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SL-5600 clock loses time -- anyone seen this?
« 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?

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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2004, 03:41:51 pm »
Yeah, mine does it too.  I just have to live with it.
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« Reply #2 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.
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2004, 06:27:22 pm »
Mine loses time.  Very frustrating.  Is there an adjustment?

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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2004, 06:39:12 pm »
I recommend ntpdate as a permanent fix.  

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« Reply #5 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?