining about the lack of a printed manual included in the box, should take the PDF off of Minelab and either print it themselves or have a office copy location do it for them...in color! Much easier to reference than trying to find the right location for specific items while scanning on a computer.

Only one critique... The manual does not have a troubleshooting guide for problems that may potentially occur. Most electronic device manuals include that. Also no deliniation of error codes, if any.

Now...just eagerly awaiting my machine!!!

Page 64 is trouble shooting, page 65 is error codes.
 

Yeah.. I forgot that, having been really focused on the features and settings instructions. Edited my original post.
 

Elf, Best of Luck to you with the new Equinox. Reading the manual before hand will give you a head start once the Equinox arrives.
 

I checked again, and for whatever reason, my printer had not printed the last six pages. So, yes, the troubleshooting and error codes are in the manual. Just makes it even BETTER!

Cheers!
 

Elf - You will definitely have a running start by doing your homework up front, so good job. I agree it is a great, complete manual and really includes some great tips for the detectorist independent of the Equinox. Wish I didn't have to destroy a set of ink cartridges for it, but whatever.
 

Do they have a manual in the box? Guess I will know tomorrow when mine arrives.
 

Do they have a manual in the box? Guess I will know tomorrow when mine arrives.

No. It's available from Minelab's corporate site and 69 pages long.
 

I read it twice already. Thanks! Was hoping they would throw one in.
 

Yes me too, it just cost me $16 cdn at staples
 

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