iBike Date/Time does not stick

[David.C.Anderson]

All,

I continually find that my iBike does not hold date and time settings. I have to update it prior to each use - otherwise it defaults back to July of 2007.

What's the trick to have the date/time set and then persist correctly?

[travispape]

Sounds odd. Are you regularly removing the battery from the unit? Is the date & time set correctly on your computer?

[David.C.Anderson]

No - I have not been removing the battery.

I have the time set correctly on my PC, and have used several set options for date/time from within the iBike 2 for Windows Software; one under Device > Set Date and Time and some other place that I cannot seem to recall.

In fact, I just checked the unit again (while attached to my PC). I reset the date/time this morning before my ride. I go into the setup menu (Up Arrow for two seconds), and then scroll to the year, month/day, and clock and they are all back to 2007 / 07-12 / 11:17.

I agree that this is strange, but I do not seem to be able to come up with a reasonable explanation.

I just set it again (through the software) and verified that the change is reflected on the iBike (at least for now).

Thanks.

[David.C.Anderson]

After submitting the previous post, I removed the iBike from my PC connection. I just reconnected and examined the date/time - back to July of 2007.

Is it possible that an attempt to communicate wirelessly could reset the date/time. The only thing that seems consistent here is that after connecting to my PC and the unit powers up - I receive the message stating that wireless failed.

Any other ideas?

[travispape]

What's your battery voltage reading in the setup pages?

[David.C.Anderson]

262

[travispape]

262

That's getting low. Did it keep the time when the battery was fresher?

[David.C.Anderson]

I do not recall the behavior being any different.

You say that the battery is getting low.....

I have a total riding time on this battery that is only about 3.5 hours (on the trainer in trainer mode with avg sessions of around 45 minutes). How long should I expect to be able to ride on a single battery? Do people carry extra batteries and switch them mid-ride?

[leonsrocketcar]

I was getting about 8rs on my wired unit and now almost double if not more on the wireless.