Getting better

[Ward]

Well I'm beginning to get things to fall in place, still having a little difficulty with VDI numbers and the % thing, and trying to give a certain objects a preferred VDI number and range.

Watched video three times last night, and kept tinkering, which is a little difficult to do in the house.

Cant wait for fall and to be rid of 105 heat index.

 

[earthmansurfer]

Congrats Ward. I did a lot of reading before my V3i came, so the adjustment wasn't terrible for me. Again, the thing that has helped me the most has been burying a coin and seeing how the different settings affect the signal you are getting. They you are teaching yourself for your area. Mostly I play with the sensitivity, filters and recovery delay. I'm in Germany, so A LOT of what I read here really doesn't apply to me - I have to sift through the data and just play. I wish I had a better test garden (The yard is full of trash and it's a shared yard so I can't dig it up.)

 

[Rob (IL)]

Glad to hear you are getting better. What's your difficulty with the VDI?

The % thing, there are two, a signal% and a noise%. The higher the signal% the less room you have before the detector will go into overload. Really, unless your detector is overloading don't worry. If it does overload lower your RX. If it doesn't overload the higher % won't affect performance.

The Noise% is more important. The Noise% measures the External Interference. 0% or a low number indicates very little external noise and low ground interference, thus allowing for using a higher preamp RX Gain. A high % reading of Noise of 50% or more would require you to try:
1) Freq Offset,
2) Decrease RXG,
3) Salt Mode,
4) 22.5Khz Single frequency,
5) Filter change,
6) Smaller coil.

Keep working. Rob