“Hey Volkswagen…”

[Exonian]

“How may I help you?”

Change clock settings to British Summer Time


“Searching for English restaurants near you…

… Please select one from the list to navigate to”


Cancel! 
I give up.

[GtiJames]

I don’t think I’ve ever got it to work. 

Shocking they actually charge extra as an option for it.

[JoeGTI]

My car updated the time automatically, I didn't need to do anything.

[valentino]

Without asking she started giving me suggestions for restaurants in London, when i was in the North East of the country.

[fredgroves]

My car updated the time automatically, I didn't need to do anything.

Thats curious.

It has the ability, as did the Mk7....its just that for some reason UK vehicles don't have the option enabled from the factory.

You can fix this with OBD11.... I haven't done it to mine, but this reminded me to do it!

[Rudedog]

Never quite understood the settings on this for the Mk7.5, surely all I should need to do is leave it linked to the GPS source, doesn't this signal change automatically a bit like the DAB one does on my radios in the house?  Not sure why I need to check the 'Automatic summer time' box for it to work if linked to the GPS?

Also how does my unit know when to change from GMT as the date changes from year to year.

[SRGTD]

The clock time in the Vauxhall I owned 30 years ago used to change automatically on the correct date to BST in the springtime and to GMT in the autumn.

Off topic, but IMHO Vauxhalls of that era with heated door mirrors also had a much better (separate) control for switching on / off the door mirror heating than the system that VW continues to use in its cars .

[JoeGTI]

Also how does my unit know when to change from GMT as the date changes from year to year.

I think its always the last Sunday in March isn't it?

I may have enabled the "auto update" on mine via OBDEleven months ago, I can't quite remember tbh, but it definitely auto-updated in my car anyway.

[Rudedog]

Forget what I wrote... that was taken from the handbook... I've just checked mine and it only has a 'Summer' button with nothing automatic about it... my time zone is set as GMT but I still have to manually check/uncheck that box twice a year for an hour to be added/taken off.

Still would be best if it was linked to the DAB signal then the time would change at 2am on the Saturday like it does at home on the radios.

[fredgroves]

Time sources are always UTC (ie GMT), then you apply the timezone offset, then you set when DST is used.

For example, in the USA, their DST cutover is a different date to us...

That being said, the MIB does have the capability to do it, they just haven't enabled it for the UK.