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Car Forum / Lexus Cars / November 2007GPS did not adjust for daylight savings time
Hi I have a new GS430 and live in the Eastern Time zone. During the night the clocks were to fall back 1 hour. The clock on my GS430 did not adjust for this even though it is set for "automatic GPS adjust" and "Daylight Savings". Funny thing: I adjusted it manually. To do so the navigation system manual says to temporarily take it off automatic GPS adjust. Worked fine, but as soon as I put the automatic GPS adjust back on, the clock removed my correction and jumped forward an hour to the wrong time! Obviously the GPS satellite has the wrong time. So after several tries, I left the automatic GPS clock adjust off to keep the correct time I had manually set. Anyone else noticed the same thing? Jeff > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeff I bet the system is programmed with the old dates for daylight saving time changes, and most devices with automatic daylight savings time adjustments will have the same problem.  SignatureRay O (correct punctuation to reply) Thank is what I thought. Jeff >> Hi >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > time changes, and most devices with automatic daylight savings time > adjustments will have the same problem. >> Hi >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > changes, and most devices with automatic daylight savings time adjustments > will have the same problem. I.m not a big fan of DST, but if it was a programming issue, should it not have changed LAST weekend? >>> Hi >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > I.m not a big fan of DST, but if it was a programming issue, should it not > have changed LAST weekend? Good point! I would imagine that it would have changed last weekend. SignatureRay O (correct punctuation to reply) On 11/4/07 2:00 PM, in article 3FoXi.420$Od.107@newsfe16.lga, "Jeff" <Willliam@naol.com> wrote: > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeff I thought the deal was to hit the DST button "off" after DST ends ....... Do that, and the time corrects. Next year, we turn it on again. In other words, I think we're expected to do that manually. > On 11/4/07 2:00 PM, in article 3FoXi.420$Od.107@newsfe16.lga, "Jeff" > <Willliam@naol.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > ....... Do that, and the time corrects. Next year, we turn it on > again. In other words, I think we're expected to do that manually. It would seem to me that doing it manually sort of defeats the entire idea of getting the time automatically from the satellite - not to speak of having to crank out the owner's manual (which just tells you to go to the navigation ownsers manual) just to find where the darn clock controls are in the navigation menu. In earlier Lexus models, there were hour and minute buttons right on the dashboard that made changing the time much easier. Looks like a step backwards rather than forwards. > It would seem to me that doing it manually sort of defeats the entire > idea of getting the time automatically from the satellite The satellite doesn't give you the time. It gives you a time code. It's up to your local device to know what local time to display based on that time code. And your local device must know about whatever time zone, daylight savings time, or UTC offset you're in. I wonder if there is a program update for that model of Fujitsu-Ten GPS. The excellent Garmin units have periodic program updates and one free map update. So you might want to check with the dealer and see if that's an option. Also check if you can get a free map update. Microsoft did the Windows daylight schedule update for free. > It would seem to me that doing it manually sort of defeats the entire > idea of getting the time automatically from the satellite - not to speak [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > hour and minute buttons right on the dashboard that made changing the > time much easier. Looks like a step backwards rather than forwards. Yes, Garmin's GPS systems adjusts for daylight savings time automatically. There was a free update, like Microsoft's Windows patch, for all its products. Never had to manually set my Nuvi 350, picks the time from satellites and adjusts based on your current location! Great stuff. Then again, Fujitsu-Ten (Toyota/Lexus OEM) is not an audio/video/nav company others look up to. > It would seem to me that doing it manually sort of defeats the entire > idea of getting the time automatically from the satellite - not to speak [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > hour and minute buttons right on the dashboard that made changing the > time much easier. Looks like a step backwards rather than forwards. |
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