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Wireless Headphones - Again Modified 01April
Hi All,
I'm sharing a recent "choice" of mine. I've been intrigued with the idea of wireless headphones AS they have no wires to hang up on me, bushes, trees, rocks and anything and everything that wires can and DO get hung up on while prospecting/coin shooting etc.
So here we have a pair of TDK WR 700 Wireless HiFi-Headphones that function on a 2.4GHz ISM band.
Included in the box: Headset, transmitter, patch cable, adapter plug, 4 AAA batteries, Instruction Book in many languages, cloth storage bag. I had never seen this headset before, knew nothing about it and purchased it because it use's AAA batteries for both the headset as well as the transmitter.
Here's the contents with the headset in listening position and they swivel to lay flat and click inward some for storage.
From here we want to change the location of the batteries to being inside the headset/transmitter. Both have slide off covers and the directions show you a bit of how to get them off but it takes some force to get them to move the first time.
The batteries are in, now to find the on/off buttons on the headphones & the transmitter. Turns out the buttons are the Light ports. There is a little bit of mystery to when the lights flash and what the various types of flashes mean but just follow the instruction book and you will get there. I'd advise using them on a DVD player first just to get used to them. I did and found the quality of the sound was amazing! Then I learned how to adjust the volume up/down and that the headset holds the volume setting it was at when it was shut off.
The transmitter is a bit clunky due to using the AAA batteries BUT I chose this fact as I use AAA batts in my headlamps, so a single source battery.
Here is the transmitter in the Gravity forced down position. I intend to add/make a little shelf for the transmitter to lay on. The transmitter body is plastic (as are the headphones) so I plan on trying to take care of them via the shelf 'thingy'.
And the Anti-Gravity up position.
OK, out to some grass for a test of the new Toy! I used my GMT for the test, set it up to the Whites 'diamond' settings and swept the area to get used to the sounds, note: electric lines overhead threw me off at first then I just adjusted the positions lower and all was fine. Then I realized I heard all this through my wireless headset for the first time. I set the headphone volume at maximum and the threshold at minimum, tossed a nickle on the ground and the machine quickly found it. The coil was directly over the target when the machine went ZIP OR, no lag in the signal. I tried this with a canadian penny and it worked the same way. As far as I'm concerned the headset/transmitter work perfectly with a detector, they are easy to use and no wires!! I'm thrilled.
OK, now for the touchy part - I found these at NewEgg and delivered to me they cost not quite $100.00
Again the fidelity of these HiFi headphones is very good. When I was listening to the Lord of the Rings movie, using the WR700, I noticed I could distinctly hear words I'd not been able to hear using a wired set of cheap headphones. I am pleased with my purchase and I hope this input is useful to others thinking about finding a wireless headset to use with a detector as well as listening to movies or music with...........63bkpkr
Gee, I wonder how this picture got here? Just another point of view....
April 01, 2012 Addendum to original post:
I was searching through some electronics 'stuff' and came up with this Right Angle adapter plug that WILL be part of the final configuration for the Wireless Transmitter. Check the 3 pictures
With this configuration the tranmitter is much closer to the box, the transmitter can be flipped vertical and then a simple right angle can be glued to the bottom of the box that will protect the transmitter from being damaged in the "out-back". By Jove, I think if got it! 63
Hi All,
I'm sharing a recent "choice" of mine. I've been intrigued with the idea of wireless headphones AS they have no wires to hang up on me, bushes, trees, rocks and anything and everything that wires can and DO get hung up on while prospecting/coin shooting etc.
So here we have a pair of TDK WR 700 Wireless HiFi-Headphones that function on a 2.4GHz ISM band.Included in the box: Headset, transmitter, patch cable, adapter plug, 4 AAA batteries, Instruction Book in many languages, cloth storage bag. I had never seen this headset before, knew nothing about it and purchased it because it use's AAA batteries for both the headset as well as the transmitter.
Here's the contents with the headset in listening position and they swivel to lay flat and click inward some for storage.
From here we want to change the location of the batteries to being inside the headset/transmitter. Both have slide off covers and the directions show you a bit of how to get them off but it takes some force to get them to move the first time.
The batteries are in, now to find the on/off buttons on the headphones & the transmitter. Turns out the buttons are the Light ports. There is a little bit of mystery to when the lights flash and what the various types of flashes mean but just follow the instruction book and you will get there. I'd advise using them on a DVD player first just to get used to them. I did and found the quality of the sound was amazing! Then I learned how to adjust the volume up/down and that the headset holds the volume setting it was at when it was shut off.The transmitter is a bit clunky due to using the AAA batteries BUT I chose this fact as I use AAA batts in my headlamps, so a single source battery.
Here is the transmitter in the Gravity forced down position. I intend to add/make a little shelf for the transmitter to lay on. The transmitter body is plastic (as are the headphones) so I plan on trying to take care of them via the shelf 'thingy'.
And the Anti-Gravity up position.OK, out to some grass for a test of the new Toy! I used my GMT for the test, set it up to the Whites 'diamond' settings and swept the area to get used to the sounds, note: electric lines overhead threw me off at first then I just adjusted the positions lower and all was fine. Then I realized I heard all this through my wireless headset for the first time. I set the headphone volume at maximum and the threshold at minimum, tossed a nickle on the ground and the machine quickly found it. The coil was directly over the target when the machine went ZIP OR, no lag in the signal. I tried this with a canadian penny and it worked the same way. As far as I'm concerned the headset/transmitter work perfectly with a detector, they are easy to use and no wires!! I'm thrilled.
OK, now for the touchy part - I found these at NewEgg and delivered to me they cost not quite $100.00
Again the fidelity of these HiFi headphones is very good. When I was listening to the Lord of the Rings movie, using the WR700, I noticed I could distinctly hear words I'd not been able to hear using a wired set of cheap headphones. I am pleased with my purchase and I hope this input is useful to others thinking about finding a wireless headset to use with a detector as well as listening to movies or music with...........63bkpkr
Gee, I wonder how this picture got here? Just another point of view....April 01, 2012 Addendum to original post:
I was searching through some electronics 'stuff' and came up with this Right Angle adapter plug that WILL be part of the final configuration for the Wireless Transmitter. Check the 3 pictures
With this configuration the tranmitter is much closer to the box, the transmitter can be flipped vertical and then a simple right angle can be glued to the bottom of the box that will protect the transmitter from being damaged in the "out-back". By Jove, I think if got it! 63
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