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FMH
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:54 pm

Why does my OBC display "UHR"
Can it be reset and how?

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:35 pm

Just found this looking on google, the last bit of the first post should help you

http://e30performance.info/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=544
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:40 pm

OBC talks in three languages,American,English and European.
There's a tiny button on the lower r/h side of the face that you need to press to scroll through the options.
I find it easiest to set on the MPG screen,in the above order it displays,MPG,M/G and litres per klm.
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:45 pm

daimlerman wrote:OBC talks in three languages,American,English and European.
There's a tiny button on the lower r/h side of the face that you need to press to scroll through the options.
I find it easiest to set on the MPG screen,in the above order it displays,MPG,M/G and litres per klm.
So if the screen displays something, the timer works, etc. The obc kit is working?
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:21 pm

I can get time but no date on mine!
Fuel consumption/range works,range is optimistic though.
Outside temp works,handy when coming home from work in the early hours... winkeye
Do not ever remember the timer working,though.
I have also never tried the immobiliser function!
If you are retro fitting one,the harness plugs in behind the glovebox(cubby in NZ!),then goes both across the back of the dash and through the bulkhead.The across the dash part plugs in to the back of the display unit and into the main cluster,then the harness drops down to the control unit mounted above the engine ECU.Not too bad a job,especialy if you already have the dash in bits for a radio fit or a cluster change.
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:24 pm

daimlerman wrote:I can get time but no date on mine!
Fuel consumption/range works,range is optimistic though.
Outside temp works,handy when coming home from work in the early hours... winkeye
Do not ever remember the timer working,though.
I have also never tried the immobiliser function!
If you are retro fitting one,the harness plugs in behind the glovebox(cubby in NZ!),then goes both across the back of the dash and through the bulkhead.The across the dash part plugs in to the back of the display unit and into the main cluster,then the harness drops down to the control unit mounted above the engine ECU.Not too bad a job,especialy if you already have the dash in bits for a radio fit or a cluster change.
I think the screen is battered on mine, timer works, temp doesn't show, date/time doesn't show/set.
Its a car i'm breaking for spares, wanted to free up some cash. Reckon it'l still sell?
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Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:52 pm

Difficult to say,you would need to be honest in your advert or a mod will come after you winkeye ,I could not say if it's the display unit faulty or the control unit,could even be the SI board in the cluster that's faulty and giving out confused signals!
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