Information on ALL the Settings on V3i?

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Is there any information on absolutely every setting on the V3i?
I was going through my settings and wondering "what the heck is that for?" or that? or that? or that?

It would be nice to not just be told what such and such a setting is but how to use it and if it messes with other settings?

 

[Architex]

Check out "Links" just above.

Also go to the White's forum and check the sticky's.

 

[Larry (IL)]

Owners manual?

https://www.whiteselectronics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/V3i-advanced-users-guide.pdf

 

[MackDog]

There’s also the advanced guide on the whites forum

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Thanks, folks. I will have loads of reading to do this Winter!

 

[Junkdigger]

Hey Tony, I also live in Michigan, Montcalm county. I have played with a lot of settings on my V3i, there is a lot of different opinions out there, but for depth, I have found the 2 most important for me is, #1 is stay in lock track and ground balance occasionally. #2 is stay in either 5 high pass or 5 band pass filter. I have read a lot of posts saying to use 1 frequency, but I always stay in three freq. I have found with these settings, you don't have to push the gain or sensitivity extremely high. I have been using minelab explorers since they came out because it was the only machine I could get depth with, but this V3i has equalled the mine lab in depth in black fertile soil, and believe it or not, in hard pack clay the V3i is deeper than the mine lab, on silver even. Maybe I have a hot machine, but i am keeping it until it dies. When I first tried the machine, i thought it was just a gimmick, but when I figured out the settings I found out it is a killer machine. I can't believe it is not more popular.

 

[daddyflea]

Hey Tony, I also live in Michigan, Montcalm county. I have played with a lot of settings on my V3i, there is a lot of different opinions out there, but for depth, I have found the 2 most important for me is, #1 is stay in lock track and ground balance occasionally. #2 is stay in either 5 high pass or 5 band pass filter. I have read a lot of posts saying to use 1 frequency, but I always stay in three freq. I have found with these settings, you don't have to push the gain or sensitivity extremely high. I have been using minelab explorers since they came out because it was the only machine I could get depth with, but this V3i has equalled the mine lab in depth in black fertile soil, and believe it or not, in hard pack clay the V3i is deeper than the mine lab, on silver even. Maybe I have a hot machine, but i am keeping it until it dies. When I first tried the machine, i thought it was just a gimmick, but when I figured out the settings I found out it is a killer machine. I can't believe it is not more popular.

Tony I used to have a V3i and now I have a VX3. I had a problem with ground balance because of the places I hunt. Mainly old houses. These places are a a pain to stay balanced. I am going to try running in Auto but what do you recommend?

 

[Junkdigger]

Hello Daddy flea, I am not Tony, What I do is hold the trigger to pinpoint to find a clean spot and then manually ground balance with track lock. Then hunt. I can tell when I am getting out of balance by the way the machine is acting, for example, a lot of false random high signals. Then I will rebalance. Whenever I have used auto, I always lose depth, and the other thing is, that auto doesn't seem to keep up with the ground anyway. One thing I do is check the balance when I am hunting, just pump the coil up and down with the trigger pulled into pinpoint, and try it in different places all around you. I have even ground balanced in nail infested areas, and still had good success. I like to ground balance often when hunting. Try it both ways, auto and manual and see what works best for you. Just my opinion. Good hunting.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Hello Daddy flea, I am not Tony, What I do is hold the trigger to pinpoint to find a clean spot and then manually ground balance with track lock. Then hunt. I can tell when I am getting out of balance by the way the machine is acting, for example, a lot of false random high signals. Then I will rebalance. Whenever I have used auto, I always lose depth, and the other thing is, that auto doesn't seem to keep up with the ground anyway. One thing I do is check the balance when I am hunting, just pump the coil up and down with the trigger pulled into pinpoint, and try it in different places all around you. I have even ground balanced in nail infested areas, and still had good success. I like to ground balance often when hunting. Try it both ways, auto and manual and see what works best for you. Just my opinion. Good hunting.

Thanks for the helpful information Junkdigger!

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Hey Tony, I also live in Michigan, Montcalm county. I have played with a lot of settings on my V3i, there is a lot of different opinions out there, but for depth, I have found the 2 most important for me is, #1 is stay in lock track and ground balance occasionally. #2 is stay in either 5 high pass or 5 band pass filter. I have read a lot of posts saying to use 1 frequency, but I always stay in three freq. I have found with these settings, you don't have to push the gain or sensitivity extremely high. I have been using minelab explorers since they came out because it was the only machine I could get depth with, but this V3i has equalled the mine lab in depth in black fertile soil, and believe it or not, in hard pack clay the V3i is deeper than the mine lab, on silver even. Maybe I have a hot machine, but i am keeping it until it dies. When I first tried the machine, i thought it was just a gimmick, but when I figured out the settings I found out it is a killer machine. I can't believe it is not more popular.

Tony I used to have a V3i and now I have a VX3. I had a problem with ground balance because of the places I hunt. Mainly old houses. These places are a a pain to stay balanced. I am going to try running in Auto but what do you recommend?

What I do when I'm in a trashy area that is really hard to ground balance is run in auto until the detector has balanced properly and then shift to lock track. I could be doing it wrong but, what the heck. It seems to work for me. LOL

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

There’s also the advanced guide on the whites forum

I've been reading that. I printed it out and it's on the couch. Some phrases I just don't understand such as abbreviated things people write.

 

[Trashfinder]

Hey Tony, I also live in Michigan, Montcalm county. I have played with a lot of settings on my V3i, there is a lot of different opinions out there, but for depth, I have found the 2 most important for me is, #1 is stay in lock track and ground balance occasionally. #2 is stay in either 5 high pass or 5 band pass filter. I have read a lot of posts saying to use 1 frequency, but I always stay in three freq. I have found with these settings, you don't have to push the gain or sensitivity extremely high. I have been using minelab explorers since they came out because it was the only machine I could get depth with, but this V3i has equalled the mine lab in depth in black fertile soil, and believe it or not, in hard pack clay the V3i is deeper than the mine lab, on silver even. Maybe I have a hot machine, but i am keeping it until it dies. When I first tried the machine, i thought it was just a gimmick, but when I figured out the settings I found out it is a killer machine. I can't believe it is not more popular.

It is the best machine i own and i own them all, it takes a little bit to learn how to use it but when you do it is a beast!

 

[daddyflea]

There’s also the advanced guide on the whites forum

I've been reading that. I printed it out and it's on the couch. Some phrases I just don't understand such as abbreviated things people write.

In my job I preach that all the time. (Not everyone especially people who are not in your line of work, understands Abbreviations.)

 

[MackDog]

Read all the posts from the Whites Spectra columns, don't try to memorize them just get familiar so you'll be able to go back to them if you need info. There's more than enough reading for the winter

 

[lene]

[size=large]I agree. What’s needed is a V3i for Dummies book. There are a lot of terms and abbreviations that are not explained in the Users Manual or the Advanced Users Guide. Some topics are skipped over. Also needs the ability to export and import programs, flash the software via a usb port to expand the pull down menu choices for new coils, etc.[/size]

 

[5900_XL-1]

[size=large]I agree. What’s needed is a V3i for Dummies book. There are a lot of terms and abbreviations that are not explained in the Users Manual or the Advanced Users Guide. Some topics are skipped over. Also needs the ability to export and import programs, flash the software via a usb port to expand the pull down menu choices for new coils, etc.[/size]

I've had the V3i since 2010 and in following most of the detecting discussion sites all the time since then, the biggest thing Whites Electronics has failed at with the V3i is by not revising the user manual. I can understand that the V-series mighta come off the production line "hot and heavy" when introduced. A more current, and well assembled users manual is way too important in a machine like the V3i

Whites seems to me to just want to have the owners run field tests for all these years without THEM following up on documentation revision. That just seems neglectful for a profit-company