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Title: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Sam Burton on 09 October 2025, 15:17:19
Afternoon all,

My NCDC 2013 wont store the date, I've managed to get the time roughly correct, however the date still thinks its some date in 2006.

I've read elsewhere its an issue with the NCDC unit itself rather than the colour display.

I have tried to see if there is a way of telling it the date in "My Naff Code Reader", however no such luck.

Anyone know of a way to correct this?
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: TheBoy on 09 October 2025, 19:26:51
So its not updating the date manually (same place you change the time)?

I've seen oddities on the NCDC/NCDR where the flash is corrupt.  Refreshing the firmware can resolve it most of the time in my experience.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Sam Burton on 09 October 2025, 19:54:15
So its not updating the date manually (same place you change the time)?

I've seen oddities on the NCDC/NCDR where the flash is corrupt.  Refreshing the firmware can resolve it most of the time in my experience.

Yes, you change it manually, but when you store the time and date you want, its clicks back to something/something/2006.

How can i refresh the firmware?
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 10 October 2025, 04:31:23
Does it not sort itself out if you stick it on Radio 2 :-\
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: VXL V6 on 10 October 2025, 07:53:27
One of mine is the same. I just set the time right and left the date.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: VXL V6 on 10 October 2025, 07:53:50
Does it not sort itself out if you stick it on Radio 2 :-\

No it wont.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 10 October 2025, 08:41:19
Does it not sort itself out if you stick it on Radio 2 :-\

No it wont.
Wishful thinking then :D
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 10 October 2025, 10:47:32
Mine doesnt automatically change when the clocks go back / forward, even if I put up with radio 2 ,so I just do it manually.
It also reverts to 2006 if I disconnect the battery.
I just assume its over 20 years old and isnt going to be perfect.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: TheBoy on 10 October 2025, 10:47:44
One of mine is the same. I just set the time right and left the date.
Want to try a firmware flash, next time you're passing, see if it resolves it?

Give me plenty of notice, as chrisgixer has my Tech2 I think. Either that, or I've put it somewhere safe, lol.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: TheBoy on 10 October 2025, 10:49:18
So its not updating the date manually (same place you change the time)?

I've seen oddities on the NCDC/NCDR where the flash is corrupt.  Refreshing the firmware can resolve it most of the time in my experience.

Yes, you change it manually, but when you store the time and date you want, its clicks back to something/something/2006.

How can i refresh the firmware?
Its a tech2 job, sadly.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: VXL V6 on 10 October 2025, 15:15:07
One of mine is the same. I just set the time right and left the date.
Want to try a firmware flash, next time you're passing, see if it resolves it?

Give me plenty of notice, as chrisgixer has my Tech2 I think. Either that, or I've put it somewhere safe, lol.

I am a fair bit closer to OOF HQ having moved last year, but.... MOT runs out on the black Omega end of this month and unless someone wants it (and wants to plate and weld up an inner wing and a few other jobs) it'll be cubed most likely  :-\  Mind you, I still have the ornament one as well - but that'd involve fitting a battery and seeing what the NCDC does in that!
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: TheBoy on 10 October 2025, 15:32:31
Another Omega bites the dust.  Surely each one converted to Beanz tinz makes the remaining ones more valuable....    ...cue STEMO for his obvious comment ;D
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 10 October 2025, 17:31:57
Surely its a shame to scrap it for the want of a bit of welding !  :(
Just did a fair bit of welding on mine and it was only a few hours work, even for an old bloke like me
Im not much of a welder, but its not difficult to learn how to make something solid and presentable if you spend a few hundred quid on a welder.
Or if you dont fancy that, a local garage or company probably wont charge a fortune to do it.  :y
Imo, they are well worth saving now and becoming a bit collectable.
I had someone knock on my door a couple of weeks ago asking if I would sell mine.
Irish bloke of course.  ;D
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: STEMO on 10 October 2025, 21:22:59
Another Omega bites the dust.  Surely each one converted to Beanz tinz makes the remaining ones more valuable....    ...cue STEMO for his obvious comment ;D
What obvious comment? The one about the price increasing from £2 to £2.50?
I wouldn't lower myself.   ;D
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: TheBoy on 11 October 2025, 06:23:45
Another Omega bites the dust.  Surely each one converted to Beanz tinz makes the remaining ones more valuable....    ...cue STEMO for his obvious comment ;D
What obvious comment? The one about the price increasing from £2 to £2.50?
I wouldn't lower myself.   ;D
Oh,prices have gone up then ;D
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 11 October 2025, 11:09:53
Afternoon all,

My NCDC 2013 wont store the date, I've managed to get the time roughly correct, however the date still thinks its some date in 2006.

I've read elsewhere its an issue with the NCDC unit itself rather than the colour display.

I have tried to see if there is a way of telling it the date in "My Naff Code Reader", however no such luck.

Anyone know of a way to correct this?

My NCDC 2013 is exactly the same, no matter what I do to change from a date in 2006.  I have repeatedly gone through the manual process, but still the same.  Radio 2 changed the time automatically, but never that 2006 date!  Now I just live with it. :D ;)
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 11 October 2025, 11:15:49
Another Omega bites the dust.  Surely each one converted to Beanz tinz makes the remaining ones more valuable....    ...cue STEMO for his obvious comment ;D
What obvious comment? The one about the price increasing from £2 to £2.50?
I wouldn't lower myself.   ;D
Oh,prices have gone up then ;D
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157363760731?_skw=vauxhall+omega&itmmeta=01K79C7WSYTDGHHZYNWJGY8AJS&hash=item24a39c6e5b:g:JAEAAeSw9sFovvao&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1er8cj0dKLciCcpBghpydKBJ4QxaPYQ9kqRxaRnhaonyqA93Csa4rozhWDqfvOajssg3gdLoe151y%2BchulDB8stDWxandwzYyIv7A0FMtDXpxlnDPgm58LIOPAPE2K5nxo8m0h9AC7ce1X50CZVQA4%2BHw7gvvSSdv8EYyeFSgiHzOfjfznastDkFj%2F0xuKYGaRD5GLmBC9belK75N9wvJx1PstzhQ0JzNBB1NhUvaRz42q91ZG%2FK9BB7pDaE4Ob6ajeW11B%2FBwRUF3aNKTLkSJxZ34X8mxydoTNbsv15nwoCw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5DNn6y6Zg
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197747558482?_skw=vauxhall+omega&itmmeta=01K79C7WSZRKQH5NH3TKS0T2WW&hash=item2e0aac4852:g:i1AAAeSwfOJowoRD&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f65ONr7Ks2CfCE2aJqmRwciAzJPFGIba6AM4XWC0cx96mjfvUnKpmj3HvkZ0SIeSNFWGr9tVkRdVlB%2BTsaxcTpHcHIhzwmw5vlOjX0rv9MwuNv87sDjZyHpYAnSe8kgJF80%2B20lOqTRTPf6xUjH4UA5LTmuI5v01cPfXiua3WRPTizdFNjned2ZMnr%2FuNRgn11kCgYQUNGIAYkYBEjgDW%2BgITbYE6SQYLLRWjcFfaYRhUU0fPie0GyEf819kvXNZo%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5DNn6y6Zg

It looks like it.  :y

Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: STEMO on 11 October 2025, 12:04:10
No mention of mileage on that estate. And asking prices are not selling prices  :-X
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 11 October 2025, 12:09:33
No mention of mileage on that estate. And asking prices are not selling prices  :-X
Especially with the advisory list on the last MoT...

That things pretty rotten underneath. And 138k.

Pretty crap advert too for the asking price.

The change of circumstances will be the rust.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 11 October 2025, 14:29:02
All true, but prices are definitely on the rise.
A few years ago you struggled to give them away.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Jimbob on 12 October 2025, 11:35:36
Another Omega bites the dust.  Surely each one converted to Beanz tinz makes the remaining ones more valuable....    ...cue STEMO for his obvious comment ;D
What obvious comment? The one about the price increasing from £2 to £2.50?
I wouldn't lower myself.   ;D
Oh,prices have gone up then ;D
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157363760731?_skw=vauxhall+omega&itmmeta=01K79C7WSYTDGHHZYNWJGY8AJS&hash=item24a39c6e5b:g:JAEAAeSw9sFovvao&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1er8cj0dKLciCcpBghpydKBJ4QxaPYQ9kqRxaRnhaonyqA93Csa4rozhWDqfvOajssg3gdLoe151y%2BchulDB8stDWxandwzYyIv7A0FMtDXpxlnDPgm58LIOPAPE2K5nxo8m0h9AC7ce1X50CZVQA4%2BHw7gvvSSdv8EYyeFSgiHzOfjfznastDkFj%2F0xuKYGaRD5GLmBC9belK75N9wvJx1PstzhQ0JzNBB1NhUvaRz42q91ZG%2FK9BB7pDaE4Ob6ajeW11B%2FBwRUF3aNKTLkSJxZ34X8mxydoTNbsv15nwoCw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5DNn6y6Zg
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197747558482?_skw=vauxhall+omega&itmmeta=01K79C7WSZRKQH5NH3TKS0T2WW&hash=item2e0aac4852:g:i1AAAeSwfOJowoRD&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f65ONr7Ks2CfCE2aJqmRwciAzJPFGIba6AM4XWC0cx96mjfvUnKpmj3HvkZ0SIeSNFWGr9tVkRdVlB%2BTsaxcTpHcHIhzwmw5vlOjX0rv9MwuNv87sDjZyHpYAnSe8kgJF80%2B20lOqTRTPf6xUjH4UA5LTmuI5v01cPfXiua3WRPTizdFNjned2ZMnr%2FuNRgn11kCgYQUNGIAYkYBEjgDW%2BgITbYE6SQYLLRWjcFfaYRhUU0fPie0GyEf819kvXNZo%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5DNn6y6Zg

It looks like it.  :y



my old car, Went to Zok & Gnome....and its been hammered and damaged since then.....theyve put a lot of work making it look that way again....I'd be very wary.
Title: Re: NCDC 2013 Time/Date not updating
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 October 2025, 13:36:38
Another Omega bites the dust.  Surely each one converted to Beanz tinz makes the remaining ones more valuable....    ...cue STEMO for his obvious comment ;D
What obvious comment? The one about the price increasing from £2 to £2.50?
I wouldn't lower myself.   ;D
Oh,prices have gone up then ;D
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157363760731?_skw=vauxhall+omega&itmmeta=01K79C7WSYTDGHHZYNWJGY8AJS&hash=item24a39c6e5b:g:JAEAAeSw9sFovvao&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1er8cj0dKLciCcpBghpydKBJ4QxaPYQ9kqRxaRnhaonyqA93Csa4rozhWDqfvOajssg3gdLoe151y%2BchulDB8stDWxandwzYyIv7A0FMtDXpxlnDPgm58LIOPAPE2K5nxo8m0h9AC7ce1X50CZVQA4%2BHw7gvvSSdv8EYyeFSgiHzOfjfznastDkFj%2F0xuKYGaRD5GLmBC9belK75N9wvJx1PstzhQ0JzNBB1NhUvaRz42q91ZG%2FK9BB7pDaE4Ob6ajeW11B%2FBwRUF3aNKTLkSJxZ34X8mxydoTNbsv15nwoCw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5DNn6y6Zg
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197747558482?_skw=vauxhall+omega&itmmeta=01K79C7WSZRKQH5NH3TKS0T2WW&hash=item2e0aac4852:g:i1AAAeSwfOJowoRD&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f65ONr7Ks2CfCE2aJqmRwciAzJPFGIba6AM4XWC0cx96mjfvUnKpmj3HvkZ0SIeSNFWGr9tVkRdVlB%2BTsaxcTpHcHIhzwmw5vlOjX0rv9MwuNv87sDjZyHpYAnSe8kgJF80%2B20lOqTRTPf6xUjH4UA5LTmuI5v01cPfXiua3WRPTizdFNjned2ZMnr%2FuNRgn11kCgYQUNGIAYkYBEjgDW%2BgITbYE6SQYLLRWjcFfaYRhUU0fPie0GyEf819kvXNZo%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5DNn6y6Zg

It looks like it.  :y



my old car, Went to Zok & Gnome....and its been hammered and damaged since then.....theyve put a lot of work making it look that way again....I'd be very wary.
I thought the reg was familiar, but couldn't place it.