No Ant+ signal from Stages

Skinner2k3
Skinner2k3 Posts: 310
edited June 2015 in Road general
Just about to go out for a ride and my Garmin wont pick up my Stages power meter. I tried my wife's Garmin and it cant see it, neither can my laptop Trainer Road software with Ant+ dongle.

Tried swapping the battery, makes no difference.

Its about 1 month old, done 40 hours max and seen rain once. It has the new door with the red seal and when I took the battery out there were no signs of any moisture.

Its not been knocked, and was working when I put my bike away 2 days ago.

Any ideas at all what I can try?

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  • Skinner2k3
    Skinner2k3 Posts: 310
    Downloaded the Stages App and its not working via bluetooth either.

    Right, so battery #3 seems to have done the trick. Battery #1 was the original, #2 I pinched from my light an has barely been used.

    Seems these Stages stop working once the battery drops even slightly below full!

    I'm off for a ride now :)
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    So when the battery is flat is it noticeably slower responding to efforts or do you not notice?
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • dawebbo
    dawebbo Posts: 456
    Not sure if anyone else experiences this, but I seem to get a 50/50 chance of batteries that last a few days, then a decent one that lasts 4 months +.
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    I don't know one person who's had a stages and not had problems with it.
  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    DavidJB wrote:
    I don't know one person who's had a stages and not had problems with it.


    mine has been perfect out of the box to be fair...
  • eddiefiola
    eddiefiola Posts: 344
    jimwalsh wrote:
    DavidJB wrote:
    I don't know one person who's had a stages and not had problems with it.


    mine has been perfect out of the box to be fair...

    have you changed a battery yet? mine was perfect out of the box until i changed a battery.
    http://app.strava.com/athletes/1815467
  • dazz_ni45
    dazz_ni45 Posts: 468
    Just had the same problem. Worked perfectly for 5 months (original battery) and last week it wasn't detected by either the garmin or the stages app. Changed the battery but still isn't detected by either.

    Email sent to stages but haven't heard back from them
  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    eddiefiola wrote:
    jimwalsh wrote:
    DavidJB wrote:
    I don't know one person who's had a stages and not had problems with it.


    mine has been perfect out of the box to be fair...

    have you changed a battery yet? mine was perfect out of the box until i changed a battery.

    yes changed it twice without problems.
  • kayakerchris
    kayakerchris Posts: 361
    Had my stages for over a year now. 2 batteries which is fine. I damaged the door (my fault) and had a replacement within a couple of days.

    One tip seems to be that there is not enough pressure to get a good contact and that gently lifting up the central contact may make a difference.
    www.hand-surgery.co.uk
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  • eddiefiola
    eddiefiola Posts: 344
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19620487#p19620487]jimwalsh[/url] wrote:
    eddiefiola wrote:
    jimwalsh wrote:
    DavidJB wrote:
    I don't know one person who's had a stages and not had problems with it.


    mine has been perfect out of the box to be fair...

    have you changed a battery yet? mine was perfect out of the box until i changed a battery.

    yes changed it twice without problems.

    lucky man, many problems seem to appear after the first battery change.
    http://app.strava.com/athletes/1815467
  • izza
    izza Posts: 1,561
    Make sure you don't crush the side tab that touches the battery.

    If people are not placing the battery in carefully, then problems will occur after first change.

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