Replacing The Coin Battery In the Specialized SL TCU Gen 1

[Abridged]

It turns out Stefan, that I misunderstood you. I do have the type that needs to be changed but does the below mean that the bike will still work? Or have I got it completely wrong?

The function of the Turbo bike as such will not be affected. These are the effects of an empty coin cell:

• TCU will show corresponding message (see below)
• Bike needs to be started with a longer button-press on the TCU
• Error/event logs cannot be saved with correct date/time stamps any longer

When the date/time association is disabled due to an empty coin cell, you need to replace it with a new one and connect to the Specialized app so that the correct date and time is applied again.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I have never taken such a risk

 

[ner_do_well]

I fought this thing for 30 minutes using a swiss army knife tweezer, got mad and tossed it on the kitchen counter. The battery fell out......

 

[Abridged]

Just to report back. I took Stefan's advice and coaxed the battery out with a sewing needle, then used eyelash tweezers to grab it when it was half way out. Much easier than I imagined fortunately!