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#257180 - 30/05/2005 05:07 Alternate method for selecting timezone
GeorgeU new poster Registered: 13/04/2005 Posts: 25	I am suggesting that instead of having to select from (a very limited) range of cities when setting the timezone, using a time relative to GMT (eg: GMT +9.5hrs or GMT -2.5hrs, etc.) which would make it possible to cover every location on the planet.
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#257181 - 30/05/2005 11:52 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: GeorgeU]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	It already has those (under the "Etc" heading), as part of the 1533 pre-defined timezones. Hardly limited, one would think! EDIT: Well, okay, it doesn't have half-hour GMT increments, just the full hour increments. But Newfies and others on half-hour offsets can just find the entries devoted to them. Pretty much the entire planet is included in the timezone database. Cheers
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#257182 - 30/05/2005 11:54 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: mlord]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	Oh, and if anyone is having trouble "seeing" the 1533 possible timezones.. hit "cancel" on the Rio Remote to back up a level in the heirarchy.. Cheers
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#257183 - 30/05/2005 22:34 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: mlord]
GeorgeU new poster Registered: 13/04/2005 Posts: 25	Oops! I guess I might have overlooked a feature in the player. I have only recently acquired my first machine and being that the manual is more than a little vague on this area, I didn't realise there was an option called etc. with more timezones on offer. Thanks for the info though, I think I might go bury my head in the sand again, till I have spent more time with this (wonderful) machine.
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#257184 - 31/05/2005 01:50 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: GeorgeU]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	Don't feel bad about it -- took me 2 years to figure that part out, so I just wanted to speed up anyone else wondering about it.. just hit "cancel" on the remote when in the time zone menus, and it will back you up through the heirarchy.. not so obvious how it works at first. Cheers
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#257185 - 31/05/2005 05:57 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: GeorgeU]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Quote: ...the manual is more than a little vague on this area... That'll be for two reasons: 1. The manual's pretty vague about everything. 2. Timezones were added after the manual was printed, IIRC. Up to that point, the player used UTC, but assumed that you'd set it to local time, IYSWIM. _________________________ -- roger
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#257186 - 31/05/2005 09:42 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: mlord]
ShadowMan addict Registered: 09/06/1999 Posts: 559 Loc: Newfoundland, Canada	Quote: It already has those (under the "Etc" heading), as part of the 1533 pre-defined timezones. Hardly limited, one would think! EDIT: Well, okay, it doesn't have half-hour GMT increments, just the full hour increments. But Newfies and others on half-hour offsets can just find the entries devoted to them. Pretty much the entire planet is included in the timezone database. Cheers Somehow I managed to find my half-hour offset the first time I set my empeg up. Rene (the lone Newfie on the board - AFAIK) _________________________ 12 gig empeg Mark II, SN: 080000101 30 gig RioCar SN: 30103114 My blog
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#257187 - 31/05/2005 09:54 Re: Alternate method for selecting timezone [Re: ShadowMan]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Quote: Rene (the lone Newfie on the board - AFAIK) Argh! Quick! Get him!
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