My cateye is a clock

[FlandersZA]

I have a Cateye Velo Wireless+. I started noticing (at JUMA in fact), that it was becoming less accurate (under-reading) and then one day it basically packed up. I suspected the battery in the sensor to be flat and after some RTFM, my suspicions seemed confirmed when it said the battery should last more or less a year - I bought it in Aug/Sep of 2013. I had done some reading up and what I found was that the likely culprit was the battery in the sensor and not the one in the display unit. Apparently the display becomes faint if that battery starts going?

 

Anyway, I replaced the sensor battery and my next ride went flawlessly. Readout was accurate once again and all was well in the world. On the following ride it awarded me 3km for a 30km ride - so essentially it worked for 10% of the time. The display appears crisp and sharp. Is the faint display thing a fallacy? Is it the display unit's battery that needs replacement now? I've checked and the sensor and bit attached to the spoke are in their correct respective positions but I'm having no joy.

[Onlybikes]

Maybe your magnet on the wheel is moving around so the sensor is not picking it up

[FlandersZA]

Maybe your magnet on the wheel is moving around so the sensor is not picking it up

 

Nah, I've done the lift-the-front-wheel-and-spin test. All the bits are where they should be and yet the only correct readout I get is the time.

[FlandersZA]

Ok well I can say that the faint display idea is rubbish. I've now replaced the display unit's battery and it's working 100%.

[Malpiet]

Get a garmin instead

[Pulse]

On some newer electronic devices the power management maintains a brighter display eith peripherals and sensors decreasing functionality.

 

So a faint display will only be visible long after functionality has been affected, and just before the unit dies.

 

Glad you are sorted