Dan(NM)
Well-known member
Well, I thought the third time would be a charm as far as not having problems with a CTX, reality has proven me wrong once again. I've been hunting for five to six hours for the last two days, no problems, after about an hour of hunting, I go into my menu to start making adjustments to a mode when all of a sudden it jumped to the map screen. Even when I pushed the detect button, it would stay on that screen. After pushing the detect button a couple of times it would finally go back into my hunting mode. Went back into the menu screen to start making adjustments, same thing, jumped to another screen. I started pushing the top two right hand buttons, both of them were unresponsive. When I finally got my adjustments made I went to pinpoint and it wouldn't go into pinpoint mode. So I shut it down and powered it back up this time the pinpoint would stay stuck in pinpoint even though I did not have it in pinpoint lock. Now when I try to go to my last mode button it's unresponsive, other times it acts like it sticks and I can hear it clicking on the inside like it's changing modes but it's not doing anything. This is my third CTX I've had problems with, I sold the first two and went back to my Etrac. I bought this one from a guy that had never used it for the first year and a half because Minelab sent it to him as a replacement for the one he was having trouble with. I've been using this one since February and I've had no problems until today. Thank God I have 9 or 10 months of warranty left. I've been reading all the horror stories about the Minelab repair center turn around time, I thought I dodged a bullet by buying a new one that had never been submerge or used and basically brand new. It had been hanging on the wall from the time the guy had gotten it until I bought it. Looks like I'll be calling Minelab first thing Monday morning to see if I can get a return authorization number. I will try a master reset when I get home after I download all my programs just to see if that straightens it out but from what I experienced with the button sticking and not being responsive, I don't think a master reset is going to fix that. 3 top dollar machines, 3 different problems, I am really disappointed and frustrated with the CTX. This is the first model I've ever had problems with in 30 years of hunting.
