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Old 09-28-09 | 11:34 PM
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Blackburn Flea USB Front

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I just bought a blackburn flea usb front light. Out of my excitement I installed it to my bullhorns and threw away the manual. Now the light only stays on for a few seconds. Does anyone have any experience with these? Is there something I need to do to keep it running?

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Old 09-28-09 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by eclipse2
Hi there,

I just bought a blackburn flea usb front light. Out of my excitement I installed it to my bullhorns and threw away the manual. Now the light only stays on for a few seconds. Does anyone have any experience with these? Is there something I need to do to keep it running?

Thanks in advance.
Is it fully charged?
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Old 09-29-09 | 07:55 AM
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IIRC, reviews I've read mention that you need to hold down the on button for some amount of time to change it out of demo mode.
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Old 09-29-09 | 08:32 AM
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Did you email the Blackburn helpdesk? I'm sure they can answer your question
helpdesk@blackburndesign.com
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Old 09-29-09 | 02:46 PM
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Did you email the Blackburn helpdesk? I'm sure they can answer your question
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Ha! I was looking for manuals in in the download section (they don't, yet), completely didn't occur to me to check for a contact us email address.
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Old 09-29-09 | 07:27 PM
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If it ever worked ok and just started this behavior - disregard the following...

As mentioned above, the light ships in demo mode so that folks can press the button in a store, but it'll go off pretty quickly. To take it out of demo mode, hold the button down for 20-seconds. Should only have to do that just the one time.
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Old 09-30-09 | 01:16 AM
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hold the button down for 20 seconds before first use
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Old 09-30-09 | 01:27 AM
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How do you like the light? Did you also get the tail light?
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Old 10-05-09 | 09:29 AM
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yeah OP, any more info on this?
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Old 10-05-09 | 07:44 PM
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The light works and I'm really happy with it. I like the fact that it's so small and is hardly visible. It puts out a really good light to be seen.

And no I didn't get the rear, I have a fizik saddle light.
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cool, glad to hear it.
might pick up the combo pack now I think.
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