On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:07:45 -0600, Jeff Starr
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[email protected]> wrote:
>On 27 Feb 2005 17:44:15 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
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>
>>Dear John,
>>
>>If you want to reset total mileage, the Cateye manual says that ya
>>gotta reset the whole stinkin' thing with the AC (all clear button) on
>>the back:
>>
>>http://www.cateye.com/en/pdfs/CD100v7_E.pdf
>>
>>Under "Button functions":
>>
>>"Reset: Select any mode except Total Distance . . ."
>>
>>And under "Measuring and Display Functions":
>>
>>"Total distance: Continuously measured unless all clear operation is
>>done."
>>
>>Sadly, you can't roll it backward like a mechanical odometer--it has no
>>idea which way the magnet passes the sensor.
>>
>>Carl Fogel
>
>Hi, I don't think that he wants to clear the miles listed. When you
>replace the battery the computer loses its memory and the miles are no
>longer on the odometer. It comes up as all 0000.0.
>
>I think he wants to re-enter the mileage that was on it, before
>replacing the battery. My Sigma Sport Targa had a way to do that. I
>don't think the Astrale's do. I have both models, the "8" and the one
>the OP has.
>
>
>Life is Good!
>Jeff
Dear Jeff,
Re-reading the original post, I think that you may be
right--he wants to roll the mileage up, not down, suggesting
that he wants to re-enter the total mileage figure that was
lost when the battery was replaced.
In which case, I think that he's out of luck.
The mechanical switch is known to fail to register before
the rpm gets very high, so just rigging up something to
trigger the switch and run the odometer reading up will
require a long run for a large mileage figure.
Possibly a desperate electronics type would connect the
contacts to some electronic source of impulses that mimics
the switch triggering, but at a much higher rate?
Hmmm . . . I can see a small but lucrative market for a
sneaky little black box whose leads fit most cyclocomputers
and which can be used to buzz your odometer readings up to
as high a level as you think your friends will believe.
"Sure I put in 25,000 miles last year--here, look at my
odometer!"
Carl Fogel