Retrofitting radio controlled clock

[Adrian E]

Just follow Sergey's instructions for the correct fuse to pull - it sorted mine once it'd manually searched with the car out of the garage. Mine was probably a hardware issue in the dash cluster in losing the date....

[The_Laird]

Was your's a similar problem? And you simply pulled and replaced the fuse to cure it?

[oldnick]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

I bought mine second hand fro ebay,de, so it wasn't dear and, because I fitted my receiver in a non OEM position (I've bought the brackets and will do it right eventually), it was a relatively easy fit - just remove the under dash panel below the steering wheel, plug it in, stick the receiver high behind the dash, and use the VCDS to tell the car it's there.

If I can do it, then most people can!

what's it called in german ?

[Adrian E]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

Was your's a similar problem? And you simply pulled and replaced the fuse to cure it?

It speeds up the clock module trying to get a new time signal. You lose the trip computer settings but no other issues with pulling that fuse

[The_Laird]

Originally Posted by oldnick

what's it called in german ?

I can't remember. Initially I just put in the part number which is listed earlier in this thread

[oldnick]

Originally Posted by The_Laird

I can't remember. Initially I just put in the part number which is listed earlier in this thread

tks

have tried that ...germany/france/spain ...no luck

incidentally , my comment about the BBC and their thermionic valves is wrong....the BBC world service transmitters at Antham , near Carlisle , have been privatised ; as this is who the NPL pay to get the MSF signal
broadcast I presume new kit will be purchased to continue the required service ; the range from here is a minimum of 1K Km , so not only the british isles is covered but much of western and northern europe

[The_Laird]

There's still no antenna symbol or time change, but the date is there. Might try the manual method when I get a chance.

One question though, Sergey said that after a few failed synchronisations, it 'forgets' and goes back to a normal clock. Does that mean I have to do something (perhaps on the VCDS) to get it to 'remember' that there's a radio clock?

[HPsauce]

The normal clock is pretty accurate and just keeps running.
If it loses the signal it does "try harder" to find it, the logic was posted earlier. Don't think it ever gives up once coded.

Over a week now, could yours has failed?

[oldnick]

just noticed that the american WWVB signal works on the same frequency as the UK
wonder if these modules are available there

[Adrian E]

Originally Posted by oldnick

tks

have tried that ...germany/france/spain ...no luck

incidentally , my comment about the BBC and their thermionic valves is wrong....the BBC world service transmitters at Antham , near Carlisle , have been privatised ; as this is who the NPL pay to get the MSF signal
broadcast I presume new kit will be purchased to continue the required service ; the range from here is a minimum of 1K Km , so not only the british isles is covered but much of western and northern europe

Search term to use appears to be Empfangsmodul in conjunction with model specific info

http://www.ebay.co.uk/dsc/i.html?_fr...d2+819+403b%29

One in that list comes with the OEM bracket so you'd only need the self tapper screw to mount in the original position, but they're not expensive new from TPS - bracket and screws was about £5 IIRC (probably listed the prices earlier in the thread)

There's a revised part number with an 'a' on the end which was OEM from 4D-Y-000 001 VIN but I doubt there's any practical difference

The_Laird - have you done the fuse pull to reset the clock, then advance it to just before the time Sergey has posted that it will attempt to get a signal, lock the car and leave it parked outside for a couple of hours and it should have sorted itself out.