Time set

[placer1]

Have a Tom Tom One and don't know how to set clock on unit. I wold have thought it would be done by GPS? Appreciate any help

 

[eldorado]

Welcome to the forum, now to set your clock go to "Change Preferences" and just keep changing screen till you see "set clock"..........

 

[crgator]

That kind of surprised me too. I thought time would be set by the satellites. I'm pretty sure my hand-held Garmin eTrex Legend does.

 

[mvl]

When you go to set the time, there is a Sync button that sets the time to the proper minutes per GPS and the nearest hour to the current clock.

I haven't noticed time errors since, so maybe it continues to keep synced via GPS?

I guess tomtom felt it didn't want to assume timezones for their users (eg if someone lived at a border), so it allowed that level of customization.

 

[RobertB]

When you go to set the time, there is a Sync button that sets the time to the proper minutes per GPS and the nearest hour to the current clock.

I haven't noticed time errors since, so maybe it continues to keep synced via GPS?

I guess tomtom felt it didn't want to assume timezones for their users (eg if someone lived at a border), so it allowed that level of customization.

I don't have that option. All I get is a screen that lets me flip each digit of the time individually.

The most frustrating thing is when I go to the satellite view screen (hit the lower-right route info panel, then hit the satellite bars). There at the top corner is the time I set (usually wrong). Right below it is the current time, accurate to the second, in GMT. A "Sync" button (somewhere) would be perfect, and would eliminate any need for time zone information (except when driving across the line).

 

[mvl]

My sync button shows on the lower left of the clock set screen (when you set the hours/minutes up and down).

The sync button doesn't show if tomom has 0 bars satellite signal. Maybe you tried to set the time just after turning tomtom on, and it hadn't acquired a signal yet?

 

[RobertB]

My sync button shows on the lower left of the clock set screen (when you set the hours/minutes up and down).

The sync button doesn't show if tomom has 0 bars satellite signal. Maybe you tried to set the time just after turning tomtom on, and it hadn't acquired a signal yet?

Oh, interesting... I was at the computer at work, so indeed I had no signal. I'll try it at lunch, thanks!

 

[RobertB]

Worked like a charm. Now, if only my car radio were that smart.

GM wonders why people have such a bad feeling about their products... but the fancy-looking radio in my '06 Saturn loses three seconds *a day*. I let it go for several months once, just to see how long I could take it. I think I gave up after about 5 minutes (100 days).