Member Since: 07 Nov 2005
Location: Tyrol, Austria
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Lousy clock
Of the two things in my D3 which have disappointed me so far, one (I'll moan about the other another time ) is the clock. I find the green on black on the radio display virtually impossible to read, at least without taking my attention off the road. It may not seem so bad in a right-hand drive car, where the driver is nearer the top right of the display, but with left-hand drive it is horrible (must try whether it is more legible from the passenger seat).
Annoying too is the fact that the rev counter looks as though it was designed to have a clock in it at the bottom. Does anyone know what that display was intended for? Or does it actually do anything? I haven't found a use for it.
Another possibility would be to display the time on the navigation system. Is there any way of doing that?
Eric
31st Mar 2006 2:57 pm
simkna
Member Since: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Leicester
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Have you considered wearing a watch?
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31st Mar 2006 3:11 pm
WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
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I agree the clock could of been better placed, another one in the display infront of the driver would have been ideal. My other gripe about the clock is that it disappears altogether when on the phone.1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
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31st Mar 2006 4:37 pm
AndrewS Tarquin of the Desert
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WOODY179 wrote:
I agree the clock could of been better placed, another one in the display infront of the driver would have been ideal. My other gripe about the clock is that it disappears altogether when on the phone.
The first thing I asked my dealer was
Q "Can the clock be put on the dash"
A "No"
The second question was
Q "Ok then can you make it so the clock stays on when on the phone"
A "No"
So now I have got a clock on the dash that also displays dangerous places, called a Snooper clock.In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
31st Mar 2006 5:44 pm
lee01277
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Shed
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I use the clock on my phone ( in teh car kit ) most of teh time ................Somewhere in-between my old D3 and what's to come next .........
31st Mar 2006 7:36 pm
espri
Member Since: 07 Nov 2005
Location: Tyrol, Austria
Posts: 387
Simkna,
I had to pawn my watch to buy the car!
Eric
1st Apr 2006 10:35 pm
WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3637
1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
1999 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Rioja Red, sold
2002 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Buckingham Blue, sold
2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Adriatic Blue, sold
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver, sold
2011 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE Nara Bronze, sold
2016 Volvo XC60 D5 AWD Lux Nav Twilight Bronze, sold
2020 Range Rover Evoque P250 First Edition, Nolita grey, sold
2023 Range Rover Evoque P300e Autobiography, Carpathian grey
2nd Apr 2006 1:11 pm
drivesafe
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Posts: 867
Hi espri, I could not agree with you more, that clock is not only a bad design but is down right dangerous, we are on the other side and the clock is just as useless.
There are only a couple of things that we are not pleased about with our D3 but the clock is absolutely at the top of the list.
In Australia, the areas around schools have special lower speed limits that apply at the beginning and end of school hours, called School Zones.
These School Zones require the drivers to reduce their speed, from whatever the normal speed is for the section of road you are on, down to 40 KPH but this is only during specific times, which are posted at the beginning of each zone and these time vary from one school to the next.
So we need to have a decent clock that is easy and more importantly SAFE to read.
The D3 is my wife's vehicle and the clock was such a problem that we have now fitted a elcheapo LCD clock.2008 TDV8 RR Lux + 2009 D4 2.7
2nd Apr 2006 10:30 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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My sunglasses are polarised (we do have the sun now and again!) this makes the clock a black blob because of the angle, great DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
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3rd Apr 2006 9:16 am
jacob
Member Since: 12 Jan 2006
Location: athens
Posts: 145
a small off topic ..but still bit annoyed.
while in offroad mode with air suspencion up, make the external
temperature dissappeared. if u doing an offroad weekend and start
u will hv no idea abt temperature while crossing mountains and with
changing weather conditions (maybe we hv to lower car to see temperature
and up again...)
3rd Apr 2006 9:34 am
espri
Member Since: 07 Nov 2005
Location: Tyrol, Austria
Posts: 387
I had still vaguely hoped that it might be possible to use the lower part of the rev counter display for a clock. However, now I see that things like the HDC icon appear there when needed. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
Maybe the clock could be included in the display in the centre of the dashboard (when available). It seems to me that the top left-hand side of that (along from the temperature) is hardly used. A clock there would be right in front of the driver's eyes.
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) is the clock. I find the green on black on the radio display virtually impossible to read, at least without taking my attention off the road. It may not seem so bad in a right-hand drive car, where the driver is nearer the top right of the display, but with left-hand drive it is horrible (must try whether it is more legible from the passenger seat).
I agree the clock could of been better placed, another one in the display infront of the driver would have been ideal. My other gripe about the clock is that it disappears altogether when on the phone.
