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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 03:51 AM
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Strange how the permanent digital speed display stays in MPH when everything else is KPH. I mean the one top left that you can change to temp. in settings.
oz changed to kph about 40 years ago.
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 10:58 AM
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Mine is in km/h and I'm sure it can be chnaged in the settings menu so keep tinkering.
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by MLee
Strange how the permanent digital speed display stays in MPH when everything else is KPH. I mean the one top left that you can change to temp. in settings.
It is meant to be a secondary display for the other measurement system. From the owner's manual:
The Permanent Display: function allows you to choose whether the multifunction display always shows the outside temperature or the speed in km/h (USA) or mph (Canada).

This is convenient for owners that frequently cross the border between Canada and the US or western Europe and UK.
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Old Feb 1, 2013 | 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by AussieBenzLover
Mine is in km/h and I'm sure it can be chnaged in the settings menu so keep tinkering.
The big readout in the box can be changed, (you did make a post about this recently).

But the small one which replaces the temp readout cannot be changed.
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by AussieBenzLover
Mine is in km/h and I'm sure it can be chnaged in the settings menu so keep tinkering.
I have tinkered.....lots. Cannot change it.

At least I now know what you give a man who has everything.....
A totally useless mph speed reading.......!

I can see it could be usefull if you lived near the Canadian border. So would snow shoes, but I don't need them either.
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Hi Mlee - did you resolve this ? I assume a dealer can fix ?
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Hi Mlee - did you resolve this ? I assume a dealer can fix ?
No -- nothing to fix. It's how it works.
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