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Oranj
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26 Feb
8:37pm, 26 Feb 2025
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Yep, the bluetooth thing is a big change, and the only reason I upgraded my ancient model C to a PM5. I was lucky at the time I upgraded, a friend and only an intermittent rower had just had the grey screen of death on his PM3 so he was happy to buy my old one for a fair price.

The PM5 allows you to set up sessions on your phone in Ergdata, row them, and then download them automagically to t'internet. If you buy a smartphone cradle ( shop-uk.concept2.com ) you can sit the phone on top of the monitor and have a customizable display, or row around a virtual loop with some other like-minded idiots. You can also do firmware updates via your phone: that annoying thing that's been bugging you? Probably fixed in the latest update.

Jeez, I sound like some sort of PM5 salesman.
monki
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10:56am, 27 Feb 2025
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Thanks folks. I think I have a look at this every 2 years or so and then come to the conclusion that I could simply type the data into whatever other system I care about, and I'm simply looking for an excuse not to use the bloody thing. In the dim and distant past I did have it hooked up to a laptop to do virtual racing etc but the connectors are obsolete. And I'm not doing structured sessions like most of you, so I think I'll save the £160 for now.

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How about a little league of 2000m times to see what we're up against:

Oranj (1988 vintage): 6:44.6
Jef(2010 vintage): 6:46.6
Foppotee 6:51.6
sinj999:6:58.9
Nellers: 7:02.6
Pothunter (2005 vintage): 7:06
Jef: 7:06.4
Craggy:7:08.6
_andy 7:10.9
Gym_Bunny: 7:16.9
Maclennane: 7:18.9
theOtherRichard: 7:22.5
Mouseytongue: 7:30.2
Rog T 7:33.9
Oranj: 7:37.6
Rich963: 7:39.3
NDWDave: 7:51.4
lammo: 7:56
Tiger Feet: 8:00.1
Fenners reborn 8:07
Muttley: 8:08.5
Cats Whiskers: 8:16.8
Angus Clydesdale: 8:47.2
BanjoBax: 9:13
Sally Kate: 9:18
Lesley C: 9:19
HellsBells: 9:23.1
Sweetie: 9:27
alpenrose: 10:03
GregP: 10:03
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