RTL 515 default mode.

[kingrollo]

Hi,

Anyone know if there is a way to set the rtl515 radar light so it always switches on in the same mode ?

I have to scroll through each time to set the mode ....and at times the mode seems me s to have changed when I get home.

Using edge explore as head unit.

 

[Dogtrousers]

No. I don't think that's possible.

I always put mine on flash to conserve battery. In fact if it had a "no light/ radar only" mode I'd use that for daytime use - but it doesn't.

Like you, I'd swear it sometimes sneakily changes modes when I'm not looking, as sometimes I stop and it's on solid light.

 

[kingrollo]

No. I don't think that's possible.

I always put mine on flash to conserve battery. In fact if it had a "no light/ radar only" mode I'd use that for daytime use - but it doesn't.

Like you, I'd swear it sometimes sneakily changes modes when I'm not looking, as sometimes I stop and it's on solid light.

Cheers. I asked a guy at the club today who said that his always switches on in the mode that was last used....sounds very Garmin like...

 

[si_c]

Check your head unit - you may have it set to override the unit for the light setting. In normal use mine always reverts to the setting it was on when it was last used, regardless of when that was or whether it was charged in between uses.

Edit to add: I have my light set to turn on or off with the head unit, if you fully power it down between uses then you might find you need to re-set your preferred mode.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Check your head unit - you may have it set to override the unit for the light setting. In normal use mine always reverts to the setting it was on when it was last used, regardless of when that was or whether it was charged in between uses.

Edit to add: I have my light set to turn on or off with the head unit, if you fully power it down between uses then you might find you need to re-set your preferred mode.

That's what I do. I also don't change modes using the head unit. I do so by repeatedly pressing the button on the top.

 

[geocycle]

No. I don't think that's possible.

I always put mine on flash to conserve battery. In fact if it had a "no light/ radar only" mode I'd use that for daytime use - but it doesn't.

Like you, I'd swear it sometimes sneakily changes modes when I'm not looking, as sometimes I stop and it's on solid light.

Mine sometimes changes itself but I think that’s because I have it mounted on saddlebags so it can swing about. The switch is Q sensitive. I believe there is a radar only mode but for some reason that’s not available to wahoo users.

 

[Sea of vapours]

In fact if it had a "no light/ radar only" mode I'd use that for daytime use - but it doesn't.

It does, subject to head unit.

On a Wahoo Roam V2 (not the V1), it's possible to set the Varia radar to 'Active' and the Varia light to 'Off'. Plus - and this is what I do - it can be set such that the light is off when there are no vehicles detected and to come on, in whichever mode you prefer, when the radar picks up a vehicle. I've extended my old-ish Varia's battery life (fast flash mode) from 11 hours to 17 by using this set of options. You can even control how long it stays on after the vehicle has stopped being detected.

I can't comment on Gamins, though I imagine they can do either the same or more, what with the Varia being a Garmin product.

 

[Dogtrousers]

My first Varia was an RTL510 that just connected as a radar and there wasn't anything you could do on the head unit apart from connect it as a sensor. I think when I replaced it with an RTL515 there are possibly more features, esp headset-controlled options that I haven't explored because I was habituated to the 510 where all you could really do was connect it and change modes with the button on top.

I'll investigate and report back.

 

[Sea of vapours]

I'll investigate and report back.

For context: mine's an RTL515 too, so yours will do the things described above if you link it to an appropriate head unit.