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Whites V31 and Garrett Pin Pointer Pro Problem

tkcenterline

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I just bought a new Whites V3I with wireless head phones and I have a fairly new Garrett Pinpointer Pro. First off I have to say *I love this new V3I*. What a machine!!! How to the problem at hand. I also like this Garrett Pinpointer Pro, It's heavy duty and works great. Until now!! The way the Garrett works is you push the button switch once and the unit beeps twice and you're good to go. If you turn on the Garrett while the Whites is on you can hear interference big time in the head phones. You may have to try and turn the Garrett on many many times before it will beep twice and work. You may have to push the button on/off seven or more times in order to get the Garrett to work. Then again there may be times when it will work properly on the first try. I have called Garrett and they told me how to reset the Garrett~but that didn't work. It still will not start up properly. I do not like having to push the button sometimes as much as 7 times before it will work and that is un-nerving when you find a target and want to dig it. Now the whites dealer who also sold me the Garrett tied a new Garrett out of the box with a new V3i and it does the same thing!!! They just don't want to work with each other. Has anyone had this problem? What is causing this problem? Does anyone know how to fix the problem. I wish Whites would make a pinpointer has heavy duty and good as this Garrett (when it is not interfering). I have tied the Whites bullseye and it just doesn't stand up to the quality. If this Garrett will not work properly with the V3I, I'm looking into a Pistol Pro. Anyone use this probe with a V3I. Thanks for any help. Ted
 
Hi Ted, I also noticed interference between my V3i and my pro pointer. I solved the problem by pushing the "menu" button each time I set down the detector and cut my plug. I firstly pinpoint the target with the detector, then I push menu, then I kneel down, then I cut the plug, then I turn on the pro pointer. After recovering the target, I close up the plug, hit menu again and I am good to go. This process has made my pro pointer work flawlessly. It also makes it easier to find the target as there is no longer any chatter from the detector while pinpointing. I hope that this works for you, it certainly fixed the problem for me. Let me know if this solves your problem as well. HH -Marc
 
You welcome. One correction, however, you have to pull the trigger after your done. I said above that you have to push menu again, that was incorrect. My head isn't working today. Hope this works for you. -Marc
 
what MHirschmann said works for me no problem.:beers:
 
No problems here. But then again I don't own a V3i just a 'Vision'. Both of mine run pretty smooth. What is the model no. of your pro-pointer? I recall that the pro-pointer runs at a higher freq. like 71 kHz. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

I can have the detector on and the pro-pointer on within 2 to 3 feet w/o problems. Now if you place your detector down on the ground close to where you've just dug up a plug and turn on the pro-pointer on and within 6 to 12 inches I see where interference may occur because you're just too close. Here again I stress may occur.

Good luck,

TC-NM
 
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