Timer on OBC
 

Anyone know the exact usuage of this thing? Like what use could it possibly have? Also I seem to be unable to reset the unit no matter what I do.

Its a count down for self-destruct....BOOOOM!!!!

the little unknown James Bond features of the car....

I want .50 caliber machine guns mounted behind the headlights as well as an oil sprayer at the rear.

Well,

I use mine for Time/Distance measuments.

i.e. Checking Speedo error.
Is this route quicker over another.......
Etc....

Seriously zoomy, can you actually set yours, or somehow get it to move? Like Jared, I've tried everything to reset it, or to get it to start counting, but it doesn't do a thing.

'bertible

Mine works,
1)Press "timer" to go to timer
2)Press "set res" to start timer
3)Press "set res" a second time to stop the timer

Does anyone know how to change the clock from a 24 hour clock to a 12 hour clock? Also my outside temp button is in °C.
I understand how to read them in this manner, but a 12 hr clock & °F temp button wouild be preferable
thanks,SmileWavy

Nothing happens when I hit the set res button.

While you push the little botton with a pen, you press AVE MPG button. That will switch it to Miles and Farenheit and 12 hour clock

yup, thats the way you reset it.

Thanks guys, I now have a 12 hour clock and °F temp buttonSmileWavy

Ah the wonders of the Fahrenheit scale..

Does anyone know what the other miles per gallon feature is on the OBC? It has MPG, then another miles per gallon scale. Is this for what they call imperial gallons?

Here's another OBC trick...

Press the "1" and "1000" at the same time.

It will give you fuel remaining in liters.

You can not change it to read gal, sorry.

Canot change it to read gallons? That what mine currently reads. Am i missing something?

That's strange.

Others I's talked to say theirs reads liters.

Well, I just filled up my car this morning, and it read gallons. You can toggle between liters and gallons.

Mine reads in liters. How do I toggle for gallons?

hit the button that shows MPG, then press the small button on the panel using a ink pen or other small sharp point, and it will toggle it.

Cool, Thanks, I'll try it. Better than using a fudge factor of 4 to figure gsl.

Just to clarify, the other measurement is liters per 100 kilometers. (not km per liter). Europeans use it, and us Canucks are supposed to use it. A lower measurement is better, indicating you are using less gas for the distance. However most Canadians think in mpg, but it imperial gallons which are about 5 US quarts.

My 87 uses around 10 liters per 100 km, which is about 28.5 miles per Imperial gallon, which is about 23 miles per US gallon. (very rough conversions)

So in the US, does the small fuel economy gauge below the speedo show in mpg? (up here it is in liter per 100 km)

Gary
87 ' bertible
Vancouver BC

Also, while playing around with the OBC this weekend, I found that if you push either the AVG MPG or AVG MPH buttons, and then hit SET RES it will give you ACTUAL miles per gallon and ACTUAL miles per hour on the fly as your driving.........FYI, just some usless trivia!

Greg H.

Hm... thats odd.

On my car, you only get that function when you press AVG MPG if you push and hold the button for two seconds.

The economy guage below the Tach reads MPG.

I've tried every combination I can think of and the ones you all have suggested.

I can change Fuel Remaining from liters. Eventhough every thing else says MPG.

Oh Well

Too bad it can't be changed.
Just divide by 4 (actually 3.88 I think) to go from Gal to liters.

Gary

I can push in the little button on the low right with a pen and push avg mpg and it will flash from liters to gallons, but only for an instant:confused:

Being a bit of a techno-gadget-geek I couldn't leave this well enough alone. I've discovered two more things but am still playing:

1/ I finally achieved something with the timer. On my OBC it seems to be an alarm, although a useless one! While trying to get it to work, I noted that the time had a "T" and "AM" or "PM" which seemed strange to me for a countdown or stopwatch timer. Pressing reset, I was able to set it to a few minutes ahead of current time (By the way AM PM can be toggled with the 1000 button), and activated it by pressing the timer button itself until the red LED was on steady. When the time came, the little red LED started flashing proving it works but nothing else happened, not even a single "bong". The flashing light isn't even in the normal line of sight, so this isn't much good, besides which, an alarm has limited usefulness anyway.


2/ I confirmed the liters left in tank feature is on my OBC by pressing the 1000 and 1 at once....neat. I also found that there is a code when you press the 100 and 1. mine says 3_1.2TYP. I assume this means 3 series type 1.2 software or OBC?

Yeah, mine reads 4.6 type. I can't get my speed warning to chime though - I set it at 45 mph, it lights up, but nothing "bongs".

Probally several more things on the OBC to see if we play w/ it long enough!!

Greg H.
'91 325icSmileWavy