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Anytone D578 Calibrate Date message pops up randomly on startup

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N9JIG

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I have 2 AT-D578UV-II's, one at home and the other in the car. The car radio (FW 2.07) is connected to the ignition and so comes on with the ignition. At seemingly random times upon booting it will display:

578msg.jpg

At first I thought it may have been related to the GPS so I turned that feature off in the menu but the message still appears from time to time.

I press "Confirm" and the radio then boots normally and works fine. (I don't bother actually setting the time and sate as it doesn't matter to me and I don't use APRS etc.)

My home radio (FW 2.06) does not do this and is turned on and off with the power supply probably as much as the car radio. The only other difference I see is that the GPS is not connected.

Has anyone else seen this and have an idea what to do to prevent it?
 
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This is most frustrating when using the BT-01 remote mic with the radio mounted in an inconvenient spot in the car!

I have an older 578 that goes without power for months and never prompts for the date/time. I had a new 578 (about a year old now) that always had this issue. I replaced the battery that is soldered on to the PCB (http://anytonetechzone.byethost7.com/578techmods.htm?i=1#BackupBatteries) and it didn't make any difference. If the radio went without power for a few days, the clock was lost.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago - I sold a friend the "new 578" mentioned above and bought another new one, hoping it might solve the issue. Same problem. I haven't taken the new one apart to see if it still has the two batteries. Someone mentioned to me that new 578s went to a capacitor only, which would explain the short duration of the clock retention, but this certainly wasn't the case in my last one.

Someone mentioned a firmware updating solving this issue for them on an older model: 578 resetting and not booting.

I'm running the latest and no luck. I don't even care if it keeps the time, but blocking the radio from actually booting is a show stopper.
 
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