Aladin Tec 2G Stuck in Dive mode

[IanDennis]

Nic

If you want to borrow the IR receiver and cable let me know, I may even have a spare IR receiver (which will work provided your not on vista). You can get the software off the scubapro website


Ian

[Rob Dobson]

Originally Posted by IanDennis

Hi Rob

What exactly happened to yours?

Ian

The buttons packed up altogether. It's an expensive bottom timer now.

[Garf]

Originally Posted by Rob Dobson

The buttons packed up altogether. It's an expensive bottom timer now.

what was it before?

[milldog]

Glad i sold it then

buy yourself a VR3 mate .................As it happens

Graham

[nickb]

Originally Posted by tootricky

That's the plan will try to get Tricky's as a spare.

I've just got one of the new Uwatec bottom timers so you can use my Vyper in Scapa for the week if you like.

[Rob Dobson]

Originally Posted by Garf

what was it before?

An expensive bottom timer that allowed me to reset average depth at the bottom of the shot.

[Brian of Aquanauts]

Originally Posted by tootricky

Just decided to catch up with logging my dives this year when I noticed that it is stuck in dive mode. The display is showing 0 dive time, no depth and the temperature. The only functions that are available are backlight, when I press the left button, and, when I press both together, it blanks the screen but returns to the dive screen I noticed this between dives on the weekend too but it seems to work fine in the water as it was fine on the dive and is no longer showing details of that dive. I'm guessing that it is a problem with the pressure sensor, anyone got any ideas? The main thing for me is not losing the saved dive data as I have not logged any of my dives this year I'm guessing that I'll have to send it back to Uwatec, has anyone else done this? How is their customer service?

Cheers/Nic

EDIT: Currently got it soaking in tap water, see if that makes a difference

You need to dry the water contacts... normally a 10 second blast of compressed air will do the trick, leave it to dry for a while, or a hair dryer

When the contacts are wet it will go into dive mode, I get round this issue myself by turning the water contacts off in settings

HTH

Brian

[tootricky]

Originally Posted by Brian of Aquanauts

You need to dry the water contacts... normally a 10 second blast of compressed air will do the trick, leave it to dry for a while, or a hair dryer

When the contacts are wet it will go into dive mode, I get round this issue myself by turning the water contacts off in settings

HTH

Brian

Thanks Brian, I will try that when I get home this evening. If it works I will then turn off the water contacts.

Cheers/Nic

[charlie mcg]

This feature of the Tec 2G really bothered me until I stumbled by accident upon the solution.

When it's stuck in dive mode (i.e. the water contacts are wet or salt-coated):

If you very briefly press both buttons simultaneously, it goes directly into the settings mode at the "Contacts on/off" option. Then press & hold the right button until the option flashes, press the right button again to select "off" and then press & hold the right button again to confirm.

I use this strategy between dives and at the end of last dive of the day to conserve the battery. Then I soak it in FW when returning home. When it's dried off, I reactivate the water contacts in the SET 1 page.

If you accidentally forget to reactivate the contacts before your next dive, it won't turn itself on until you're at a couple of metres depth or you can turn it on manually by pressing & holding the right button (I've done this a few times upon submerging).

Hope this helps.

[tootricky]

Originally Posted by charlie mcg

This feature of the Tec 2G really bothered me until I stumbled by accident upon the solution.

When it's stuck in dive mode (i.e. the water contacts are wet or salt-coated):

If you very briefly press both buttons simultaneously, it goes directly into the settings mode at the "Contacts on/off" option. Then press & hold the right button until the option flashes, press the right button again to select "off" and then press & hold the right button again to confirm.

I use this strategy between dives and at the end of last dive of the day to conserve the battery. Then I soak it in FW when returning home. When it's dried off, I reactivate the water contacts in the SET 1 page.

If you accidentally forget to reactivate the contacts before your next dive, it won't turn itself on until you're at a couple of metres depth or you can turn it on manually by pressing & holding the right button (I've done this a few times upon submerging).

Hope this helps.

Not on mine it doesn't I was wondering what the wet contacts were for though and what the impact would be if they were disabled. Thanks.

Cheers/Nic