Sunray DX-1

[vhinze]

Has anybody put hours on their Vision, (oops, Specturm V3), with the DX-1? If so, how's it seem to work? I'm a bit concerned with the 22.5 kHz. In therory it ought to be fine, I guess. My DX-1 is serial # 443, I know unit above 699 are compatible with the White's M-6which operates @ 14kHz and the DFX @ 3 and 15 kHz.

 

[Ralph Sun Ray]

We are presently waiting for a V3 to test the DX-1 on to be sure it is compatible. As for the M-6 and DX-1 S/N-700 and forward - the only reason we put that on our website is because the connector cable is shorter on previous models and would not work on the M-6 due to the pole configuration which is different than the DFX & MXT. We lengthened the cable when the M-6 came out which was at serial number 700. It had nothing to do with the khz difference. All DFX/MXT coils are compatible with the M-6 so our probe was also. The issue with the V3 is the new software and third simultaneous frequency and whether the probe will operate at TX boost and high gain settings w/o overload. Even if it does it may not warrant a change to the probe - but officially we are not making any compatibility statements until we have had a chance to do our testing. When we know we will post our results on this forum, the Sun Ray forum and our Sun Ray website.

Ralph (Sun Ray)

 

[vhinze]

Thank you Ralph.

The remarks about kHz sure make sense. Since I posted the V3/DX-1 question last night, I have mounted the DX-1 from my DFX onto my Vision, (oops,V3 or whatever). Used it to pinpoint a couple finds this evening. Wasn't using Tx boost. The probe works fine, it seems. The 22 kHz appears to radiate just fine from the main coil. I pressed and held the trigger to the rear for depth, it's a bit of a nusiance to hold it while sweeping the hole and plug. The display is a bit different; maybe a greater amount of useful info from the 3 graphs, time will tell. You sure know when you're close to the target.

A new question: In the draft of the V3 manual,the terms signagraph and spectragraph are used. I know what a signagraph refers to. What's a spectragraph as it pertains to the V3?
Anybody?

I'll be looking forward to some V3/DX-1 pointers from the panel of experts at Sunray.

 

[magic]

I am using the dx-1 on my vision and it seems to be working just fine...actually better than on the dfx because I am just usuing stock settings right now. On the dfx, I hopped it up so much it effected the dx-1

 

[Carl-NC]

"I pressed and held the trigger to the rear for depth, it's a bit of a nusiance to hold it while sweeping the hole and plug."

There is a Better Way. Pull the trigger, press/hold ENTER, release the trigger, release ENTER... V will "lock" in Pinpoint mode (you will even see "Lock" on the screen). Funny thing is, when we discovered this "feature," AK told me it was a bug, and she would fix it pronto. Knowing that Sunray users would love to have pinpoint locking, I told her Don't Touch It! So now it's a feature. No extra charge.

- Carl

 

[vhinze]

Dang Carl,

You do think of everything - eventually. Is this in the Jimmy Sierra draft(s) of the manual(s)? If so, I haven't stumbled across it.

Maybe you could explain the difference between signagraph and spectragraph as mentioned in said draft of the Expert Manual..

 

[Carl-NC]

Probably not in the draft. Spectragraph is just a new version of Signagraph that displays individual frequency info simultaneously, instead of as a composite.

- Carl

 

[vhinze]

There's the trick: in the Vision Instruction Manual;

in Section 4, part B. "After some field use..." paragraph 12, "To Pinpoint". It says; "Vision can be locked into the pinpoint mode, etc."