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I think my MXT is sick!

HuntinDog

HuntinDog

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I took my MXT to a park yesterday and it acted up on me.
As I swung back and forth every once in awhile it would "Beep Beep" as if there were a target... I'd stop and rescan the area and no more "Beep"???
It did it a number of times and on occasion when I had the coil still (after it beeped) it would sound off with a bunch of little Beeps.
Most of the time it would show a VDI of mid 70s to low 80s jumping back and forth.
It would still hit on the targets, but this "Beep Beep" for no reason had me concerned.
I thought it maybe falsing, so I lowered my gain... but it was still there...
So when I got home I thought bad coil, so I pulled out the rest of my coils and tried them all... 4 of them.
All performed the same, ie the same results to the Beep problem.
What I found was ALL the coils made the MXT Beep when the coils were bumped or wiggled slightly. So I pulled the lower rod and left the coil plugged in.
With the coil held in the air and the MXT on the bench not moving, settings at per-set. If I bumped the coil (with the palm of my hand) the MXT would Beep.
Now I did this with all of the coils and it still beeped, so I can't think that it could be a bad coil when it does it with all of them.
I also bypassed my DX-1 and still had the same thing happen.

Any ideas or is this a "send it in" type of problem??
The only thing that I didn't do was Change the Batteries, but they show 10 on startup.
My MXT is about 4, so no warrantee.

I'm just stumped????

Thanks
 
I've had all that happen before. How about starting off with putting new batteries in it. If that doesn't help, while the MXT is "on", take the battery pack out. Wait a bit and then put it back in. Let me know what happens. We'll get it straightened out. There's a lot of great people here. HH, Nancy
 
Hope it is a fast fix.I would just about die if mine was sick or had to be sent in. Good Luck
 
Question number one----did you have your cell phone on and on you--or close by??????? At first it sounded like emi then at home same thing---it is either the machine or you have emi in both places. It sort of sounds like this is the first time that this is happening??? The 70to 80 vdi numbers sort of sounds like the cell phone. If you don't have one----whole different matter---lol lol Then check to make sure that the plug in is fastened hard to the unit. The hitting with the hand would make the cable move somewhat----. Emi is getting more and more everyday and is almost as bad as hot and cold rocks. Leyt us know if anything else develops-----Don
 
Thanks for the ideas...
I checked the batteries.. 10.56 volts.
Put new batteries in 12.98 volts.
Put cell phone out of range inside on bench... forgot it now I have to go back out and get it.
With the MXT on pulled the batteries out... **( do I leave the MXT on when I put them back??)** I turned it off before replacing them.
Checked for loose connections... none found.

None of these corrected the problem.
It still hunts. it's just I don't know what I might be missing.
It's like it is falsing or something, but it will still do it with the Gain turned way down even farther than you would ever hunt with it.

If there are no other ideas, I guess a call to Sweet Home is in order and I'll be re-learning my 6000 Di Pro sl

HH
 
I would say new batteries too. I'm in Texas where the humidity is high and the batteries where down faster with humid weather. Try this. Also bring the unit inside at night. Garages and trucks are too hot.
 
I had the same problem set it back to whites they said my coil was bad they replaced it for free worked good for three times out in the field and now have the same problem again.
I have tried all of the above and nothing works. I did notice if I swing a lot slower it goes away, Every time I hit the coil on the ground I get false signals. If anyone figures this out keep me posted I would appreciate all the info.

Thanks HH DJBUTCH
 
I would call service and tell them, my guess is you will get another one in the mail in a few days....:biggrin:
 
djbutch said:
I had the same problem set it back to whites they said my coil was bad they replaced it for free worked good for three times out in the field and now have the same problem again.
I have tried all of the above and nothing works. I did notice if I swing a lot slower it goes away, Every time I hit the coil on the ground I get false signals. If anyone figures this out keep me posted I would appreciate all the info.

Thanks HH DJBUTCH
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Bumping the coil on anything will make it false . . .
 
I thought that it may be a bad coil at first, but then i tried my other coils and it still did it.
I think mine is in the box..
I can't see four coils going bad at the same time.
 
I know mine will false when I hit a limb on a brush or a weed some times, I think it is normal because it still works great.
 
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