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 Post subject: setting date and time on EF trip computer
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 1:36 am 
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Just installed a trip computer into my GLi :D

I only needed to add one wire between the trip computer and the cluster and two wires between the trip computer and the demistor switch.
Haven't gone for a drive yet but it seems to move through all the options which i can also reset.

All except the time that is :( it shows 12:00 and i can't find any info on how to set the date and time. Played with the three buttons, o/speed, reset & search and managed to set the date but not he time and now can't get back into the date setting mode :?

Anyone have info for setting the date and time on a trip computer :oops:

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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:03 am 
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Paul, try this:

Press and hold down SEARCH, press RESET - release both buttons at the same time.
HOURS should flash, toggle through by pressing SEARCH, press RESET to adjust.
When finished, press SEARCH again.

 

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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:05 am 
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Thanks snap will try this in the morning.

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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:12 am 
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No probs Paul.

 

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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:19 am 
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Thats the way to do it.

Let us know if the year falshes 1990 or soemthing differnet? Two times ago my didnt it started at 800 and I couldnt get the date right. Reset it the other day and now it works normally. Just curious.
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 Post subject: Re: setting date and time on EF trip computer
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:50 am 
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ItchiOne wrote:
...Played with the three buttons, o/speed, reset & search and managed to set the date but not he time and now can't get back into the date setting mode...


When i was setting the date, it started from 1990 and i moved quickly to 05 :)

Tomorrow, hen i try the procedure snap posted, i will first removed the unit, wait a while, then reconnect and change the date again.
Let you know what it starts at.

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 Post subject: Re: setting date and time on EF trip computer
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 3:39 am 
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ItchiOne wrote:
When i was setting the date, it started from 1990 and i moved quickly to 05.
Pressing RESET and SEARCH together should return the year back to 1990 . . . :idea:

 

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 Post subject: Re: setting date and time on EF trip computer
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 3:56 am 
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ItchiOne wrote:
ItchiOne wrote:
...Played with the three buttons, o/speed, reset & search and managed to set the date but not he time and now can't get back into the date setting mode...


When i was setting the date, it started from 1990 and i moved quickly to 05 :)

Tomorrow, hen i try the procedure snap posted, i will first removed the unit, wait a while, then reconnect and change the date again.
Let you know what it starts at.

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yeah i dont know why mione did
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:33 pm 
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Installed the trip computer and all seems to be working fine.
When setting the date, it started in the '90's.

My only question is that the standard blue data wire from cluster is shielded but i haven't earthed the shield as yet.

Do people generally earth the shield when doing this mod or is that nothing to worries about ?

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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 2:20 am 
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ItchiOne wrote:
Installed the trip computer and all seems to be working fine.
When setting the date, it started in the '90's.

My only question is that the standard blue data wire from cluster is shielded but i haven't earthed the shield as yet.

Do people generally earth the shield when doing this mod or is that nothing to worries about ?

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I just jammed the wire in there. Others used superglue or soemthing if that helps.
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 12:25 pm 
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Thats a slack way to do it pm me if you want a propper pin to solder to the wire that goes to the cluster :D

 

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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 1:24 am 
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The data wire from the cluster is a shielded wire. I got this wire out of a stuffed fairmont loom and both sides still had the pins as did the earth lead.

So the is the earth needed ?

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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:37 pm 
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ItchiOne wrote:
The data wire from the cluster is a shielded wire. I got this wire out of a stuffed fairmont loom and both sides still had the pins as did the earth lead.

So the is the earth needed ?

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For the trip computer?
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 10:37 pm 
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twirqurky wrote:
ItchiOne wrote:
The data wire from the cluster is a shielded wire. I got this wire out of a stuffed fairmont loom and both sides still had the pins as did the earth lead.

So the is the earth needed ?

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For the trip computer?

Yes the blue data wire going from cluster to the trip computer is shielded.
I removed it from the stuffed fairmont loom and placed into the same plugs and pin positions (within these plugs) on my GLi loom :D
Nothing about this shielding has been mentioned in the trip computer mod doc so i was wondering if people have experianced any issues with not having it shielded.

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 Post subject: Re trip
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:25 pm 
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Just did the same mod last week. All you need is the original clock plug (already wired) and the three wires as per doco. I picked mine up off the demister. Stripped back a bit of wire and soldered the new ones on. No need for earthing.
And the data wire I ran from the right hand side cluster plug. Not shielded
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