PM5 and Taking a Break

[psychling]

I just replaced the PM3 with the PM5 as I become more deliberate and consistent with my Erg training.

Yesterday the plan was to crest the 200K meters on the current challenge. To do that I needed to knock out 21K meters. Halfway through the workout I needed to get up to respond to the call of nature. When I returned (< 4 mins) the PM5 had frozen up and nothing short of `rebooting' it and starting another training program.

Is there any way I can `pause' the PM5 for a few minutes without losing data?

Also, the display light lasts barely 10 seconds before it goes dark. Is there a way to adjust this?

[Citroen]

The monitor won't sleep for four minutes if you're in the middle of a row. If you press ANY button (except [MENU], obviously) that timer gets restarted.

The short timeout for the backlight can't be changed in current versions of the firmware.

[psychling]

Thanks, Citroen. Good to get the information.

[rowingdude]

Hook your PM up to the computer, and it gets powered by the USB, mine never shuts off until I unplug it from the computer.