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Old 01-11-13 | 07:54 PM
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Erroneous readings on wireless odometer

Long story short, my CM4.4A wireless odometer appears to pick up signals that cause it to read wheel revolutions that do not occur. I was parked outside a store today and saw my odometer reading between 80 and 110 mph. Is this typical of wireless odometers, do I have a lemon, are there ways to minimize or eliminate this pickup? On the third question, I am sure some appropriate filtering or possibly shielding would help, but modifying consumers electronics is typically not worth the time spent.

Anyway, curious to hear other folks experiences
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Yes. The anti-theft stuff just inside the door does that. Worse yet, LED bicycle lights also interfere with some of them.
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Old 01-12-13 | 08:17 AM
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check your batteries. when they get low you can get unusual readings, i know mine does.
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Old 01-12-13 | 01:53 PM
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But some security systems operate on the same frequency and will mess with it.
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Old 01-12-13 | 02:26 PM
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Kind of thinking it is not the battery, as it works fine most of the time, and is only 4 months old.
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I had a wired Avocet in the 90s that would sporadically measure excessive speed, ruining the average speed and distance data. Only solution I found was to replace it. I've never had another like it.

I've had 2 or 3 generations of the Cateye Wireless, my current one is the Strada, never had a bit of trouble with these even using a Magicshine headlight mounted only inches away. When the batteries get weak on these, they simply quit working - no erroneous data / weirdness.
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The bike computer I saw that behaved funny with a light was one of the cheap ones.
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Old 01-12-13 | 11:38 PM
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I have an LED headlight I always run on flash during the day and solid on at night, that does not upset the odometer.
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