Aventon's App & Color Display Manual: A Comprehensive Guide

If you haven’t purchased Aventon’s newest line of electric bikes (those released in 2021 and onwards), an LCD display ebike, or the full color display screen on its own, this section is for you! If you have, feel free to skip ahead to the next section. Before the introduction of the full color display (also referred to as BC 280), is Aventon’s original M5 display, which looks something like this device displayed on the right.

While our traditional M5 display still gives riders important insights such as distance traveled, battery life, and current speed, there were emerging technologies we knew we wanted to incorporate. For example, smartphone compatibility. In an effort to provide riders with valuable information as needed and to make it effortless to access, we designed the Full Color Display as an integral component of new Aventon releases. Unfortunately, all earlier models using the M5 screen do not have app capabilities.

Downloading the Aventon App and Creating An Account

Before we can pair your ebike LCD with your smartphone, you’ll need to download the Aventon app and create an account. You can download the Aventon app either through the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Once successfully downloaded and the app opened, you’ll see a screen similar to this:

Please note that the email address and password used to make a purchase on Aventon’s website do not automatically carry over to the Aventon app, nor does your Aventon Loyalty account information. A new account must be created to pair. In addition, the same email address and password combination used on Aventon.com cannot be used to sign up on Aventon’s app; one of the two must be different.

If you’ve recently purchased one of Aventon’s newest line of electric bikes, a Full Color Display to upgrade your existing Aventon ebike, or are simply looking for information about our displays, you’ve arrived at the right place to where we’ll discussed downloading the app, e bike display programming and syncing your display to the app.

In this category, you can do everything from customizing your ebike in the app to changing your top speed settings! Once you’ve created your account and successfully paired your device to the display, your Ebike menu will look similar to this:

To customize the color of the electric bike shown on the Ebike menu, you’ll simply need to swipe left over the ebike icon, allowing you to modify the icon to match the Aventon ebike you own. If you accidentally swiped past your correct color, simply swipe right to go back to a previous one. While on the Ebike menu, you can activate your ebikes lights if you own an Aventon ebike model with integrated lights. Should the display detect an error on your Aventon ebike, you’ll receive an automatic alert in the top left corner of this page, where the bell icon is located.

Settings

In the top right-hand corner of the above image, you will see a Settings icon. Tapping the settings icon will take you to the settings page, as shown below.

On the settings page, you can:

• View your ebike’s nickname and edit it as you’d like.
• Adjust screen brightness on your display, with ‘1’ being the least bright and ‘5’ being the brightest.
• Input an auto power-off time, which essentially lets you adjust how long you’d like your color display backlight to remain on, measured in minutes. Once it reaches the time you’ve set, your backlight will dim.
• Change top speed. Simply increase or decrease speed as you’d like, but please note this feature does not apply to all Aventon ebikes.
• Switch between KM/H and MPH. This will then also be reflected onto your ebike display.
• Unpair your device from the display. At the very bottom of the settings page, you will also see a selection to unpair your Apple or Android device from the color display. Note that the original device that was paired must first be unpaired from the display before attempting to pair a new device.

Record

Up next on the selection bar, and to the right of ‘Ebike,’ is ‘Record.’ Here, you can see how you’ve progressed over time from your tracked rides. Now, this section will not physically record your rides but instead keeps a record of your overall ride history. In Record, you’ll see your total insights: total miles tracked, calories burned, CO2 emissions reduced, trees saved and cycling time. Your monthly odometer range is displayed at the top, automatically updating with each new month. You can also view your total ride history filtered by month and year to track your progress over time.

Before we discuss how to view and track your rides, it is important to activate your smartphone’s location settings for the most accurate tracking. For iOS users, after you’ve initially downloaded the Aventon app, locate the app in your Settings and turn ‘Location’ access to ‘always’:

Settings > Aventon > Location - set to “Always”

For Android users, select ‘always’ as well in order for Aventon to access your location to more accurately track your rides:

Settings > Applications (or Apps) > Aventon > Permissions > enable Location

Next, there are two important tabs in this section: “My ride” and “Auto record.”

Auto Record

If you forget to manually start and stop your ride via Go in the selection bar, do not worry! The Aventon app may still automatically record your ride, populating your ride’s history in the ‘Auto record’ tab, if the following steps are followed:

1. Make sure the Aventon app’s access to your Location is set to ‘always’ in your smartphone’s settings as mentioned above.
2. If relying on Auto record, first open the Aventon app and tap on Ebike in the selection bar.
3. You should see the word ‘Connected’ in the top left of your screen. This signals that your electric bike is paired and able to automatically record.
4. After your ride is complete, immediately open the Aventon app to confirm if ‘Connected’ is still in the top left of your screen. If so, your ride history will populate under ‘Auto record.’ If you do not open the Aventon app after you’ve completed your ride, it is possible the App will be unable to automatically capture data from your ride.

Tapping on the chart icon in the right-hand corner will also populate your overall insights and ride ranking. It is important to note that the data in this section will only populate from the information stored in your ‘Auto record’ tab.

GO

At the center of your selection bar is ‘Go.’ Here, you can track your rides! A map will detect your general location, and if you’d like to pinpoint your exact location, tap on the target icon towards the bottom right-hand corner of the map, as shown below. To begin tracking your ride, tap the Play button at the bottom of your screen, also indicated in the image below. Once pressed, the Play button will turn into a Stop button.

The Aventon app will not automatically track your rides unless done so in the ‘Go’ section of the app or if the steps listed in the ‘Record’ section were followed to Auto record. Nonetheless, this is a crucial step for tracking!

While recording your ride, the app will track all of the data listed above, which includes max speed, CO2 reduction, and calories recorded to name a few. Riders can also see themselves biking in real-time on their maps, viewing their routes on their smartphones as they ride. To stop tracking your ride, press the stop button in green, and your insights will be saved to your account.