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March 11, 2007

Daylight Savings Time (DST) change and your GPS: What you need to know

It's March 11th and the new Daylight Savings Time went into effect today. Your PC and cell phone no doubt auto-updated themselves are are displaying the correct time. The situation with your GPS, however, is not so simple. Here's a breakdown of each GPS, how the new DST effects it, and what you need to do to get the correct time:

GPS STATUS
Garmin nuvi 350 Unit does not show the correct time. No update is available (yet) from Garmin. Workaround is to manually change the time via Settings -> Locale -> Clock.
Garmin nuvi 610 Correct time displayed when version 3.50 is installed (released March 5 2007)
Garmin nuvi 660 Correct time displayed when version 3.50 is installed (released March 5 2007)
Garmin nuvi 680 Unit does not show the correct time. No update is available (yet) from Garmin. Workaround is to manually change the time via Settings -> Locale -> Clock.
Garmin StreetPilot 7500 Correct time displayed when version 5.00 is installed (released March 9, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot 2820 Correct time displayed when version 4.00 is installed (released March 9, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot 2730 Correct time displayed when version 7.00 is installed (released March 9, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot 2720 Correct time displayed when version 7.00 is installed (released March 9, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot 7200 Correct time displayed when version 5.00 is installed (released March 9, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot c530 Correct time displayed when version 5.30 is installed (released March 8, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot c310 Correct time displayed when version 5.40 is installed (released March 8, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot c320 Correct time displayed when version 5.40 is installed (released March 8, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot c330 Correct time displayed when version 5.40 is installed (released March 8, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot c510 Correct time displayed when version 5.30 is installed (released March 8, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot c550 Correct time displayed when version 5.30 is installed (released March 8, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot i2 Correct time displayed when version 3.30 is installed (released March 1, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot i3 Correct time displayed when version 3.30 is installed (released March 1, 2007)
Garmin StreetPilot i5 Correct time displayed when version 3.30 is installed (released March 1, 2007)
Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx Correct time displayed when version 3.20 is installed (released March 5, 2007)
Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx Correct time displayed when version 3.20 is installed (released March 5, 2007)
Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx Correct time displayed when version 3.20 is installed (released March 5, 2007)
Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx Correct time displayed when version 3.20 is installed (released March 5, 2007)
Magellan CrossoverGPS Time is not displayed, so this is less of an issue. No updates are available for the CrossoverGPS
Magellan RoadMate 2000 Time is not displayed, so this is less of an issue. Still, you should upgrade to version 1.56
Magellan RoadMate 2200T Time is not displayed, so this is less of an issue. Still you should upgrade to version 1.56
Magellan RoadMate 3000T You should update to version 3.11
Magellan RoadMate 6000T You should update to version 1.22
TomTom GO 910 Update available via TomTom's HOME application
TomTom ONE Unit does not show the correct time. No update is available from TomTom. Workaround is to manually set the clock.
Posted by Fletch on March 11, 2007 | Comments (4)