R8070 hood buttons with 6870 Kit

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trickytree1984
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by trickytree1984

Hi All,

As the title says, i'm wondering if i can use the R8070 shifter hood buttons with 6870 Kit. I cracked by best bike frame so have stripped off all the 6870 Di2 kit and want to use it on my winter bike...which is hydraulic so i need new levers. I fancy using the hood buttons to control my bike computer so was thinking of buying R8070 levers rather than the older non series Di2 hydro levers.

I already own the older d-fly (EW-WU101) unit and older battery (SM-BTR2). Should these work with the buttons on the R8070 levers (to control my whaoo pages) or do i need the new BT d-fly (EW-WU111) and new battery (BT-DN110)? If that is the case i won't bother, i'll just get the older levers off ebay (half the price!).

PS, im not that bothered about connecting to my phone, I have a PC for updates.

Thanks in advance

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Ritxis
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by Ritxis

No problem, Sm-btr2 is compatible with hood buttons........if neccesary, firmware update

trickytree1984
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by trickytree1984

Ritxis wrote:
Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:58 pm
No problem, Sm-btr2 is compatible with hood buttons........if neccesary, firmware update
Thanks.

As i understand it then, i can use:
R8070 with EW-WU101 and SM-BTR2 to control the pages on my ELMENT

I cannot use:
R8070 with EW-WU111 and SM-BTR2 to connect to a smartphone as BT-DN110 battery is required


Could i use:
R8070 with EW-WU111 and SM-BTR2 to control the pages on my ELMENT? This requires ANT+ only so may work?

Ritxis
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by Ritxis

trickytree1984 wrote:
Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:47 pm
Ritxis wrote:
Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:58 pm
No problem, Sm-btr2 is compatible with hood buttons........if neccesary, firmware update
Thanks.

As i understand it then, i can use:
R8070 with EW-WU101 and SM-BTR2 to control the pages on my ELMENT

I cannot use:
R8070 with EW-WU111 and SM-BTR2 to connect to a smartphone as BT-DN110 battery is required


Could i use:
R8070 with EW-WU111 and SM-BTR2 to control the pages on my ELMENT? This requires ANT+ only so may work?
Correct
for bluetooth is required,...bt-dn110 and wu101/wu111, with sm-btr2 only Ant+ for Element, Garmin.....................

ew01 in not compatible with bt-dn110

Di2 compatiblity chart http://productinfo.shimano.com/#/com/2. ... acid=C-473

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