Solve one problem-now another

[lerafe]

I was having issues with the 705 being erratic. A reset fixed it, but NOW something new is happening.
The other day while hunting I noticed it got awfully quite. I noticed I was getting ID's but no sound. I unplugged my earphones the audio worked. Switched to a different detector, the earphones worked fine.

Late I went back to the X-terra--all was fine. The other day it started acting up again. Sometimes it acted like it was in the cord, but the earphones worked great in the other detector. Do I need to replace the jack?
Any help would be appreciated. Oh, and I but it used from an freind , so no warrent

 

[Old Longhair]

Sounds like maybe the headphone output jack on the machine is acting up.
Sometimes "massaging" them works. Plug and un-plug from it about 50 times.
If that doesn't work, then you're looking at sending it in. It's not an expensive fix.

 

[ahunter]

I bought a new 505, for my wife, she was using it and became very erratic also. She was so upset with it we went home, I read the manual again did the reset and it seemed fine after that. Then I was using it in our test garden with (No headphones) over a known quarter which it read and beeped fine. Went to the dime location no sound however the display numbers did change, same at the nickel location. Did a reset, worked fine. The grand kids came over so I was showing them Grandma's new detector, same thing happened again. That was when I was convinced the machine had a defect. Ours was new so we returned it and bought a 705. We have had no problems with the 705 at all.

 

[Nuke em]

Sounds silly but it happens to me , I have a box cover on mine and sometimes the jack comes a little out of the socket and it goes quiet , make sure its not that.

 

[lerafe]

It was the earphones, but it wasn't the usual suspects, the plug end or where the wire goes into the earcuff.

It appears it may have been the thin wire coming out of the top of the earcuff that runs between earcuffs. I am not sure why it worked on one detector but not another, OR

I say possibly solved, because I did use a qtip and clean the jack, and also wiggled the small wire by accident while testing them after cleaning the jack and they work fine now, so I am not sure which one was the real culprit

 

[lerafe]

n/t

 

[Digger]

Some detectors require Stereo plugs and others are mono. Some headphones are stereo and others are mono, with the speakers internally strapped together........some have a toggle switch so you can change them back and forth to match the detector. You didn't say what brand your other detector is, but if it isn't another Minelab, chances are it is mono. This could explain why they worked on it and not the X-TERRA. Regardless, glad to hear the issue is resolved. HH Randy