V3i

[Jim Bob]

How good are the preset programs on the new V3i. I have been using my XLT for 5 years and from what little I know about the V3i it sounds real complicated to use.

 

[Larry (IL)]

The factory programs seem to be a little too "hot" for some users but with your experience with the XLT, you will do fine. I can't say the V3i is complicated to use, it falls right in line with the rest of White's programmable detectors, you can use right out of the box after reading the quick start booklet. If you would have asked is it hard to master, yes, there are some features the average user will never use or have the desire to learn. The degree of how complicated you want to make the V3i is up to you, after all, it is a programmable for you to set it up the way you want it.

 

[Jim Bob]

The factory programs seem to be a little too "hot" for some users but with your experience with the XLT, you will do fine. I can't say the V3i is complicated to use, it falls right in line with the rest of White's programmable detectors, you can use right out of the box after reading the quick start booklet. If you would have asked is it hard to master, yes, there are some features the average user will never use or have the desire to learn. The degree of how complicated you want to make the V3i is up to you, after all, it is a programmable for you to set it up the way you want it.

Thanks Larry, I think you said it well. It is knid of like my computer use, there are a ton of things on it I will never touch but the things I use I feel like I can't live without. I love my XLT but I feel that I am hearing the V3i is a deeper and more sensitive detector. I would like to revisit some areas I have hunted with the XLT and see what I may have missed. Thanks again, Jim

 

[corvair]

Larry is spot on! Difficult to master, yes. I came from a line of Whites programmable detectors. Eagle Spectrum, then XLT, then DFX and now the V3i.
I also received some "hands-on" personal instruction from Magic so that helped me learn the V3i quickly, however I still from time to time need help depending on the area I am in(mineralization, trash, etc..,)in setting up my V3i.

Read your manual and review all the sections of the DVD that came with it. The standard coin and jewelry program is decent for starting out.Setting up "live controls"
to have changeable functions at your fingertips is a great asset, but you need to know what some of the functions are and how they affect performance in the field and in the area you are currently hunting.Build a coin "test garden" if you haven't already. With coins at varying depths test function changes to see how they impact the V3i's ability to read the target for each denomination of coin in that test garden.
Finally, once you have a good working knowledge of the V3i, try some programs from some of the users that have posted those here. I use Magic's program almost exclusively now.

The V3i might seem intimidating but as Larry said it is an extension of other Whites programmable units.You would do fine with it.

 

[Rob (IL)]

What Larry said, he could write a book or run a class.