[Help With Pact Mkiv Timer Chrn Please]

I got one of the new Mk IV XP models recently. Only used it once. I chronoed some loads, and then it started giving me an error, something like "can't read stop screen". So I didn't get the error when I hooked in the cables or started it up, only after each shot.

I may very well have had the cables together, however. I will try it again this Sat....

For what it's worth, I tried it again today, and it worked flawlessly. I did three things differently:

1) Kept the two cables separate.

2) Put the timer unit off to the side instead of right under where I was shooting.

3) It was sunny, last time it was kind of gloomy.

Thanks for the follow-up; I've been watching this thread, because I REALLY WANT the Pact to work as designed - timer AND chrono. If I can get some sense that it does, I will feel better about placing an order.

This is encouraging.

[Help With Pact Mkiv Timer Chrn Please]

I am going to pm Brian with a link to this thread Maybe he can get us some answers.

Well, darn... I don't know if I am glad to have discovered this thread - or not! I was "THIS CLOSE" to buying a Pact for use as a timer AND chrono, but now... well, darn.

It gives me gas to hear about this type of "customer service" - as I am in a service industry myself, and I value the customer. Obviously they aren't sending out direct replacements even if your Pact is 100% brand new, because they must KNOW the unit they'd send would also be coming back. Not good.

Although it pains me to think about it due to the rave reviews of the Pact as a timer, I guess I'll have to look at other timers, as that is my #1 need. I'll just keep bumming my buddy's funky chrono when I need one. Phooey.