Varia RCT715 : Does it allow auto on/off with the Ride Start / Stop from a compatible device?

hudai 3 days ago

The battery life for the RCT715 is only a few hours. I want to make sure it does not keep recording (and drain battery) when I am not on an active ride. Manually doing this cumbersome; and I might forget. So I was hoping whether it can go to Standby mode when there is no active ride.

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aweatherall 3 days ago +1

Linking the recording/light activity is an option on the Edge units under light networks to start when the timer is started
DeanWette 1 hour ago +1 suggested

I've been doing it like this for as long as I remember (and I bought my RCT715 the day it came on the market). I have the camera set to record on radar activity. When I start recording a ride on my…

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0 aweatherall 3 days ago

Linking the recording/light activity is an option on the Edge units under light networks to start when the timer is started

0 hudai 2 days ago in reply to aweatherall

Thanks! How about camera recording?

0 DeanWette 1 hour ago

I've been doing it like this for as long as I remember (and I bought my RCT715 the day it came on the market). I have the camera set to record on radar activity. When I start recording a ride on my Garmin the RCT715 starts (light, radar and camera). When I stop and save my ride the RCT715 stops and goes back to standby, waiting until I start my next ride.

My Varia Vue works similarly. The one difference is I have it set to record video continuously, so it starts recording when I power my Garmin on and doesn't stop until I power my Garmin off. The headlight, however starts and stops with recording a ride, just like the RCT715 does.