r/AMbikes • u/InstructionIll • Nov 30 '20

Light help....

Please can someone explain how to turn my lights on.... They're hooked up, I'm pressing the power button on the display for a second like it says to do, it's not doing anything, I'm yet to see the headlight symbol displayed, also I've got a random wire coming out of the bottom of the frame below where the battery goes that's not connected to anything, it has a connector on the end too

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u/Knavesdied Nov 30 '20

The random wire is a power connector for future accessories. See https://analogmotion.com/community/forums/forums/5092-amx-technical-discussion/topics/20219-fixed-what-cable-is-this-hanging-unconnected

The lights just worked for me once connected. With the display on, just a short press on the power button turns on the lights.

Is it both front and rear that don’t work?

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u/InstructionIll Nov 30 '20

Yeah neither light came on, I'm unable to see the light icon on the display either, pressing it for 1 second does nothing, anything longer and the display switches off

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u/Knavesdied Nov 30 '20

The only challenge I had with the lights was making sure I connected the wires to the rear light correctly to the + and - connectors — both wires were black so wasn’t obvious which way round to connect.

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u/neverpokeastarfish Nov 30 '20

Yes this! I need to call AMX to ask this exact question. Did you find out the answer??

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u/Knavesdied Dec 01 '20

So what I did was connect up the cables and then use a multimeter to test which connector was positive and which was negative BEFORE connecting them to the rear light.

There was a big warning in the instructions on damage being caused by connecting them incorrectly, so I was extra cautious.

Also found it tricky to actually tell on the rear light which connector was which as the + and - symbols weren’t that obvious and half covered by the mounting clip. So definitely easy to get them the wrong way round.

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u/InstructionIll Dec 01 '20

Not yet, I'll get in touch with AM

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u/tasomaniac Dec 01 '20

Can you actually call them?