ColonelDan
Bronze Member
I was attempting to diagnose a problem for another Deus 2 user in that his unit would not go into frequency scan mode. As I experimented with mine, I thought he might have taken his remote out of range of the coil. I took mine beyond the coil range and began a frequency scan and this is when my remote screen totally froze up. I couldn't power it down and it wouldn't respond to any button I pushed...and it was not locked in diving mode. I also noted that the headphones were also frozen. I couldn't power those down either. I read on the internet where another Deus 2 user had the same frozen issue during a frequency scan. He finally decided to disconnect and reconnect the battery which solved the problem.
Instead of going immediately to disconnecting the battery, I decided to try running the batteries totally down and see if that would allow the unit to reset. After a few hours, the headphones and coil shut down. The remote, with a much longer battery life, is still on and frozen since 8 PM 7 April. I intend to let this go until it too runs totally out of power. If that doesn't work, my next decision will have to be to disconnect the battery as the other man did. I really don't want to do that since it requires removal of the back plate....a potential warranty issue? I'll contact XP America to ask about that.
I notified XP HQs in France of this in hopes that a future update will address the repeated frequency scan problem. I'll keep this forum updated as this "crisis" unfolds.
Advice: don't try the frequency scan when the remote is out of range of the coil and or headphones.
Instead of going immediately to disconnecting the battery, I decided to try running the batteries totally down and see if that would allow the unit to reset. After a few hours, the headphones and coil shut down. The remote, with a much longer battery life, is still on and frozen since 8 PM 7 April. I intend to let this go until it too runs totally out of power. If that doesn't work, my next decision will have to be to disconnect the battery as the other man did. I really don't want to do that since it requires removal of the back plate....a potential warranty issue? I'll contact XP America to ask about that.
I notified XP HQs in France of this in hopes that a future update will address the repeated frequency scan problem. I'll keep this forum updated as this "crisis" unfolds.
Advice: don't try the frequency scan when the remote is out of range of the coil and or headphones.