Manually set time and date?
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Manually set time and date?
Had my battery replaced two weeks ago, so my clock/date in the instrument was reset to the car's build date. I've had that happen once or twice before when I had the battery out, and it would always self-adjust after a little while.
This time it hasn't for some reason.
1) Any way I can set it manually?
2) Why doesn't it self-adjust anymore? I used to have a little broadcast tower icon type thing to the left.
Thanks
This time it hasn't for some reason.
1) Any way I can set it manually?
2) Why doesn't it self-adjust anymore? I used to have a little broadcast tower icon type thing to the left.
Thanks
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I have no idea what your talking about when you refer to set automatically. I never knew it does set auto, and I have never seen that icon you said you saw. Manually you go under car> setup and time/date will be on one of the four select buttons to set the time/date there.
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I remembered seeing this, and it took me awhile to track it down.
Since [I think] you are in Europe the radio uses DCF-77 time sync to set the date and time.
Module 17 may need to be recoded.
Have a look here http://www.audi-portal.com/en/diagnostic/ecu_10851.html
Vaguely recall reading somewhere that this can be done in the States using Sirius/XM SDARS but that could have been my imagination and it's been several days.....
EDIT: Found some old notes that it could be set to 'satellite' but never tried it as I think the German was mis-translated
Since [I think] you are in Europe the radio uses DCF-77 time sync to set the date and time.
Module 17 may need to be recoded.
Have a look here http://www.audi-portal.com/en/diagnostic/ecu_10851.html
Vaguely recall reading somewhere that this can be done in the States using Sirius/XM SDARS but that could have been my imagination and it's been several days.....
EDIT: Found some old notes that it could be set to 'satellite' but never tried it as I think the German was mis-translated
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I remembered seeing this, and it took me awhile to track it down.
Since [I think] you are in Europe the radio uses DCF-77 time sync to set the date and time.
Module 17 may need to be recoded.
Have a look here http://www.audi-portal.com/en/diagnostic/ecu_10851.html
Vaguely recall reading somewhere that this can be done in the States using Sirius/XM SDARS but that could have been my imagination and it's been several days.....
EDIT: Found some old notes that it could be set to 'satellite' but never tried it as I think the German was mis-translated
Since [I think] you are in Europe the radio uses DCF-77 time sync to set the date and time.
Module 17 may need to be recoded.
Have a look here http://www.audi-portal.com/en/diagnostic/ecu_10851.html
Vaguely recall reading somewhere that this can be done in the States using Sirius/XM SDARS but that could have been my imagination and it's been several days.....
EDIT: Found some old notes that it could be set to 'satellite' but never tried it as I think the German was mis-translated
You're right, I'm in Europe - I heard somewhere that it syncs the date and time with some über tower in Frankfurt (which is like a thousand miles south from here) and that bad weather can sometimes affect the signal. Granted we've had blizzards and like 7 ft of snow in the last few weeks, but I've had this car for several harsh winters and never lost the signal completely for this long before.
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Excellent, let us know if that was the issue.
Yes I think the transmitters are in Mainflingen just outside Frankfurt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77
They are much more reliable than WWV we have here in the States which seems to get interrupted by a leaf blowing by
Then again it's a smaller area to cover too.
I remember having no problem locking onto the European and Japanese time signals when I used to travel a lot.
Yes I think the transmitters are in Mainflingen just outside Frankfurt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF77
They are much more reliable than WWV we have here in the States which seems to get interrupted by a leaf blowing by
Then again it's a smaller area to cover too.
I remember having no problem locking onto the European and Japanese time signals when I used to travel a lot.
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