Thread: Finally installed a REAL clock in my D3!!

Originally Posted by Aussie Jeepster

I've become fed up with the stupid digital time display on the radio in my D3.
All I wanted was a clock I could look quickly at, and get the time.
Looked at a number of options, and am now happy with this VDO unit.
Now, I can see the time, even with sunglasses on (The LCD display is hopeless with polarised sunnies!)

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Why didn’t you just look at your dash?
Or do you have an aftermarket stereo fitted?

If not, there’s a software patch to put the clock on the dash...

Originally Posted by Tombie

Why didn’t you just look at your dash?
Or do you have an aftermarket stereo fitted?

If not, there’s a software patch to put the clock on the dash...

There is no clock on the dash - its the povery pack spec cd400.
And the poxy digital readout on the radio LCD screen is impossible to read if you are wearing polarised sun glasses.

Originally Posted by Aussie Jeepster

There is no clock on the dash - its the povery pack spec cd400.
And the poxy digital readout on the radio LCD screen is impossible to read if you are wearing polarised sun glasses.

I have the cd400 and clock on the dash.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

I have the cd400 and clock on the dash.

All I have is the digital readout in the upper right corner of the radio display

Originally Posted by Aussie Jeepster

There is no clock on the dash - its the povery pack spec cd400.
And the poxy digital readout on the radio LCD screen is impossible to read if you are wearing polarised sun glasses.

Running the patch with the IID tool will put the clock onto the instrument panel..

What about a nanocom ?

Where do you get the patch?

Originally Posted by Tombie

Running the patch with the IID tool will put the clock onto the instrument panel..

OK. I'll be honest and say I didn't look for a patch, but that is because I didn't know there was one, nor where to look!

At risk of thread drift, what other patches are out there, and how do you know where to find them???? And yes, I do have an iiDBT tool.

Originally Posted by Aussie Jeepster

There is no clock on the dash - its the povery pack spec cd400.

I have this and same dash layout. I get the clock on dash you select with the stalk button as one of the scrolling pages along with economy, distance left, info warnings etc.

I use the same handheld UHF. The range is surprisingly good car to car from the unit for road trips. My problem is keeping it charged via the 12v stretchy cable and it then flopping around the dash area. Your setup fixes that and I’d like to know more about the mount and power supply. Have you semi permanently installed it. Does it hurt the unit to be constantly plugged in to 12v (I heard that somewhere)