Prius C Clock Driving Me Crazy

my guess is that the vast majority of people don't care if the clock is 20 seconds slow. or anything +/- 1 to 2 minutes. so no one gets worked up about it.

 

I think your level of OCD is way above normal..... LOL

 

does the clock have seconds? i only see hours and min ;-)

 

I haven't observed this, but then I synchronise the clock at least about once a month anyway, but I'll do it any time I'm in the car and notice I'm nearing the top of the hour. Mine actually holds time surprisingly well.

It does annoy me that you can't synchronise it to the nearest minute, with ":00" taking you to the top of the hour, but this is a common behaviour on Toyotas, so I'm used to it from my previous vehicles. I just flick over to one of the radio stations that broadcasts a time signal and zero it. It's one of the few settings the car lets you change while moving, thankfully.

 

i usually just stare at the sun when i want to know what time it is

 

That is why I wear a watch

 

This post will self destruct in 10 seconds...ehrr 3 seconds .... Ehrr .

 

What's a "watch"?
Seriously - since I started carrying a cell phone I stopped wearing my watches. If I'm in the car - I have the clock. If not - I have my phone.

Then again - since I retired three months ago - I often don't know what day it is...

 

I got mine to within 4 seconds of nuclear time. I'm happy w/4 seconds.

 

i always keep mine +- 1 minute ahead, i don't like to be late. might be 30 seconds ahead, might be a minute and a half. as long as it's not slow, i'm good. i usually check it with the nes station beep.

 

I've often wondered why the clock was not designed to sync with the time signal that I presume SAT radio transmits.

I've gone back to watches since I find checking my cell phone all the time is a pita. My new Casio Waveceptor/Solar was just delivered to my housein fact...or so Amazon says...

 

I think we've heard about every alternative except a sundial, but that would be inaccurate every time you changed direction.

Do you think he will be back?

 

Cars and watches, go hand and hand! If you like mechanical things, watches are the next best thing to cars. The older the better! Give it try, besides everyone has a phone these days. Tick Tock

 

Many of us engineers have that level of OCD. Some otherwise normal people (i.e. non-engineers) do too.

That works when I have a compass available, and the sky is not too overcast.

The watch is what you should look at if a local thief asks you for the time.
And it is what you'll need to tell time after you mistakenly pull out your cell phone in front of the thief.

 

....and that "glow in the dark" effect is kind of cool too

 

I hate that all the time pieces around me are not synchronised

 

It's actually much simpler. With your (correct) watch/phone in hand do the following:

Set the seconds first. When your correct watch time is at 60 press the seconds button once. This will zero the seconds, but also set the time back to the beginning of the hour (e.g 9:16 will go back to 9:00). The car clock is now accurate to the second but not the minute.

Set the minutes. You can hold down the button. Set to the correct time MINUS 1 (e.g. if you want 9:16 set to 9:15)

That's it! When the seconds next reach 60 the minute will advance +1 as required to the correct time.

Just a different way of thinking....

 

I save a lot on flashlight batteries...