faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
I've resurrected my erg from the depths of my garage over the last few days only to discover that I am getting incorrect readings on the monitor. Time, stroke rate, pace are all incorrect and highly variable.
Where do I begin to look?
Thanks in advance.
M
Where do I begin to look?
Thanks in advance.
M
wit
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Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
What model of PM is it ?
Did you store it with the batteries still in it ?
Did you store it with the batteries still in it ?
Carl Watts.
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Age:56 Weight: 108kg Height:183cm
Concept 2 Monitor Service Technician & indoor rower.
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Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
It's a PM3 and yes, the batteries were left in the monitor. The battery compartment appears OK.
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wit
Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
And what model erg? On the PM3 go to main menu/more options/utilities/lcd contrast. Now press the change units button three times, then press the change display button three times. This will bring you to the SET ROWER TYPE page, where you can change the model rower the monitor is being used on. Your monitor may have defaulted to the incorrect setting during a prolonged shutdown. C2JonW
72 year old grandpa living in Waterbury Center, Vermont, USA
Concept2 employee 1980-2018! and what a long, strange trip it's been......
Concept2 employee 1980-2018! and what a long, strange trip it's been......
Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
Hmmm ... I replaced the batteries, checked the rower type as per Jon, plugged it back into the erg (it's a C btw) and now there's no communication at all b/w the monitor and the erg. The display lights up fine but no stroke rate, pace, nadda
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
wit
Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
I had the same problem at the beginning of June - it is most likely and issue with the pickup/tachometer. You'll need to order a new one from C2 and install it. That's what fixed my issue (after troubleshooting every other way).
24, 166lbs, 5'9
Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
That's what I'm beginning to wonder too; I neglected to mention in my original post that the monitor's non-performance has been a gradual regression rather than an abrupt ending. I thought that perhaps the pickup was just dirty but cleaning it didn't seem to help.bloomp wrote:I had the same problem at the beginning of June - it is most likely and issue with the pickup/tachometer. You'll need to order a new one from C2 and install it. That's what fixed my issue (after troubleshooting every other way).
Thanks bloomp.
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wit
Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
Usually if it gets bumped around real bad (I can pinpoint one such occasion with my erg) the pickup is either unseated or ruined... Or it just so happened my pickup died coincidentally at the same time as when my erg was getting roughed up.
24, 166lbs, 5'9
Re: faulty batteries or faulty monitor?
It's sounding a lot like the pickup, particularly the gradual decline in function though it still might be the tach plug on the monitor. If you have access to another C erg you can narrow it down pretty quickly by swapping monitors and see where the problem goes. Otherwise I'd suggest trying a new pickup. C2JonW
72 year old grandpa living in Waterbury Center, Vermont, USA
Concept2 employee 1980-2018! and what a long, strange trip it's been......
Concept2 employee 1980-2018! and what a long, strange trip it's been......