Made my headset wireless, & love it.

[Harry Malosh]

Made my headset wireless, & love it.

I was tired of plugging and unplugging my headset or leaving it in and having the headset pulled when I move too far from the MD while digging. Got one of the audio FM transmitters available everywhere for use with the miniature MP3 players. Already owned a great headset bought several years ago from Radio Shack that has a built in FM radio (or can be used as a plug-in headset). Had to use an adapter to get to the miniature stereo jack to the MD. It works GREAT. Can hear everything from the detector, don?t have to remove the headset or unplug it when I want to dig. You can also put the MD into all metal mode and lay it down with the head near the dig so you can pass handfuls of dirt over the head to see if the target is in that handful. I?ve done a couple of tests and noted no impact on the detectors operation. I love it. HH Harry

 

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[TxA_GunFighter]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

Great idea. Think I will try it also.

GH

gunny

 

[weldermark]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

thats a great idea thanks.




HH Mark

 

[Harry Malosh]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

OK, guys, hope it's goes together as easy for you and works as well. If you have any questions or run into problems please let me know.

And let us know if your successful. LOL, Harry

 

[Born2Dtect]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

Sounds good . The only draw back may be when hunting close to someone else. The FM transmitter may interfere with others detectors or they may be using the same set up and read your transmitted signal. A transmitter that can switch frequencies may help.

Ed

 

[Harry Malosh]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

Yea, Ed the little one I got from Radio Shack has 4 different frequencies you can select with a switch on it. What you say could become a problem if enough of us started using them. I carry my old standard headphones in my take-along box just in case I run into any problems. Knock, Knock, haven't yet. HH

Harry

 

[DFXaholic]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

Ended up at GoodWill today and found all the parts I needed to build the wireless headset. It works great for under $6.00, Thanks for the great tip.
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[Harry Malosh]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

WOW, we could all use a Goodwill that carries techy stuff. That's fantastic, under 6$. I've been in our local one several times but never found anything like that. Enjoy SLAPPAV. HH

 

[NeoDave]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

I would be curious which Radio Shack model you chose and how you mounted to your detector? Also, what kind of receiver are you using? FM radio or something else? It sounds like a cool idea.

 

[Harry Malosh]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

I use a pair of Optimus Headphones from radio Shack. You can plug them into an audio output or use the built-in radio. The wireless transmitter I use is called Beamit, also from Radio Shack. This unit allows you to select from 4 different frequencies to tranmit on. Depending on your MD you'll probably also need an adaptor from a miniture jack to a standard audio jack. I used the self adhesive velcro to stick the transmitter to the MD stem. Works great, I love it. HH

 

[DFXaholic]

Re: Made my headset wireless, & love it.

I used a Belkin unit designed as a FM transmitter to an IPod so you could listen to your IPod through your car stereo, plus an adapter to my head phone jack of the MD. Then I use a small FM radio with ear plugs. Mine also has 4 different frequencies. I set the transmitter to 88.1 then adjusted my radio to the same frequencies 88.1. I also used a very good Velcro and taped on the MD. Works great, I wont go back but I do have a set of headphones in the car if things go wrong.
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