Slow Clock

[Ronnie C]

Any other UK 997 owners noticed the slow clock?

Has been reported on other Porsche forums.

Think it's only noticeable in cars without SatNav as the clock gets updated centrally on those cars.

Don't understand how a digital clock loses time, but mine does by a good couple of minutes everyday.

Annoying.

 

[dereksharpuk]

Yet another reason to spec PCM Nav module! My clock keeps perfect time (he said very smugly). Seriously, I cannot understand why anyone would not spec Sat Nav. Firstly it does affect residuals, secondly, even if you are great with a map, it sometimes really comes into its own when departing a motorway to avoid a tail back. As for TMC......

 

[Ronnie C]

Derek, I like so many others haven't gone with the SatNav option because it's simply not worth the extra £1300, especially when you factor in the extra grief that TCM brought up as well.

You cannot use it in your other cars and cannot reprogram and regularly update the Porsche system like you can with other systems, such as TomTom for example.

Whether it affects resale is very debatable at best; I believe history has shown that optional extras are basically a financial write off as soon as you take delivery of the vehicle and have little impact on whether or not you can actually shift the car at the point of resale.

Anyway, back to the original point of this post"¦ I would be very interested to hear if any other 997 owners have noticed their slow / faulty clock.

Call me anal, but when I pay £70k for a car, I expect the clock to be able to tell the time with some modicum of accuracy, and not have to pay an extra £1300 to have it update with a central satellite system.

 

[Rob Edwards]

Hi Ronnie
Although I have sat-nav in my 997S, I would agree that nowadays, with technology moving so fast many 'extras' will not see much outlay returned when selling - especially when the factory system is less effective than most aftermarket systems.

I do appreciate the integrated aspect of the system though, and it perhaps looks a little aesthetically pleasing than an aftermarket system.

I note that my clock seems to run a little slow and another interesting glitch is that it will not show 'p.m' just 'a.m' on 12 hour clock setting, which is strange. Most of my porsches in the past have had slightly slow clocks, so I just put it down as a quirk of the marque.

Nevertheless, these are very minor glitches and I am usually enjoying the driving so much I hardly ever notice them. I might mention it at next service though just to see if it is a software error.

Cheers[]
Rob

 

[Ronnie C]

Rob

Thanks for the response. I've done a little research into this and it seems that getting the PCM switched to the latest PCM2 fixes this problem. It may seem like a big job to fix this problem, but having the MP3 playback capability available on the latest PCM2 may make it worth the hassle for some of us.

Regards

Ronnie

 

[Mark_Bennett]

Given the non-existent support by Porsche of it's previous Sat-Nav offerings (PCM1 etc) I would rather spend £600 on something like a TomTom 700 and be able to use it in any car.
Updates are readily available (and regularly) for all the standalone and PDA-based sat-nav systems going back to the first offerings. £1300 for an accurate clock seems a bit overkill...[&:]

Having said that the Porsche sat-nav looks nice, in place in the car. And it's easy to use.

 

[Rob Edwards]

Hi Ronnie

Thanks for the tip - I am taking the car in for a Sat-Nav upgrade this spring (TCM isn't really an issue for me as I don't use the car in the UK) so hopefully the clock situation will be resolved then. I am more interested in accurate mapping and latest roads on the continent, which unfortunately Porsche seem to be rather behind on.

Strangely enough, I can play MP3 CD's in my car - not that I am complaining!

Regards
Rob

 

[Guest]

Sat Nav is now a module component so there is no need to spec it if you are worried about resale. I don't have it because it is rubbish and use a TomTom instead.