How easy was it to change the clock in your car this morning?

[Mally]

Never been able to do it in a modern, just leave it.

75, just prod two holes with a biro, one for forward one for back, simples.

[MiniMort]

The Picasso is sort of annoying to set the clock on only for the reason I hate having to push a button 23 times to go back an hour... oh, and the fact that I accidently temporarily changed the language to German (and that didn’t help at all).

 

Does anyone else have a clock which is a few minutes fast but it’s been like that for so long you know that if you correct it back you’ll be late everywhere? ... No? ... Alright, just me then.

[tooSavvy]

Meh... In the clatter of finger-bebuggerry carried out when I jumped in the car, earlier, I discovered [in the dark] the Carina clock is only 12hr + a button to Zero/Zero 'synchronise watches' - ideal for a sneaky attack on Pearl Harbour, perhaps - &get the BBCeeb pips bagged!!

 

ooof!

 

 

TS

[timolloyd]

Clearly it's a very complex clock that powers this forum...

[Bren]

Dont touch mine - it'll sort itself next spring.

[Shep Shepherd]

It was a simple job on both cars; I rotated The Volvo's analogue clock's adjuster and re-timed the RDS on The Aero

[beko1987]

The only clock in the gooner is on the headunit, and I don't know how to do that yet. I'll push buttons one day, or leave it

 

Can't change the zafiras clock now it's not got the original headunit so it'll be wrong for the next 6 months! Although amy seems to think she can do it, so I'll let her work that one out

[Lankytim]

The present Mrs LT is upset with me because for the past 6 months the clock in the Multipla has been an hour out, so come the clock change it would finally be showing the correct time again. Unfortunately, last week I had to do an ECU reset and when I reconnected the battery I set the clock to the then correct BST, which was correct for all of 5 days.

[Ben_O]

No problem in the scenic, nice big hour button to press 23 times. I have in the past had the ones where you have to insert a pen or something into a tiny hole so they never got changed. too much faff.

 

Ill do the BMW ones tomorrow although I expect the one on the head unit will have adjusted itself. 

 

 

Does anyone else have a clock which is a few minutes fast but it’s been like that for so long you know that if you correct it back you’ll be late everywhere? ... No? ... Alright, just me then.

I did have and just ended up confused when I corrected it so not just you

[mercrocker]

The bloke who bought my Cowley didn't pay the extra £53.10s for an Oxford so I don't have to change the clock in that. 

 

If the Minor had one it would probably involve fiddling about with a screwdriver because I expect the winder would have broken off in 1979. 

 

Merc is easy, just twiddle a knob.  The only faff is having to re-adjust the panel lighting after having turned the wrong one. 

 

VW even easier - its in storage with the battery disconnected.   

[dome]

The Audi was a piece of piss, 2 buttons and it's done.

 

The Locosts mad bike Digi dash fuck knows, the batteries disconnected while i fuck about with the alternator so if I reconnect the battery at midnight she'll be reet.

 

The cougar is going to Yorkshire tomorrow so i should really set the clock back 50 years, not sure how to do that though...

[myglaren]

C5 isn't really difficult, just a lot of button pushes through the menu to get to the clock, only need the radio/CD on to do it.

 

I had the battery out a month ago so it needs doing anyway, will probably do it tomorrow - well, maybe

[robinmasters]

Modern: An hour. To work out that 'set from satellite' doesn't understand British summer time.

 

Shite: Not enough pixels working in the clock for it to matter.

[stuboy]

easy.. clock lights up green with no display!

[Junkman]

Hours do not strike for a happy man.

[beko1987]

i beleive you can change the clock manually with the two buttons on the display , but the last couple of vauxhalls i've had have all had OEM head uits ifi notthe original so have done it via the magic of RDS

The Zafira has no buttons by the screen. The meriva did, and I'm 100% sure that's why amy is getting confused, ill let her work it out the hard way!

[Lord Sterling]

BMW - I'll probably have to fiddle with the menus at some point to get it changed. I hardly use the thing so probably on Friday I'll dive in and try and change it.

 

Micra should be fairly easy, the stereo's clock will need changing too which is pretty easy.

 

Rover - Doesn't get used, battery is flat so I can't be arsed.

[DaveDorson]

after a good three minutes farting about with menu's on the new to me 307, I turned to the Internet.

 

Then it was some faffing in menus and sorted.

[M'coli]

The Pug106's hasn't been done yet as I didn't go out in it yesterday. I could hold the button down and watch the clock going around 11 hours, or I could disconnect the battery for an hour.

[busmansholiday]

C3 and Ibiza just involved holding buttons in, although I managed to go forward 47 hours before I got it right on the C3 (so today is Tuesday ?).

 

MG and HiAce have batteries disconnected, Ducato isn't likely to get done as it's a motorhome and after over two years of owning Ducatos I've still not even worked out how to reset the trip miles let alone how the clock works.

[oldcars]

I recon the clock on the Rialto was designer by some boy working his notice in Tamworth. The wheel thing you turn is razor sharp, you need a skin graft after winding it on an hour.

[bunglebus]

Erm I haven't done it yet - but it's a matter of twisting the little knob to the left until the correct hour appears.

Then I'll do the stereo, both will have to by synced with my phone or it'll drive me potty seeing different times. 

[Sloth in a bowl]

Skoda, go to Settings > time/date > BST flag, turn off flag.

 

Renault, hit the 'H' button by the clock 11 times.

[derskine]

The clock in my 205 stays at 01:00 constantly so I didn't need to do very much.

[Lacquer Peel]

Modern Fiesta at work: a series of menus

Inca: press the top button to change the hour, it only goes forward

Gf's Clio: it has a digital clock but you can only wind it forward, minute by minute

[beko1987]

Much easier than I thought! Menu, settings, clock, turn the knob back 1 click, press the volume knob, then return. All done whilst sat on the m40!

[Dick Longbridge]

The MR2 is still forward.

[cpjitservices]

Havent tried yet, none digital in the Mondy and Volvo so I imagine it will take a few moments.

[MorrisItalSLX]

I had to resort to the handbook when adjusting the clock in the Jag earlier this year. The sovereign trip computer is quite odd when it comes to the buttons that need to be pressed (and the length of time they need to be pressed for) in order to adjust the time. It's made by Lucas you know...

 

This thread needs pictures:

 

[PhilA]

DST hasn't happened here yet.

 

Both the moderns change themselves and the radio in the Renault changes itself via RDS. The clock in the Renault is as simple as tapping the H button, but as the clock is broken.. I'll just do nothing.

 

Phil