Red, flashing happy face?!

[W9GFO]

http://www.spinfoot.com/redhappy.jpg[/img=right]Today I rode till my batteries were completely depleted. For several minutes the display flashed [i]red with a happy face. Then it went into safety shutdown.

I wonder why this is not covered in the manual?

It is clear that it meant battery power is about gone. The manual does say that it will flash red when the batteries are gone but it illustrates a red unhappy face.

It could be a bit confusing. Flashing red = bad, happy face = good.

Has anyone else noticed this?

[opti6600]

Yes, I've had this happen a few times W9. It's not that confusing though, at least in my opinion. The blinking red is simply a warning, and you'll see as time goes on that it would go to a safety shutdown eventually. The HT is in perfect operational conditon, and there's nothing wrong with the unit, just nothing left for battery. Hence, it'll give you a mild warning, such as the red blinking blinky, but nothing serious.

Best regards,
Jordan

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Let's just take the safety labels off of everything and let America's problem sort itself out.

[W9GFO]

quote:Originally posted by opti6600

Yes, I've had this happen a few times W9. It's not that confusing though, at least in my opinion. The blinking red is simply a warning, and you'll see as time goes on that it would go to a safety shutdown eventually. The HT is in perfect operational conditon, and there's nothing wrong with the unit, just nothing left for battery. Hence, it'll give you a mild warning, such as the red blinking blinky, but nothing serious.

I initially thought that it was "dizzy", I slowed for a bit then it turned green again. Didn't take long to realize what was going on. For the untrained or insufficiently trained rider it could cause some confusion.

My opinion, any red flashing display should mean to get off, not - it's still ok for a little while.

At any rate, I do think it is worthy of covering in the manual, video and/or training.

[opti6600]

That's one of the biggest problems with the training nowadays. When all of us early adopters went in to get trained by various LLC staff, we were informed about this sort of thing because we were talking with people who use segs on a day to day basis, and know what a new rider needs to understand to operate the machine safely.

The D1 guys on the other hand seem to reminisce about the last time they were on a seg, so I don't think this new path was the wisest idea for new riders, as witnessed by things like this.

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Let's just take the safety labels off of everything and let America's problem sort itself out.