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Sigma BC1609 STS - trip computer

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  • #2
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    eurotrotter wrote: »
    just wondering if anyone can tell me what 'backlight' in this product description means, does it mean when u press the button for the light that the light comes on briefly or stays on until u turn it off again?

    I'm using this computer on my commuter, very nice little computer. The answer is the first, it stays on for a little while after you press a button, which isn't so nice indeed (I like to look at my speed while I'm doing a fast descent for example, and that's surely not when I want to be pushing buttons).
    eurotrotter wrote: »
    here are 2 links to what i believe are the same product, but 20e difference between them!

    There's the same, take the cheapest :)


  • #3
    eurotrotter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭eurotrotter


    thanks enas, bu ti wonder do they offer one that leaves the backlight on until u switch it off, that would be nice!


  • #4
    Sigean
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭Sigean


    eurotrotter - I don't think Sigma make one where the light stays on. I have had a few different models and they all operate the same way. The light doesn't stay on for too long after the button is pressed. I have never used this function once while cycling anyway!


  • #5
    gav07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭gav07


    I have the ROX 9.0 and think it's great. It has a backlight and I seem to remember from the manual that persistent-on versus timeout-on was a user setting - but I could be wrong. Anyway, as above, I have never used the backlight and leaving it on would really accelerate the battery drain.


  • #6
    enas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭enas


    gav07 wrote: »
    leaving it on would really accelerate the battery drain.

    Exactly, which is why I guess they don't even bother with this setting on this model. In my opinion, if you really need constant reading, you're better off with a front light that throws some light on the handlebars.


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