Inspector_Gadget said:So our Avic does not get time from the satellite? My old Nissan factory nav unit did that... Seems pretty basic. oh well.
ducatiboy said:Inspector_Gadget said:So our Avic does not get time from the satellite? My old Nissan factory nav unit did that... Seems pretty basic. oh well.
Yes it does get the time from the sat, but you can change it for the time zone you are in and turn on summer time (daylight savings time). I think you can also adjust it forward and backwards by a minute or 2 if you were so inclined.
cntrylvr79 said:Hmm that must be something on the z1 then cause the d series you can't adjust the minutes at all.
ducatiboy said:Inspector_Gadget said:So our Avic does not get time from the satellite? My old Nissan factory nav unit did that... Seems pretty basic. oh well.
Yes it does get the time from the sat, but you can change it for the time zone you are in and turn on summer time (daylight savings time). I think you can also adjust it forward and backwards by a minute or 2 if you were so inclined.
Inspector_Gadget said:ducatiboy said:Inspector_Gadget said:So our Avic does not get time from the satellite? My old Nissan factory nav unit did that... Seems pretty basic. oh well.
Yes it does get the time from the sat, but you can change it for the time zone you are in and turn on summer time (daylight savings time). I think you can also adjust it forward and backwards by a minute or 2 if you were so inclined.
Good deal! I must not have had the daylight savings mode on then.
Thanks!
Has anyone ever proved the Z1 obtains its time from a GPS satellite? If this were true, there would be no need to change time by minutes, only hours. The GPS sats are based on atomic clock time, and are about as exact as you can get. However, they cannot determine the time zone a specific unit is located in, so hour changes and DSL adjustments would be required.
Has anyone ever proved the Z1 obtains its time from a GPS satellite? If this were true, there would be no need to change time by minutes, only hours. The GPS sats are based on atomic clock time, and are about as exact as you can get. However, they cannot determine the time zone a specific unit is located in, so hour changes and DSL adjustments would be required.
Umm... yes thats the only thing that you can adjust. Hours.
However, they cannot determine the time zone a specific unit is located in, so hour changes and DSL adjustments would be required.
You would think, that with the GPS function, the Avic would know what time zone it's in and adjust itself. Just wishfull thinking, I suppose.
I just went to that same menu section and turned on "summertime". It added 1 hour for me.
hey ducati, whatcha got? anything good? 
However, they cannot determine the time zone a specific unit is located in, so hour changes and DSL adjustments would be required.You would think, that with the GPS function, the Avic would know what time zone it's in and adjust itself. Just wishfull thinking, I suppose.
How? If you receive six satellites, which one would determine YOUR time zone since the six satellites might be in two or three different time zones. The GPS satellites send out data based on timing from an atomic clock, all the GPSr unit does it triangulate the signals from each satellite and that is a simple explanation on how the GPSr bases your position.
Three sats will give you a decent location, four sats are required for elevation/altitude. The more the sats, the better the accuracy. WAAS allows for greater accuracy, now that the WAAS sats are all working; problem is, the AVIC does not utilize WAAS.
My original question was if the clock is actually run on GPS time, then the minutes do not have to be changed on the AVIC, only the hours. (Unless you are in a half-hour time zone.)
ummm..because the z1 knows where it is at on a map and should be able to know what time zone that is.....
ummm..because the z1 knows where it is at on a map and should be able to know what time zone that is.....
Yeah 
Did we answer this? In fact, you can only change the hours. Which sucks if you are in Atlantic Canada right now (GMT-3:00 now) and always if you are in Newfoundland (GMT-2:30). Using GPS to figure out where you are on the map and therefore which timezone you are in would fix this problem (and probably for Alaska/Hawaii too, I think), although you'd still need the daylight savings unless Pioneer wants to get really ambitious.My original question was if the clock is actually run on GPS time, then the minutes do not have to be changed on the AVIC, only the hours. (Unless you are in a half-hour time zone.)
Or, I suppose they could just program more time zones incl. the 1/2 one.
Edit: Oops, I just read the manual and it says: "...The time difference(+, –) between the time originally set in your navigation system is set here." So I guess that this will just increment the time by up to +- 3 hours from your current time. I haven't tried it yet, but if that's true, I guess the newfies are the only ones out of luck!