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Title: SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
Post by: beartoe on May 06, 2004, 03:39:11 pm

I have a newly purchased (from the Amazon clearance) SL-5600 whose system clock seems really off - when I wake it from sleep after a few hours it is significantly off. I don\'t mean a little, I mean 3 or 4 minutes per hour. Has anyone seen this? Can I adjust this from the Unix command line?

Title: SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
Post by: xamindar on May 06, 2004, 03:41:51 pm

Yeah, mine does it too.  I just have to live with it.

Title: SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
Post by: tumnus on May 06, 2004, 05:09:20 pm

I haven\'t seen my 5600 lose time like that. In fact it\'s more accurate than both my PC and laptop.

People have seen it lose time on reboots before, but I think what often happens is when the Date and Time app pops up after a reboot they click OK, which sets the time as displayed or at least resets the seconds to zero. I\'ve done this a few times and since the Date and Time app does not update itself with the latest time it can appear like it is losing time.

Title: SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
Post by: mjalkut on May 07, 2004, 06:27:22 pm

Mine loses time.  Very frustrating.  Is there an adjustment?

Title: SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
Post by: DrWowe on May 07, 2004, 06:39:12 pm

I recommend ntpdate as a permanent fix.  

Title: SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
Post by: mjalkut on May 08, 2004, 03:11:16 pm

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I recommend ntpdate as a permanent fix.  :)

Fine for when connected.  But what about in the field?