Daylight Savings
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Daylight Savings
Did anyone else have their Sync 3 fail to update for Daylight Savings? I got in my truck yesterday and noticed that it had not changed. I went to change the time and verified that it was set to auto change.
Not a big deal but I found it odd that such a simple function did not work. Was I alone or did others run into this (AZ you do not count
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Not a big deal but I found it odd that such a simple function did not work. Was I alone or did others run into this (AZ you do not count
).
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From: NH
It is not supposed to. The clock is based upon GPS. GPS does not do daylight savings time. I guess more sophisticated software could use the truck's current coordinates plotted against a schedule of daylight savings time zones and the calendar. The problem is that DST is not universal even in a specific time zone, and more and more states are pushing to eliminate it altogether.
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Mine didn't either. Hit the set to GPS time button and then it switched.
ETA:
Evidently the automatic time zone change is for when you drive through a different time zone not DST.
ETA:
Evidently the automatic time zone change is for when you drive through a different time zone not DST.
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Good to know about the DST part. How often does the GPS time update?
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Your GPS receiver is capable of calculating the time once the system has booted and acquired enough satellite signals.
However, the clock in your truck will only sync to GPS time when you tell it too.
However, the clock in your truck will only sync to GPS time when you tell it too.
Tuned
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From: Mount Arlington, NJ
A lot of device manufacturers tried to combat Y2K with full calendar programming, then got screwed when Congress changed the Daylight/Standard dates for 2007. I bought an alarm clock in 2002 with a 99 year calendar, but when the new dates were announced for 2007, customer service politely told me the clock was not updatable and I would have to manually change the clock 4 times a year (twice on the new dates, and twice on the old dates when the clock was programmed to do so). So unless the software is easily changed - e.g. computer, tablet, phone - manufacturers of clocks or anything that uses a clock now have a simple "DST" switch that increments or decrements an hour, or they just leave it to the user to change manually. My home thermostat knows the month, date, day of week, and time but I still have to change the hour manually twice a year. They don't want to get caught in the same situation as 2007 if the dates are changed again.
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From: Lansing MI
Settings > Clock > Up or Down Arrow > Home Its 4 buttons to push on the display, not rocket surgery.
My other vehicle is press and hold the clock button until the clock blinks, then press the hour button once, or 11 times (And its never 11, its normally 23 or 35 because if you press it one to many times, it around you go again).
My other vehicle is press and hold the clock button until the clock blinks, then press the hour button once, or 11 times (And its never 11, its normally 23 or 35 because if you press it one to many times, it around you go again).
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From: Oklahoma
Mine didn't change for daylights savings end either. We did just take a trip to Indiana coming from the west. As soon as I crossed over the border between Illinois and Indiana the clock on the truck changed from central to eastern time. So that worked.