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AESFTW

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Noticed a quirk on the Unity. Radio is running R06M03 firmware. Time will only display on screen after a GPS lock has occurred. Is this normal or can time be displayed without GPS being used?
 

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Time only displays after GPS lock. There is no way to set the time manually from what I can tell.
 

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I just checked mine and it does take a few minutes from dead start for the time to finally show up. But I didn't buy my radio for a wristwatch and I use my cell phone most of the time as a clock. I don't see the delay as a big problem and one nice thing about being tied to GPS is the time will always be exact and you don't have to manually set it.
 

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I just checked mine and it does take a few minutes from dead start for the time to finally show up. But I didn't buy my radio for a wristwatch and I use my cell phone most of the time as a clock. I don't see the delay as a big problem and one nice thing about being tied to GPS is the time will always be exact and you don't have to manually set it.

I agree, personally; I've got a perfectly good field watch (water resistant to 200m not that I plan to dive more than the deep end of the pool) and my cell phone if I need the time. Unfortunately a number of my customers expect the time to be there on their radio all day, every day as soon as they power up, and I'm often fielding questions along the lines of "where did my clock display go?" With the Moneyrola radios it's just there, even though it might not be very accurate.
 

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The time comes from the GPS and of course has to lock. I have a couple Motorolas that take a minute til first fix and show time. Stays up unless loss of signal.
 

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On the Unity, is the GPS antenna built into the radio, or is it part of the full spectrum duck?
 

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Figured that was the case. Thanks guys.
 

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Just wanted to point out that the same functionality applies to the Unity mobile with CH-100 head as well should someone searching find this post in the future.
 
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