Axiom Tips For Intermittent Wireless Headphone Signal

[Steve Herschbach]

 

[dirtman]

Wow, what a simple and oh so important tip to know ??

It's ez to see how being "new" with the detector a person could immediately begin to believe there's a problem with the equipment ??

Elementary Watson ? such a valuable piece of knowledge ???.

[RedDirtDan]

I had this last night when I was beach detecting. Just swinging in front of me it would skip every other second. I was right next to an airport so not sure if there was signal interference at all.

When it works it's great, when it doesn't ??

[Steve Herschbach]

 

[peterinaust]

I use the WR-1 with ear buds. Sometimes the sound will drop out, due to my body parts getting the way. Does anyone know were in the Axiom the transmitter is situated? Underneath the arm cuff or in the head unit? maybe Steve can answer this?

Just so I can get the WR-1 in it's best position. have tried in my pocket (on the same side as detector) on my belt, have even thought of mounting it on my upper arm where it would maybe stay more in line. But it's not a huge problem.

 

 

[Steve Herschbach]

5 hours ago, peterinaust said:

I use the WR-1 with ear buds. Sometimes the sound will drop out, due to my body parts getting the way. Does anyone know were in the Axiom the transmitter is situated? Underneath the arm cuff or in the head unit? maybe Steve can answer this?

Just so I can get the WR-1 in it's best position. have tried in my pocket (on the same side as detector) on my belt, have even thought of mounting it on my upper arm where it would maybe stay more in line. But it's not a huge problem.

I believe it’s in the pod (head unit). I still get the rare drop out with the WR-1 but it’s very rare compared to what I was getting just using the wireless headphones alone, and the audio clarity is far better using my own headphones. Add that to my using the external speaker more than headphones and it’s really a minor issue for me. That said, the connection should be more robust than it is. I don’t believe this is an issue with their VLF models, which have been in use for many years with the same Z-Lynk system. It may be that the proprietary Garrett high speed wireless is conflicting with the PI emissions in a way that is not occurring in the VLF models? Don’t know, just theorizing.

[peterinaust]

Thanks Steve, I will be going out again tomorrow for the week. Yeah it's not a real big issue. Maybe there could be a fix one in an update?

[RedDirtDan]

I think I'm going to invest in the WR-1. It was just frustrating the other night with the constant drop outs even just swinging. out in front of me. Using my XP the following day with the WSAudio wireless headphones (even though they aren't super comfortable) worked flawless in the same location all day.

[Steve Herschbach]

3 hours ago, RedDirtDan said:

I think I'm going to invest in the WR-1. It was just frustrating the other night with the constant drop outs even just swinging. out in front of me. Using my XP the following day with the WSAudio wireless headphones (even though they aren't super comfortable) worked flawless in the same location all day.

I admit I've also just plugged wired phones in and got on about business. I still think a wired connection beats any wireless signal both for audio quality and response.

Another thing I might try, though as I say, the WR-1 largely fixed the issue anyway, is plug the WT-1 transmitter into the Axiom for use with the WR-1, effectively moving the transmitter to a new location outside the box. Will that help with the wireless headphones without WR-1? If so, that would indicate some issue with where the transmitter is located internally in the Axiom. I have the WT-1 so I can use the WR-1 with all my other detectors.