So the wife texts me this morning that the clock is back on DST after I set it last night. WTF? Maybe I'm going mad and didn't really set it? Will do again tonight to see if auto is working but correcting to DST rather than standard.
When I bought my Impreza I turned the clock to manual because it was way off. With auto turned on it was hours off of the actual time. But changing the time is so easy that it doesn't bother me. I just hit the plus/minus buttons and I'm done. The only time auto might be convenient is when driving through different time zones, but as long as I have my phone hooked up the digital screen has the time also. If I am going to be driving that far I will definitely have my phone plugged in so I can use CarPlay. I don't know if it matters, but I have the Premium trim.
When I bought my Impreza I turned the clock to manual because it was way off. With auto turned on it was hours off of the actual time. But changing the time is so easy that it doesn't bother me. I just hit the plus/minus buttons and I'm done. The only time auto might be convenient is when driving through different time zones, but as long as I have my phone hooked up the digital screen has the time also. If I am going to be driving that far I will definitely have my phone plugged in so I can use CarPlay. I don't know if it matters, but I have the Premium trim.
I have spent a significant amount of time trying to get around having to toggle through two display menus twice a year just to reset DST. My conclusion, after trying all the things I have read on several forums and also watching several YouTube videos, is the following. If you have the Nav package you can set the clock once in manual and then switch it to Automatic and it should pick up the time from the satellite. If you do NOT have the Nav package installed, as I do not, then the system does NOT, in fact, sync to the iphone when CarPlay is used or just when the phone is connected via Bluetooth, as some suggest in this thread. You are stuck leaving the clock set in Manual (this is what my dealer suggested) and you have to bushwhack through two screens and several menus twice a year just to set the clock when DST changes. Bad design!
I can confirm that auto did not work for iPhone on the prior DST change. I recently got an android so have to try it out again based on Dean's feedback.
Edit: Confirmed. I set it to back to Auto from Manual, connected my android phone via bluetooth and within 60 seconds the clock updated.
I couldn't get mine to work (premium trim, 6.5" dsiplay.) Android phone. Had to switch to manual. I swear it worked ok last year, spring and fall.
And this is hilarious... the clock went back to the old, wrong time when I changed the settings back to Auto. So I have to leave it on manual forever, I guess.
I noticed much of what is talked about in this thread, yesterday my son noticed that my car had not reset the clock due to daylight savings (I hadn't even noticed it). The clock was set to automatic and hadn't reset. I went into the settings and hit the "manual" and no way to set it even popped up. LOL
Anyway, when I put it back to "auto" it set itself to the proper time.
I noticed much of what is talked about in this thread, yesterday my son noticed that my car had not reset the clock due to daylight savings (I hadn't even noticed it). The clock was set to automatic and hadn't reset. I went into the settings and hit the "manual" and no way to set it even popped up. LOL
Anyway, when I put it back to "auto" it set itself to the proper time.
You must have the nav unit option. I don't have it and the only way to change the clock and make the clock stay changed is to leave it in Manual and set the time on the upper display manually. Auto causes the clock to move back an hour. Highly irritating that they couldn't have just put a DST option in the clock menu or setting menu somewhere!
Mine is a 2017 Impreza Sport.
I have the 2017 Impreza L with StarLink system (without navigation) and also found that my clock was not sync'ing with my iPhone 10 either by Bluetooth or USB CarPlay connected. I tried changing the time to manual and back to auto but it still did not sync. Tried updating the IOS on my phone to the latest version but still no joy.
My wife has a Samsung phone and I decided to connect it to my to my car to see if it had the same issue. After 60 seconds of being connected via Bluetooth it automatically corrected the time.
I then set the clock to manual and changed the clock to an incorrect time. Disconnected my wifes phone and reconnected my iPhone via Bluetooth. I then changed the time back to auto yet the system did not fix the time. I then reconnected the Samsung phone and again the time sync'd correctly.
Seems the Starlink system does not like iPhones for time sync'ing and only likes Android devices.
Hopefully someone fixes this soon as it is really annoying.
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