Steelheader Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Can you use the wm 08 wireless module with the Equinox 900 and 700 detectors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unox Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 A big mistake in my eyes, they will probably offer a module at an extra price in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelheader Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 I guess I will just keep my Equinox 800 then. I use the module all the time with my earphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unox Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Steelheader said: I guess I will just keep my Equinox 800 then. I use the module all the time with my earphones. That little module is great, that's all I use with my own phones... just like yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUHH Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/11/2023 at 3:13 PM, unox said: A big mistake in my eyes, they will probably offer a module at an extra price in the future. Manticore have only "Bluetooth Low Energy Audio". If device allows you to connect third-party devices, then you can buy a receiver based on this technology. But there are no such devices on the market today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimentoUK Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Don't forget that adding WM08 compatibility would add to the detector price. Having a second set of wireless transmitter electronics for the Wi-Stream system is supposedly not needed, as the Bluetooth LE specification equals it, in terms of latency, anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 19 hours ago, PimentoUK said: Don't forget that adding WM08 compatibility would add to the detector price. Having a second set of wireless transmitter electronics for the Wi-Stream system is supposedly not needed, as the Bluetooth LE specification equals it, in terms of latency, anyway. Pretty sure a 2nd WiStream radio doesn't appreciably affect price its just another chip and since WiStream is Minelab's proprietary wireless audio solution, no licensing fees like those required for APTX. Heck, they threw in a 6-inch coil I don't want or need to justify the 700 to 900 price delta (no 900 option that comes without that coil). So pretty sure appropriately pricing the Nox 700/900 was not driving removing WiMax from the newer Nox. I think they just decided to stop supporting it going forward. Anyway, if ML is indeed abandoing WiStream, would have preferred to have an LE based receiver to replace the WM08 lieu of the coil (or at least a option to purchase Problem is, for now, you're stuck with the ML phones with no 3rd party phones or receivers into which you can plug your own wired phones. ML should produce or work with a third party to provide a compatible receiver for Nox 700/900, Manticore, and now, apparently, Xterra pro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimentoUK Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 I know electronics is my area of expertise, but I've no idea how much the wireless chip, it's associated peripheral bits, and the cost of placing them on the board would cost. Then there's the extra PCB area - this costs too, and makes the machine bigger. Not forgetting the pile of software that the main brains has to run in order to control the WiStream link; remove that, and the designers have a load of free program memory, that could be used to add functionality to the detector. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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