Not all I have charged mine 3 times.. I use the charger for my Samsung phone and even the 2.5 amp charger in my truck.. At the most it takes maybe 2 hours.. Once you plug it in the red lights on the headphones should blink and when they quit blinking they are charged..
How are you "connecting" , is the WM80 module charged? When pairing does it connect?
The Headsets do charge with solid 3 lights and turn off when charged
Mike in Myrtle Beach
so what was the issue?
No idea. Sometimes it works right away sometimes I have to try pairing it a couple of times. It’s like when your car’s making a noise and when you bring it to the mechanic it stops.
One day I swear I’m gonna read that damn manual.
are they the minelab headset ore the clones....?
Truth - once you have paired the Headphones you DO NOT have to pair them again unless you have paired another device with the detector in the mean time. I could be wrong, but are you pressing the wireless button on the detector every time you turn it on or pressing and holding the headphone power button? You do not have to do that. After you have initially paired the headphones successfully, the next time out, just turn on the headphones first (single press of the on/off/pairing button until you see the headphone LEDs come on) and then turn on the Equinox, the headphones should connect almost immediately after the Equinox has gone through its initialization sequence and the normal LED screen graphics come on. HTH
Just an aside, for whatever little it's worth. BT80 headphones (such as the Miccus SR-71 stealth) are not "clones" of "Minelab" headphones. On the contrary, all of the BT80 headphones (of which the ML80 from Minelab is one) come from a factory in China. The Chinese factory will produce them with whatever label you so choose; Minelab put in a purchase order to the factory for BT80's with a "Minelab" label on them, Miccus put in a purchase order to the factory for BT80's with a "Miccus" label on them, etc. It's not like Minelab created a headphone, and then other companies "copied" it, to produce a "clone," or "knock-off" version. The fact is, BT80 headphones existed BEFORE Minelab contracted with the supplier to produce a bunch of them with a Minelab label on them; the BT80s were being produced back at least as far as 2016, if not earlier...
I post this because for anyone wanting either replacement, for whatever reason, of their ML80s, or simply a "backup" pair, getting them from Minelab is essentially not possible at this point -- they are not "for sale" as an accessory yet. HOWEVER, they CAN be purchased, without the "Minelab" label, and very affordably, I might add. Though most sites that had them in stock here in the U.S. (under various brand names) are sold out, they can still be acquired -- directly from the factory that produces them.
Steve