Sigma Computers
04-03-09, 01:58 PM
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04-03-09, 02:52 PM
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Auto start/stop (if thats what you mean) is on most all bike computers. Its on the last two Cateyes I had and on a Vetta. Only the cheapest ones don't have it.
04-03-09, 04:03 PM
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04-03-09, 04:36 PM
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Wait, you're saying each time you stop and get going again, you have to touch a button for it to start up again? That is weird. None of my computers do that, including my Sigma. (which is the base model, cheapest one they make).
04-03-09, 04:45 PM
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Not sure if this is true of all wireless computers but generally it's easier to keep a wired computer on a low power standby mode that is woken up by a pulse from the wheel sensor. With a wireless computer the receiver would have to run constantly looking for a signal from the transmitter. The Sigma will go to sleep after 5min of no activity and require a button press to wake up its receiver. Not a problem for short stops but after a coffee stop you'll need to press a button.
04-03-09, 05:12 PM
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The Sigmas have an auto start stop, unless you stop for more than 5 min. If you stop for more that 5 min you must then punch any button to turn in back on.
04-03-09, 05:41 PM
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If you did have the option to change it, you'd be replacing your batteries once a week as the radios kept talking to each other over night. You'll get used to just hitting a button as you take off.
04-03-09, 06:29 PM
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My VDO goes to sleep after 30 minutes of 0mph and you have to hit a button to wake it up pre-ride.
04-03-09, 07:11 PM
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Ya I have the 1606L DTS + cadence and have to hit a button pre-ride to wake it up. Same for the 1106 on the wife's.
04-03-09, 09:10 PM
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I thought the OP was talking about when you first get on the bike ( I may be wrong). Some cyclocomputers do start automatically then, my Sigma certainly doesn't, and sounds like lots of other posters' don't as well.
04-03-09, 09:38 PM
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i have a wired BC 906. whenever i start riding, it turns on w/ the mph display etc. A while after you stop, it goes into a kind of sleep mode, where it just says "BC 906" and the time.
04-06-09, 07:10 PM
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OK with so many mixed responses I contacted Sigma and this is what they stated "Our wireless computers require a button to be hit to “wake up” before riding. This is a safety feature so the battery isn’t constantly searching for signals. Our wired computers will sense a wheel turning and do not require a button to be pushed to start."
From the horses mouth - Wireless hit a button, wired auto start.....
From the horses mouth - Wireless hit a button, wired auto start.....
04-06-09, 07:17 PM
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No, not each time you stop and start (say at intersections). It starts again automatically then.
I thought the OP was talking about when you first get on the bike ( I may be wrong). Some cyclocomputers do start automatically then, my Sigma certainly doesn't, and sounds like lots of other posters' don't as well.
I thought the OP was talking about when you first get on the bike ( I may be wrong). Some cyclocomputers do start automatically then, my Sigma certainly doesn't, and sounds like lots of other posters' don't as well.
