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Title: Clock on MID
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 04 February 2008, 22:48:43
Has a small little clock with RDS under it has come on bottom righthand what is that all about?
What do I have to do to get rid of it? :-?
Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: hotel21 on 04 February 2008, 22:58:32
tune to radio 2 or classic fm for a bit, normally around the news at the hour.  its the onboard comps way of syncing the clock with the pips.....

........... and thats not taking the p!ss, by the way!!
Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 04 February 2008, 23:01:29
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tune to radio 2 or classic fm for a bit, normally around the news at the hour.  its the onboard comps way of syncing the clock with the pips.....

........... and thats not taking the p!ss, by the way!!

I aren't Elite Pete or Hotel 21 it would seem who listens to Terry Wogan ;D
Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: MaxV6 on 04 February 2008, 23:23:01
....  it's SUPPOSED to be there....  it tells you your clock is right!

(not that you care mate ;)  , what with not istening to radio2 , which as every fule knows, is the nu-cool hip and funky station, to entertain the nation...   unlike that radio 1 'dangle berries'. )




Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 04 February 2008, 23:35:14
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....  it's SUPPOSED to be there....  it tells you your clock is right!

(not that you care mate ;)  , what with not istening to radio2 , which as every fule knows, is the nu-cool hip and funky station, to entertain the nation...   unlike that radio 1 'dangle berries'. )

Not sure if it supposed to be there, I have had the car 12 mths over and never seen it before, I will try radio 2 for a while tomorrow while I take the dog for a walk ;D




Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: MaxV6 on 05 February 2008, 00:08:52
I have an inkling at the back of my mind that it may only work  if the RDS is switched on on the stereo.....  

but I could be wrong.....  I'll have to go look it up.....

Ahhhh   did so...
Page 30 of the owners manual for TID
page 32 for MID

apparently you can enable/disable the function itself  separately from the radio, but the radio must have RDS enabled for it to work when enabled...  


Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: Andy B on 05 February 2008, 00:33:34
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apparently you can enable/disable the function itself  separately from the radio, but the radio must have RDS enabled for it to work when enabled...  

That's making my head hurt!    ;D  ;D

I know that when I was in France a year or 2 back, my clock stayed as I'd re-set it, until it 'saw' the UK on the way back to the ferry. I instantly got UK time whether I wanted it or not.  :-?
Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 05 February 2008, 10:29:41
It doesn't sync with the pips......RDS has the ability to transmit accurate time info (BBC stations seem to do this once per minute) over the data channel it uses.
Title: Re: Clock on MID
Post by: hotel21 on 05 February 2008, 11:09:35
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It doesn't sync with the pips......RDS has the ability to transmit accurate time info (BBC stations seem to do this once per minute) over the data channel it uses.

Yup, quite correct...    But don't let the truth get in the way of a legpull!!   :D