Howto: Set/change the speedo from kmh tp mph (and a question)

[cjard]

I struggled to find this info, and then I struggled to make sense of the translated english in the owners manual I downloaded, so here's a quick stepbystep before I ask my question:

1) Set the display so it is showing ODO mode (not clock, revs, laptimer etc)
2) Turn off the ignition at the key so the whole electrics are dead
3) Push and hold the button on the dash unit (the one that changes the mode)
4) Turn on the ignition at the key and watch the display
5) After a few seconds the speed mode it's in will appear, nothing else will show on the display, just the speed units. Release the button when it appears
6) Wait a little and the display will start to flick between kmh and mph
7) Press the button when it's showing what you want

And now, my question..

On my bike if I carry on holding the button at step 5, instead of releasing it, after another few seconds the number 2.2 appears in the display instead.

Does anyone know what this relates to? I so far havent tried to change it.. Maybe it's the circumference of the front wheel in metres? How are the speedos calibrated on these things anyway? The computer just sees a pulse from a magentic switch, meaning a wheel rotation occurred, but the bigger the wheel, the further per rotation so something ought to need calibrating.. ?

 

[OlderHuskyRider]

How are the speedos calibrated on these things anyway?

Thanks for posting this, I hope you get some replies, I, too, need to know how the '08-'10 bikes derive speed. I feel that my speedo/odometer are measuring too few miles.

 

[jtemple]

I know on the 630, the first time you hook up the gauge cluster, you have to set it for SM or TE mode, because of the wheel size difference. Once you set it, there's no changing it again. If your speedo/trip/odo are way off, you might have the gauge configured incorrectly.

Here's how to switch the 630 between MPH and KPH. I don't know if it'll work for your bike:

1. switch display so the ODO displays on the bottom
2. turn the key off
3. press and hold the button on the display (there's only one)
4. Turn the key on and wait 3 seconds (while holding the button)

Pasted from the manual:

To confirm the conversion, the “SET” and the Miles and
mph or km and kmh segment will activate for 3 seconds;
afterwards the standard function in Fig.1 (ODO display
on the bottom) will reappear.

You're doing something similar. But, on the 630, there is no display flip between KPH and MPH that lets you choose what you want. You just toggle modes by following the steps above.

 

[cjard]

i think i might have a play and see if that 2.2 is editable.. will revert later

 

[motomanic]

Glad that was explained, been on km, and now convered to mph after 470 miles, thanks.

 

[OlderHuskyRider]

I know on the 630, the first time you hook up the gauge cluster, you have to set it for SM or TE mode, because of the wheel size difference. Once you set it, there's no changing it again. If your speedo/trip/odo are way off, you might have the gauge configured incorrectly.

So, is it for sure that the 630 gets input from the front wheel to calculate speed and odometer?

 

[jtemple]

So, is it for sure that the 630 gets input from the front wheel to calculate speed and odometer?

Yes. There's a magnet on the brake rotor.

 

[jtemple]

I know this because I nearly lost mine. I found it stuck to some random spot on the rotor when I was rotating my front tire. The magnet slid right out of the little sleeve that holds it. I gorilla glued it back in place.

Strangest thing, because the speedo never quit working.

 

[Devaclis]

On my TE 449, since there is no key I had to do the following:

Hold down the adjust button on the guage cluster
Hit the start button until the bike started
Continue to hold the Adjust button down until the KmH indicator flashed
Release the Adjust button and push it one more time to change the MpH

 

[cjard]

(I havent found a way to edit the 2.2, nor discovered its significance)