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ActiveRate Installation and Operating Instructions

Congratulations on purchasing one of the new generation of 

wire free Rate Meters from Active Tools. Your ActiveRate has 

been designed to be as easy as possible to use but the following 

information should help you get the best out of it. If you have any 

queries please email us at 

[email protected]

  or contact 

your local distributor.

Operating Your ActiveRate Unit

General points are:

Your ActiveRate will turn on with a 3 second button press and off either 

after 20 minutes of inactivity or when the button is held down for 3 

seconds when in Clock mode.  When you first turn the unit on the two 

horizontal bars in the rate display area will flash when the battery level 

starts to get low. Initially they will flash only once but they will flash an 

increasing number of times as the battery level drops further. 
To cycle through the operating modes, click the top button. The 

highlighted function will then flash and if you leave it highlighted for 

more than 3 seconds it will be selected.

The flat bracket is intended to be fixed 
permanently, or semi permanently, to the boat 
you most often use.  It is usually best to mount 
it under a footplate nut. 

CLOCK (Clock Symbol)

This displays either the time of day, in 12 or 24-hour format, or it can be 

set to display nothing.  

To set the time, start with the unit turned on and hold the button down 

for 8 seconds (the display will go blank after 3 seconds) and ‘12’ will 

flash. Pressing the button will change this to a flashing ‘24’ and then to 

‘- -’, which means that no clock time will be displayed. After 4 seconds 

of inactivity the hour digits will flash and they can be set by pressing, or 

holding, the button. Minutes can then be set in the same way.

RATE WATCH MODE (Stopwatch Symbol)

When this icon is selected a spectator can take the rates of crews by 

pressing the button in time with their catches.

The unit will reset to ‘clock’ mode when the button is held for 3 seconds

.

STANDING START (Flag Symbol)

When this icon is selected work pieces will be timed from the first stroke 

taken or from a press of the button. Timing will stop when you press the 

button again or you can let the timing end automatically. If you stop 

rowing, or paddle very lightly, for more than 5 seconds the display will 

flash. If you then push the button the time that you stopped rowing hard 

will be used as the end of the timed piece. This means that you can time 

races without having to have the presence of mind to push the button as 

you cross the finish line. 
Pressing the button again briefly will reset the unit so that it is ready to 

time another piece. 
The unit will reset to Clock mode when the button is held for 3 seconds.

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Mounting Your ActiveRate

Your ActiveRate comes with two mounting brackets and whichever bracket 
you fit we strongly recommend that you use the lanyard to attach it to your 
boat so that it cannot be lost. The unit does not float when it has a silicone 
bumper fitted. 

The removable bracket, with suction cups 
on it, is for use in boats that you row only 
occasionally and it is attached by wetting 
the cups and pressing them down onto a flat 
surface (normally on the stern of the boat). 
The bracket is hinged so that you can adjust it 
to the optimum viewing angle. On some boats 
the suction cups will hold on less well than on 
others so be aware of this and make sure you 
attach the lanyard to the boat.

The removable bracket can also be used on 
most wing riggers by replacing the suction 
cups with the Velcro strips provided.  We 
recommend that the more flexible Velcro strip 
is fixed to the bracket and the other one is 
attached to your rigger.

The suction cup bracket can also be used to 
mount the unit to a foot stretcher screw by 
removing the suckers.

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