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For some reason I have been under the impression that it's necessary to do a factory reset any time the coil is changed on my Equinox 800. I even recommended doing so in this linked post: https://metaldetectingforum.com/showpost.php?p=3093259&postcount=10.
Looking through the manual, there is no mention of this being a requirement. Where did I get the notion?
It makes sense to not have to do a reset because the reset erases user profile settings. If a factory reset was necessary when changing coils, Minelab would have provided an additional reset option that preserves user profile settings.
tnsharpshooter's advice in this post seems like the right approach: https://metaldetectingforum.com/showpost.php?p=3084447&postcount=12
Do you return settings to factory preset values when changing coils on an Equinox?
Looking through the manual, there is no mention of this being a requirement. Where did I get the notion?
It makes sense to not have to do a reset because the reset erases user profile settings. If a factory reset was necessary when changing coils, Minelab would have provided an additional reset option that preserves user profile settings.
tnsharpshooter's advice in this post seems like the right approach: https://metaldetectingforum.com/showpost.php?p=3084447&postcount=12
Not required to do full reset to get good ops when switching coils.
However I recommend doing a full reset every now and then, or if you witness some thing incorrect ops wise.
For folks who use their machines almost daily maybe a full reset every month.
For folks like weekend warriors types every 3 or 4 months.
Doesn’t take long to set detector back up really.
Again this is just my opinion.
Do what you wish.
Do you return settings to factory preset values when changing coils on an Equinox?