Dear Minelab..PLEASE put a clock on the Equinox..PLEASE!

[IDXMonster]

That is all.

 

[sprchng]

Ha !, great suggestion. Found a digital watch the size of nickel that some kid dropped in a park , the band was a perfect length to strap it to the handle of my etrac,,,great addition

 

[greenmeanie]

I do like that feature on the CTX.
Something so simple but I can check it while water hunting.

 

[pan4au]

nice feature...

 

[ML]

It would be a great feature, but please make it bigger than on the CTX so old folks like myself can actually see it.

 

[IDXMonster]

It would be a great feature, but please make it bigger than on the CTX so old folks like myself can actually see it.

Amen!

 

[coherent]

I have a watch... a clock in the car... a clock on my cell phone.. I don't need another clock. Just something else to go faulty.

 

[Des D]

"I pushed hard to fit 'a clock' in the CTX
They did.
This is the very 1st post I've ever seen remotely referring to the topic since the CTX was released.
I don't think too many rated a clock as a valid feature?
It 'sounded right' when we were designing it but, ???"

 

[Tyber0z]

That would be great:

 

[IDXMonster]

"I pushed hard to fit 'a clock' in the CTX
They did.
This is the very 1st post I've ever seen remotely referring to the topic since the CTX was released.
I don't think too many rated a clock as a valid feature?
It 'sounded right' when we were designing it but, ???"

Des,to ME....it's needed. I run a tight schedule ALL the time and don't own a Rolex,or even a Casio. Being able to glance at the screen for yet ANOTHER piece of valuable information during my detecting has been SO helpful that I cannot believe I'm the only guy who thinks so. Maybe people don't mention it because it's such a no brainer that it ought to be on EVERY machine built by ANYONE. And,obviously YOU thought it was not only a frill,but really a valuable built in tool that probably costed next to nothing to add,relatively speaking. Why the EFF would anyone be AGAINST it? Something else to "break"? We're not talking about strapping a cuckoo clock to the display pod! The CTX clock,with a tad larger digits....perfecto!

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

Meh, I'd rather have a tone ID for bottle caps that said, (censored) you bottle cap that played in my headphones.

 

[Shenandoah Digger]

"I pushed hard to fit 'a clock' in the CTX
They did.
This is the very 1st post I've ever seen remotely referring to the topic since the CTX was released.
I don't think too many rated a clock as a valid feature?
It 'sounded right' when we were designing it but, ???"

Des,to ME....it's needed. I run a tight schedule ALL the time and don't own a Rolex,or even a Casio. Being able to glance at the screen for yet ANOTHER piece of valuable information during my detecting has been SO helpful that I cannot believe I'm the only guy who thinks so. Maybe people don't mention it because it's such a no brainer that it ought to be on EVERY machine built by ANYONE. And,obviously YOU thought it was not only a frill,but really a valuable built in tool that probably costed next to nothing to add,relatively speaking. Why the EFF would anyone be AGAINST it? Something else to "break"? We're not talking about strapping a cuckoo clock to the display pod! The CTX clock,with a tad larger digits....perfecto!

Cuckoo clock to the display pod? Anyone who doesn't think that's funny has no sense of humor. I agree a clock would be a welcome feature.

 

[Hello]

Does the CTX have a small internal battery to keep time when the main battery is removed?

 

[IDXMonster]

Does the CTX have a small internal battery to keep time when the main battery is removed?

That is an EXCELLENT observation,along with the settings and everything else it keeps. I never even considered that it was doing that. It could be an internal battery or another capacitor of some kind...it's gonna bug me now. Thanks a lot Hello!

 

[Beyonder]

how about a blood pressure monitor and a barometer?

 

[nagant]

This has to be the silliest topic I've ever seen. Right up there with AR15 accessories.

 

[Architex]

The clock could be set by the GPS when you turn the machine on.

 

[Jason in Enid]

The CTX does have the option of setting the clock by GPS, by that requires chosing that option and also having GPS turned on (plus it takes several minutes to get satellite lock). I havent paid attention to the clock in so long, I couldn't say if its time is correct on powerup every time. If it does, then it has to have an internal battery (typically a watch type battery). That wouldnt be needed to store settings and most electronics have moved to static data storage, like a built in thumb-drive.

 

[IDXMonster]

The CTX does have the option of setting the clock by GPS, by that requires chosing that option and also having GPS turned on (plus it takes several minutes to get satellite lock). I havent paid attention to the clock in so long, I couldn't say if its time is correct on powerup every time. If it does, then it has to have an internal battery (typically a watch type battery). That wouldnt be needed to store settings and most electronics have moved to static data storage, like a built in thumb-drive.

Thanks Jason that makes sense that it would store the backup like that,I wasn't thinking along those lines.

 

[IDXMonster]

how about a blood pressure monitor and a barometer?

I could use the blood pressure monitor,especially on those deep Indians that are really rotted Zincolns...