Daylight Saving Time - Benzworld.org

BamaRalf · 03-11-2008, 01:13 PM

I was pleasantly surprised when I received an email from Mecedes Benz to not forget to set the clock in my new ML 320 CDI. But then I thought my $9.90 alarm radio has an auto time set feature. My weather station changes the time itself and here I am with a luxury vehicle with radio, satelite radio and gps system and I have to reset my clock manually? Is that what we paid for?

hsp · 03-11-2008, 01:32 PM

Relax......it takes less than a minute to reset the clock.

BamaRalf · 03-11-2008, 01:42 PM

I guess you are right, but wouldn't it be nice to have the actual time everywhere even when you cross a timezone like your cellphone does?

**MB-SV** · 03-11-2008, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaRalf

I guess you are right, but wouldn't it be nice to have the actual time everywhere even when you cross a timezone like your cellphone does?

Yep, that would be nice.

I wish the there was a temp gauge (instead of the temp gauge that you have to toggle through a bunch of menues to see) where the analog clock is. And the clock should be digital on the Nav screen.

sosh · 03-11-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaRalf

I guess you are right, but wouldn't it be nice to have the actual time everywhere even when you cross a timezone like your cellphone does?

Your clock should change for different time zones by itself. However for the DST change you must set the timezone screen to DST

Drew_ML · 03-11-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaRalf

I guess you are right, but wouldn't it be nice to have the actual time everywhere even when you cross a timezone like your cellphone does?

Well, the car doesn't pick up the time from a network per se like a cellphone does. It literally only takes a minute for you to go into the Service menu and select daylight savings time. If you have navigation, it already syncs the time to the satellites.

lkchris · 03-12-2008, 10:30 AM

The Alpine NAV in the ML/GL does indeed pick up the time from GPS.

What it doesn't do is pick up the hour and it doesn't automatically change when crossing time zones.

Go to Serv/Time menu and select (reselect) your time zone. Next question is y/n for daylight savings.

FWIW the Becker NAV in E-class (and I suspect others) does indeed automatically change when crossing time zones. Daylight savings is still a manual change, however.

MY2008ML350 · 03-13-2008, 07:05 PM

I have NAV but since I didn't know that it will auto sync with the satellite, I still manually changed the time settings when DST came. I want to experiment, if I reset my time to standard time, will it go back to DST?

wadesalot · 03-14-2008, 07:20 AM

MY2008ML350 · 03-15-2008, 01:53 PM

Yes I tried and you're right. I experimented resetting the clock back to standard time will not reset it to daylight savings time; goes back to DST automatically. I'll wait then in the fall when the clock turns back; my NAV sat should take care of it then. Thanks.