Computer clock display always on?

[atrick]

Hi all.
As the title says really, when it auto powers down after a few mins of inactivitiy should the clock still be displayed? I have a cheapo Techwell and I'm sure when it was newish I couldn't see the clock when all was quiet, but recently the clock is always there, now the battery is dead, fitted new battery and clock still always on! Will this flatten the battery too soon as opposed to it being fully asleep?

regards, most concerned with no better to worry about

possibly too stupid?

 

[Nebulous]

I've seen another computer like that. While a clock will use some battery - in the grand scheme of things it's nothing to worry about. A simple lcd clock is pretty efficient and will run for years on a battery.

 

[the_mikey]

I don't know what the techwell is supposed to do, but on my old cycling computer (Giant Axaxt11) , the LCD display is always active, including clock.

 

[Bigsharn]

My Blackburn and my VDO both had clocks always on if that helps at all

 

[Keith Oates]

On all the computers I've had the clock always shows when your not actually using it. As said above the batteries last for years so there is nothing to worry about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Scoosh]

.... A simple lcd clock is pretty efficient and will run for years on a battery.

As said above the batteries last for years so there is nothing to worry about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

... and then it'll die on you at exactly the wrong moment !

I've had to replace almost all my cycle computer (sender and receiver), domestic clock and watch batteries in the last 3 months ...

 

[HLaB]

Hi all.
As the title says really, when it auto powers down after a few mins of inactivitiy should the clock still be displayed? I have a cheapo Techwell and I'm sure when it was newish I couldn't see the clock when all was quiet, but recently the clock is always there, now the battery is dead, fitted new battery and clock still always on! Will this flatten the battery too soon as opposed to it being fully asleep?

regards, most concerned with no better to worry about

possibly too stupid?

Depends the make my Raleigh Echo is like that after several days my cateye micro wireless and wire Aldi one switch off; a digital lcd clock doesn't use much energy. Think of an digital watch (thats basically what it is) their batteries last for years, so don't worry.

 

[atrick]

Gosh thanks everyone for your replies
Excuse the pun but I guess time will tell...bought the new battery from the pound shop, a £ for hundreds of them!
I have bought the slighly larger ones from there before, you get about 20 on a card. Put one in the wife's weigher, the weigher is for kitchen stuff not weighing the wife! and it lasted one fruit cake and a few scones
LR44, 2 for £3.50 at Morrisons or a million at the £ shop? I used to be indecisive but now i'm not so sure..

On another.
Had to calibrate again, tyres are 700 by 35c setting value is 2205, if the tyres were 32c the value would be 2174
I thought the difference was the width?

 

[HLaB]

Gosh thanks everyone for your replies

On another.
Had to calibrate again, tyres are 700 by 35c setting value is 2205, if the tyres were 32c the value would be 2174
I thought the difference was the width?

Tyre cross sections are round'ish, an increase in width generally mean an increase in depth, therefore circumference

 

[broomwagon]

My Cateye knocks itself off after a few minutes and is not tripped into activity when the wheel is rolled and the sensor passes the magnet. I thought it was supposed to! My older computer used to but this one doesn't, unless I've missed something! Magnet and sensor fitted correctly and spaced accordingly etc. Once I press the Mode button, all is well and the computer starts working. Seems there's a niggly fault in some.

 

[HLaB]

My Cateye knocks itself off after a few minutes and is not tripped into activity when the wheel is rolled and the sensor passes the magnet. I thought it was supposed to! My older computer used to but this one doesn't, unless I've missed something! Magnet and sensor fitted correctly and spaced accordingly etc. Once I press the Mode button, all is well and the computer starts working. Seems there's a niggly fault in some.

My cateye can be set to auto or manual, the auto as its name suggests automatically switches the computer on when the magnet passes the sensor whereas on the manual setting the computer only comes on when the mode button is pressed.

 

[snorri]

Once I press the Mode button, all is well and the computer starts working. Seems there's a niggly fault in some.

This sort of problem can usually be resolved by getting a younger person to look at it for you, works for me.

 

[broomwagon]

My cateye can be set to auto or manual, the auto as its name suggests automatically switches the computer on when the magnet passes the sensor whereas on the manual setting the computer only comes on when the mode button is pressed.

Ahh, that's it, doh! I should have paid more attention when setting it up, thanks

 

[Simba]

Mine switches off when I switch it off, albeit mine is a Garmin Edge 605

 

[Ivan Ardon]

LR44, 2 for £3.50 at Morrisons or a million at the £ shop? I used to be indecisive but now i'm not so sure..

Ebay up a couple of Vartas or GPs for very little money. The pound shop batteries ain't up to much, but there's no need to get your pants pulled down by the supermarkets for decent cells.