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Getting the clock to show up somewhere else

Old Jun 15, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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Getting the clock to show up somewhere else

So, in the E, I'm getting pissed at the wife everytime she asks me what time it is. And she is getting pissed off for having to ask me what time it is. Anyway, I am not sure what MB was thinking by making the clock only in the instrument cluster.

Is there a way to make the clock show up somewhere else? Like in the display screen during NAV or audio? Aside from hanging a clock up on the window, any creative solutions out there?
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by str8ridin
. . . any creative solutions out there?
Buy her a watch?
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 02:14 PM
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Teach her the button sequence on the Navi.
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Buy her a watch?
lol, that costs money. Looking for a cheaper solution.
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by amdeutsch
Teach her the button sequence on the Navi.
Huh?
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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Yeah, I don't know how they missed having the clock appear in digital format in the blue band at the bottom of the screen, all the time. ...and there should have been a horizontal "Progress Bar" in the white area with numbers at each ends that momentarily popped up indicating volume level changes made by knob or steering wheel.

...little finishing touches that denote mastery of electronics and design.
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Barry45RPM
Yeah, I don't know how they missed having the clock appear in digital format in the blue band at the bottom of the screen, all the time. ...and there should have been a horizontal "Progress Bar" in the white area with numbers at each ends that momentarily popped up indicating volume level changes made by knob or steering wheel.

...little finishing touches that denote mastery of electronics and design.
That is one thing I noticed in the new ML350 - I assume that unit is manufactured by Alpine. It does have the clock at the bottom of the NAV screen.
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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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That is one thing I noticed in the new ML350 - I assume that unit is manufactured by Alpine. It does have the clock at the bottom of the NAV screen.
Mine doesn't have the clock at the bottom of the nav screen.
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Originally Posted by str8ridin
Huh?
2 buttons on mine (1 hard, 1 soft)

1) SERV
2) Time

I believe that to be in the manual.

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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by amdeutsch
2 buttons on mine (1 hard, 1 soft)

1) SERV
2) Time

I believe that to be in the manual.


Two buttons to find out the time? She is a hard sell. This car is dooming my marraige.


There has to be a way to make it show up at the bottom somehow...
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Two buttons to find out the time? She is a hard sell. This car is dooming my marraige. ...
And all you take is 1?

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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by str8ridin
Mine doesn't have the clock at the bottom of the nav screen.
That is because the NAV is made by Becker I think for the E, the ML is Alpine.
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