Cell phones

[crock]

I have a whites MXT and was having problems with erratic behavior, I thought that my machine was on the way out so I called a tech at whites and we went over many things that can do this , finally he asked if I detect with a cell phone or aroud any towers and I always carry a cell I thought if I am not on the phone it will not bother the signal, so I turned the phone off and tried again and it is a different machine, I picked up several coins where i had already passed through where the signal was scrambled before, hope this helps !!!! In short TURN OFF THE PHONE

[JoAnne]

This is very interesting. I have a cell and carry it with me just in case. Since I got my new Whites Prizm V I have found very little. Do you know if this is true for all White's models. I am wondering if my cell is the cause of me not finding anything. Will have to turn it off and see. Thanks for the tip. JoAnne

PS I was wondering if my Vibra Probe might be intereferring. I carry it around my waist on the same side as my detector. Has anyone else noticed a problem with theirs? I was wondering if the probe was sending a signal to the detector and therefore I was not getting an acurate reading. Just curious.

[bigjohn]

great tip. i hear some people have mounted the small gps w/ built in frs 2way radios on there dedectors and had trouble. i know about a second before i get a call on my cell the computer screen flickers and goes nuts.

[KenPa]

Thats good to know. I carry a nextel phone and a verizon phone and I noticed in the car the nextel interferes with the radio. I'm going to try without phones next time or at least turn them off. Thanks for the info.

[Dave44]

I am definately going to try turning it off,, Oh bummer, the places I have gone,, the things I might have missed.

[crock]

The Tech at whites said that even if you are not using the phone just the nearest tower tracking you will cut into the signal, the good news is i will have to go to all the sites that I have and do it again!!!