NEED HELP FOR A MINELAB SOVEREIGN XS

[FLIPTOP]

I BOUGHT A SOVEREIGN XS AND WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PUT THE BATTERY IN THERE IS ANOTHER BUNCH OF WIRE IN THE COMPARTMENT IT LOOKS LIKE A SWITCH ON THE END OF THE WIRE I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT IS AND IF I COULD JUST CUT THEM SO I WOULD HAVE ROOM TO PUT THE BATTERY IN. HERE IS A PHOTO

 

[Critterhunter]

Wish I had a better picture of everything but that looks like either a remote pinpoint switch that somebody installed or perhaps it's a plug for an external battery that wouldn't have to be mounted on or in the box, depending on if that's a switch or a plug. Even if it's a plug it might in fact be to plug a remote pinpoint switch in but I can't see the end of it. I'm not familiar with how the battery installs in an XS but I wouldn't figure the stock battery connector would be rigged up that way. If it is a remote pinpoint don't cut it off. You'll find that to be of a great help. I'm sure the previous owner made it so you can move it out of the way and plug the battery in like normal. That switch (? if it is) would be mounted on your hand grip for quick switching between discrimination and pinpoint.

 

[Art (NWOH)]

You better contact the guy you got it from to find out EXACTLY what it is for. Otherwise you could end up sending the detector to Minelab to have it fixed.

HH

 

[TtheGreat]

Did you buy this off Richmond Craigslist?

 

[Neil]

I BOUGHT A SOVEREIGN XS AND WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PUT THE BATTERY IN THERE IS ANOTHER BUNCH OF WIRE IN THE COMPARTMENT IT LOOKS LIKE A SWITCH ON THE END OF THE WIRE I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT IS AND IF I COULD JUST CUT THEM SO I WOULD HAVE ROOM TO PUT THE BATTERY IN. HERE IS A PHOTO

Arts advice is right if you can contact the guy who sold it to you then do so and find out what that wire is about.

Critter that red and white wire connecting to that black plug in the pic is the battery connectior. the battery could have either a pigtail on it with a similiar plug that would mate to that or it could be in shrinkwrap right on the battery pack(thats how sunray made them)..

fliptop can you flip the switch and see what it does, are you familiar with sovs at all? usually the remote pinpoint setups are done through an istalled jack on the control housing, is there one of those there on yours?

that is strange, you cant fit the stock battery in there like that, so perhaps as Critter said its a remote battery hookup. if thats the case it should be easy enough to tell, just pull the case cover and see if the leads are soldered to where the other battery wires are connected or perhaps spliced in.
you remove the two screws in the back of the control box where the coil connects, and pull the entire face outward, the internals will slide out. be careful about the wires in the battery area, they will be coming along with it.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Good advice to contact the owner.My quess probably a romote switch which could probably be unpluged instead of cutting wires.Let us know how it works out. HH Ron

 

[Critterhunter]

Best advice would be (like said) to follow those wires and see where they go by opening the case. If they go to the main negative/positive power inputs inside the case then it's for a remote battery input. If they go somewhere funky on the board or to one of the control switches on the face plate then it's probably a remote pinpoint switch. Here's why you need to check where they go- If what's on the end of the wire in your picture (can't tell) is a switch then it should by all rights be a remote pinpoint switch. On the other hand, if that's some kind of jack (like a DC jack) then it could be a remote battery input....BUT that jack might also be for a remote pinpoint switch to plug into. So, I'd open her up and see where those wires go. Take a picture and post it if you don't know electronics. Color coding (like say red/black) doesn't mean much. Anybody could have used anything in terms of wire colors to rig up whatever they were doing. If the wires are red/black don't assume it's a remote battery input. Best bet is to open up that puppy and see where those wires go, or post a picture of that and somebody will give you their opinion. I haven't looked at an XS circuit board but I'd guess following 99% of other circuits out there if they look to route to the edge of the board then it's a power input. If they go somewhere in the center of the board or to a switch (other than the POWER switch!) on the controls then I'd say it's a remote PP switch. I really need to see a good picture to give a verdict.

 

[chopz54]

There either a fixed/tone id or silent search switch connected to the jumpers on the pcb.

 

[OldBeechnut]

Better picture would help. Since it comes out of the Battery area..And you can't get a battery in without cutting it................I would guess it is connect to the Battery terminal inside. I got some pics of my XS2 here some where. Closer look at the pic, there are 2 sets of wires..one for the battery plug..RCA and one for a remote PP

 

[OldBeechnut]

A better picture would have solved the problem faster for everyone. Except critter, he nailed it...

 

[dannygene]

It has to be something to do with the battery

 

[Rick(ND)]

n/t