Change batteries on a Viso?

[Hellis 0]

I tried to change batteries on my Viso but its still showing empty.
What am i doing wrong?
The manual says:

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Carefully slide out battery holder and remove batteries.
Install new batteries using the correct polarity.
Use only CR-2325.
After battery replacement or resetting, the battery
system requires 2 minutes to calibrate itself before
showing the correct status.
While calibrating, the battery icon toggles between
full and low.

Should it be on or off when calibrating itself?
Neither seems to work for me.

The battery icon has not toggled between anything, its just flashing as if its empty

[regulator 0]

I don't have a Viso, but I do have an Optima. I had to change the batteries in it this past weekend and the device was on...I just slipped the battery slot out and replaced the batteries...they were in backwards and nothing on the device lit up, so I just flipped the the opposite way and it started up by itself and showed full battery strength. Hope this helps

[Hellis 0]

The batteries are not upside down, i know that.
Did you turn of the device before pulling out the old batteries?

[regulator 0]

No...the Optima was still on. I just pulled the batteries and the display slowly faded. I put them in the first time...nothing on the display. Then I flipped them over and it came right up.

[Hellis 0]

I tried starting the Viso, opend the batterytray for a while (untill screen got blank and some more) the pushed it back in.
Still empty batteries?

And i cant see it calibrating itself

[buff 0]

I have a Viso and replaced my batteries last night. Unit was off, pulled out the battery tray and inserted two new CR2325 batteries and it powered up right away with everything stored in it as before.

There is only two ways I see that could not be correct. Both batteries together but inserted in the tray incorrectly or batteries stacked together incorrectly.

Possibly you have two bad batteries or incorrect type of battery.

It's called the Hillbilly Hop N Pop dude.
If you're gonna be stupid, you better be tough.
That's fucked up. Watermelons do not grow on trees! ~Skymama

[karma 3]

Have you tried the reset button?

[Hellis 0]

Both are CR2325, just opend again and had a look.
Both was facing the correct way.
Now that i put them back in the icon shows one bar (50%?).

But now i looked at the packaging to the batteries, they seem to have a "datestamp".

It says:
PD/EP (MMYY) 0309/0316
PD/EP (MMYY) 0704/0711
on them.
Im guessing PD is production date, but whats EP?
Im guessing one of the batteries is older, could that be the problem?

[Hellis 0]

No, wont that erase the log?

Edit:
I just had a look in the manual, it says:

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Press a paperclip into the tiny hole on the side of the
unit and release. The unit restarts.
After battery replacement or resetting, the battery
system requires 2 minutes to calibrate itself before
displaying the correct status.
While calibrating, the battery icon toggles between
full and low.
Resetting the VISO
Note: Reset the unit after battery replacement, when troubleshooting and when verifying
software version number.

Why dont they say that on the battery replacement page?

[shropshire 0]

Does sound like you have a bad battery or connector,
Are the terminals clean?

Does this device have a small spring (part of the circuit - a daft idea too)?

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Hellis 0]

The batteries are clean, but i dont know about the connectors.

I have no clue if it has a spring or not.


I did remove the batteries again, started it, and tried to reset it.
No change yet ~3 min after reset

[JohnnyMarko 1]

If you have an original Viso and send it back to L&B they'll probably send you a Viso II with no questions asked...I love my Viso II.

Oh and sorry, no advice on the batteries

[shropshire 0]

The L&B ones have a spring ... see picture

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Hellis 0]

I dont need a Viso II, besides who got time to replace a altimeter just as the season is about to start???

But lesson learnd: always bring the viso along to the store when i need to replace the batteries.
Those fuckers are way to expensive to only get 50%

[JohnnyMarko 1]

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besides who got time to replace a altimeter just as the season is about to start???

good point...good luck fixing it

[Hellis 0]

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The L&B ones have a spring ... see picture

I dont think thats a Viso.
It looks like the backside of a Protrack

[regulator 0]

When I looked at the L&B website it looked (on the backside) very similar to my optima

http://www.l-and-b.dk/viso.html

[mstlaurent 0]

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Now that i put them back in the icon shows one bar (50%?).

But now i looked at the packaging to the batteries, they seem to have a "datestamp".

It says:
PD/EP (MMYY) 0309/0316
PD/EP (MMYY) 0704/0711
on them.
Im guessing PD is production date, but whats EP?
Im guessing one of the batteries is older, could that be the problem?

I got the same problem. Those batteries seem to discharge before their expiry date (EP = Expiry Date).

I will check the PD/ED next time.

I know this thread is old but it may still help. :-)

[Hellis 0]

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Now that i put them back in the icon shows one bar (50%?).

But now i looked at the packaging to the batteries, they seem to have a "datestamp".

It says:
PD/EP (MMYY) 0309/0316
PD/EP (MMYY) 0704/0711
on them.
Im guessing PD is production date, but whats EP?
Im guessing one of the batteries is older, could that be the problem?

I got the same problem. Those batteries seem to discharge before their expiry date (EP = Expiry Date).

I will check the PD/ED next time.

I know this thread is old but it may still help. :-)

Ha!
This is a oldie.
I would also guess ED would be expiry date, but they ssaid EP.
Anyways a few weeks after this thread died the batteryindicator showed 100%