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Old 04-05-2013, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by sandwedge
It's fairly dim and not a distraction at all at night. At least to me it isn't. I keep it lit all the time since otherwise it's the only gauge in the car that's not lit at night which looks like a bulb has burned out.
I agree. Mines always on (when my lights are on)...no distraction at all.
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Old 04-05-2013, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by MJBird993
... there is a time display on the botton of the PCM display. At least there is on my .2.
I've played with the screen settings but have not seen that option for the "footer" - I'll futz with it some more.
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Old 04-05-2013, 03:29 PM
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the time displays on my .1 pcm, definitely the main screen, then also on the bottom I think like MJBird said.
I mostly drive with it blacked out
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Old 04-05-2013, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Sexonwheels
Thanks for all the quick replies it seems I wasn't operating the control lever properly and that's why I couldn't get to the chrono option. I will try backlighting in he morning. One further question I definitely don't have the Tire pressure option I'm the menu, is that an option that my car doesn't have? I would think it would be a standard feature
Do you not see the tpc option at all on the computer/speedo screen? It won't display P unless you're at a standstill.
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Old 04-05-2013, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jhbrennan
From the main screen, not only time but day, date and temp - bottom right sector of screen.
Oopsie on my part, I was thinking wart while you were talking PCM. Yes, I know about the PCM display but wish the wart could be programmed to display time of day.
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Old 04-05-2013, 05:58 PM
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I actually asked this a long time ago if the wart could display time. The new 991 actually has this feature, wart displaying time. I tried to go to dealer they could not do it. If only we could get the programming procedure to do on piwis to have that thing as a clock that would be a great mod!
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Old 04-05-2013, 06:04 PM
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Agree that having the time display on the wart would be a great feature. For now it's pretty much useless to me. One day I had nothing better to do and I played with the chronometer until I got it to stop exactly at 9:11. Now it just sits there displaying 9:11 (backlit!). I refuse to acknowledge how many tries it took me to get there.
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Old 04-05-2013, 06:51 PM
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At least if it displays time there is use to that gadget. Otherwise its really just a nusiance
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Old 04-07-2013, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ufischer
Agree that having the time display on the wart would be a great feature. For now it's pretty much useless to me. One day I had nothing better to do and I played with the chronometer until I got it to stop exactly at 9:11. Now it just sits there displaying 9:11 (backlit!). I refuse to acknowledge how many tries it took me to get there.
my guess is 911 times lol
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A clock is in the PCM display but since the radio has been changed out, I'm sure the Kenwood has the ability to show the time in its screen.
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Originally Posted by jhbrennan
From the main screen, not only time but day, date and temp - bottom right sector of screen.
Not on my 2011 997.2 GTS. Have read the PCM manual and can not find any reference to having the time, or date, display, except on the Info screen. The footer where the outside temp is displayed on the bottom right, and the audio source on the bottom left are the only data points I can see. If someone has managed to get time of day in the footer of the nav or audio screen, please post details of how, or provide the page number in the manual.
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Old 04-09-2013, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by fbfisher
Not on my 2011 997.2 GTS. Have read the PCM manual and can not find any reference to having the time, or date, display, except on the Info screen. The footer where the outside temp is displayed on the bottom right, and the audio source on the bottom left are the only data points I can see. If someone has managed to get time of day in the footer of the nav or audio screen, please post details of how, or provide the page number in the manual.
Not familiar with 997.2 PCM but here's a screen shot from my 2008 Turbo.
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Old 04-09-2013, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by fbfisher
Not on my 2011 997.2 GTS. Have read the PCM manual and can not find any reference to having the time, or date, display, except on the Info screen.
It's in the trip computer but you may not realize that there are three pages. It's on p1. See page 107 of the pdf version of the 2009 PCM manual.
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