hijack feature 3

Posted by: Boelle

hijack feature 3 - 29/01/2009 22:50

an option to disable that the empeg sets the clock according to time signal from RDS... sometimes the stations is way off with there time signals... just ask Ben :-D

an on/off option should do.. and if on an option to confirm that setting the clock is ok...
Posted by: mlord

Re: hijack feature 3 - 29/01/2009 23:18

That's a good idea. Show me the code to extract time from RDS, and I'll stick it in there.

Thanks
Posted by: Boelle

Re: hijack feature 3 - 29/01/2009 23:27

well i had it from ben that said that his clock is always way off... so i guess that the clock is beeing set auto.. so we just need to turn that darn feature off....hmm... but how?

but i gave him this to set the clock via NTP:

[hijack]
;@MENUEXEC Set_Date_Time /rdate -s 10.0.0.2 &>/dev/null
Posted by: sein

Re: hijack feature 3 - 30/01/2009 07:23

I'm pretty certain that the clock is not set by RDS. If your clock is always wrong you may have another separate problem.
Posted by: mlord

Re: hijack feature 3 - 30/01/2009 11:30

The only thing that causes the clock to be set automatically, is connecting the empeg to a PC and running emplode or jEmplode.

-ml
Posted by: Boelle

Re: hijack feature 3 - 30/01/2009 11:34

hmm... i will tell ben... but i'm pretty sure his clock at home is correct....
Posted by: mlord

Re: hijack feature 3 - 30/01/2009 11:38

Note also, that the empeg clock only survives for a few days (up to a week, perhaps) without power. It does not have an internal battery, but rather just a small super capacitor to maintain the clock between uses.
Posted by: Boelle

Re: hijack feature 3 - 30/01/2009 13:13

could i expand this time? an extra supercap maybe?
Posted by: tfabris

Re: hijack feature 3 - 30/01/2009 15:14

Originally Posted By: sein
I'm pretty certain that the clock is not set by RDS. If your clock is always wrong you may have another separate problem.


That statement is correct. There is an RDS clock display on the empeg, but it only shows on one screen, only when you're in tuner mode, and it does not update the empeg's internal clock. It's common, for example, to have the empeg's clock and the RDS clock displaying two completely different times, either because the empeg's clock is wrong, or the radio station's RDS time is wrong.
Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: hijack feature 3 - 05/02/2009 23:59

Originally Posted By: Boelle
could i expand this time? an extra supercap maybe?

Actually, this (or a battery) would be a really nice hack for the empeg.
Posted by: benjammin

Re: hijack feature 3 - 16/02/2009 22:42

Originally Posted By: tfabris
Originally Posted By: sein
I'm pretty certain that the clock is not set by RDS. If your clock is always wrong you may have another separate problem.


That statement is correct. There is an RDS clock display on the empeg, but it only shows on one screen, only when you're in tuner mode, and it does not update the empeg's internal clock. It's common, for example, to have the empeg's clock and the RDS clock displaying two completely different times, either because the empeg's clock is wrong, or the radio station's RDS time is wrong.


Then that's what I've been seeing. So many stations in the US used to have RDS up (in prep for HDradio) but the damn clocks would be wrong. so here the time would pop up while tuned in.. and be incorrect.

I'll check to see if my unit keeps time otherwise.. I thought for sure I was seeing updates or something that may have been updates.. It's been too long.

-Ben
Posted by: siberia37

Re: hijack feature 3 - 28/01/2010 22:47

+1 for a bigger supercap or battery. My empeg seems to gradually drift fast or slow even when used in the car on a regular basis.