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Old 08-17-2004, 07:28 AM
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Has anyone experienced problems with dashboard clock? It's LATE, would you beleive it? And service says I have to change the whole computer which is controlling the dashboard. It's late either set to sycn with head unit (GPS) or not. 10 minutes per hour - too much huh?

The weirdest thing is that a friend of mine who also owns E320 experiences the same problem.


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When synched w/ the head unit w/nav my clock remains dead accurate minute wise. All I can set is the hour.

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Originally Posted by lucky1
Has anyone experienced problems with dashboard clock? It's LATE, would you beleive it?The weirdest thing is that a friend of mine who also owns E320 experiences the same problem.
You know this has been a ‘minor’ concern since getting the car. When I compare MB time (non navigation) to the following, it is always behind about ten minutes.

Home atomic clock synchronizes to the U.S. Atomic Clock
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/

Computer atomic clock sync utility
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/
http://nist.time.gov/
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Originally Posted by lucky1
Has anyone experienced problems with dashboard clock? It's LATE, would you beleive it? And service says I have to change the whole computer which is controlling the dashboard. It's late either set to sycn with head unit (GPS) or not. 10 minutes per hour - too much huh?

The weirdest thing is that a friend of mine who also owns E320 experiences the same problem.


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It was a common problem with W209 and some W211's for MY 2003. The instrument cluster needs to be changed...have it done.
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It was a common problem with some W211's for MY 2003. The instrument cluster needs to be changed...
Don’t remember reading here on the forum about this problem. Is, or was there a TSB on this?
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Originally Posted by lucky1
Has anyone experienced problems with dashboard clock? It's LATE, would you beleive it? And service says I have to change the whole computer which is controlling the dashboard. It's late either set to sycn with head unit (GPS) or not. 10 minutes per hour - too much huh?

The weirdest thing is that a friend of mine who also owns E320 experiences the same problem.


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What year car do you have? Do you have a compass feature in navigation mode (if you have navigation)? If you do, is the compass an arrow or the letters of the compass heading?

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Originally Posted by konigstiger
Don’t remember reading here on the forum about this problem. Is, or was there a TSB on this?
It was on both forums, mainly on the 209. The dealer should have no trouble referencing this problem.
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What year car do you have? Do you have a compass feature in navigation mode (if you have navigation)? If you do, is the compass an arrow or the letters of the compass heading?

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It's 2003, E320 Avantgarde with Airmatic, Navi, Thermotronic, Sunroof and all the rest but Keyless Go.

Yes, I do have a navigation and if the navi disc is inserted the arrow is thin, showing the direction. If the disc is not inserted the arrow is wider and looks more like a compass arrow with "N" on one of it's sides.

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