Retrofit: Radio Controlled Clock

[mattylondon]

Excellent post Marcin

[Delboy]

Just noticed something Marcin and my CDO won't let it go.

Wire colours are wrong

[M-A8]

Originally Posted by Delboy

Just noticed something Marcin and my CDO won't let it go.

Wire colours are wrong

Originally Posted by M-A8

I started with wiring the plug for the receiver base on this diagram.
I have used 0.5 wires instead of 0.35 as that is what I have left after AFS retrofit which I have completed last weekend and a separate thread will follow up shortly, also colours of wires are different.

[M-A8]

According to the manual if radio clock receiver won't pick the signal for 3 consecutive days then clock will switch manually to quartz mode.

Also, the radio clock symbol should be lit at all times.

[ScottD3]

The good old manual.

Is the symbol on yours now?

[mannyo]

Well done Marcin, another excellent guide.

[M-A8]

I dont have a symbol yet, which kind of worries me because as far as I remember sync time is anytime between 3am and 5-8am.
So, tomorrow I may look for another location, maybe even in the front bumper because I've realised today that the received sits just under big metal piece, which may cause issues.
I found a nice and easy ish (glove box out) route on the passenger side so it's not a big job.

I have also wondered if D2 receiver isn't a better one as it was fitted previously behind the cluster and it worked. It may have a battery aerial.
I'll be checking wiring of a D2 receiver soon, I can't see it being different than a D3 one, it's just am aerial, I think, on the end if the day.

...Or i Just have to be more patient

[M-A8]

Video below

[ainarssems]

Maybe if the car knows where it is either from country setting or GPS it chooses the correct time zone?

[snapdragon]

I think 8.22 was the time that is running in your RADIO clock, my theory it it has a separate running clock rather than merely adjusting the QUARTZ clock but it's only a theory.

To prove this, if you note the RADIO time again and change the QUARTZ clock in the interim, look an hour later has the RADIO clock incremented in the background by an hour? If so, the clock in your RADIO clock module is incorrect and needs to update.
You have set the update interval as a value in minutes in your adaptation.
I don't have ELSA anymore, but there was a good explanation of how it updates and it was as usual - complicated.
There is a TSB about water getting in the connector and ruining it and it may have been in that document.
You could try parking the car for a day facing Anthorn in Cumbria which is where the transmitter is these days.
***EDIT-Is this it?