No clock with ignition off?

[mckeand13]

I've had a few instances where I would have like to be able to see a clock as I'm getting in, passing by, whatever.

There's no clock without the ignition on and the MFD powered up huh? That kind of sucks. Oh well, I guess the wrist watch works.

[Ralph6410]

I agree.. the clock to show if / when in the acc mode (as in using the radio) would have been nice which would not have cost a nickle to include.

[TrailDust]

Neither my Highlander or Avalon have that ability. Got to admit, given the extremely low energy needs of an LED clock it's kind of stupid not having that ability.

[mckeand13]

Originally Posted by Ralph6410

I agree.. the clock to show if / when in the acc mode (as in using the radio) would have been nice which would not have cost a nickle to include.

No, I mean always showing no matter what. Or even turn on if it sensed the key like you just walked up to the car. Just like the interior / puddle lights turn on.

[jgayman]

I would be satisfied if the clock worked in the ACC position like my previous Highlander. Lot's of times I arrive early to an appointment and I'm sitting there listening to the radio to kill some time and wishing I had a clock.

It's such a simple feature you wonder how it slipped past.

[sweeneyp]

You know if yall are that upset about it, you can just cut the IG wire and install a ACC wire. With the radio right there, there will be plenty of ACC activated wires you can tap into. Given there are only 4 wires going into the clock, and its the far edge one (the edge with a tab on the side), its fairly easy to do.

[TrailDust]

Originally Posted by sweeneyp

You know if yall are that upset about it, you can just cut the IG wire and install a ACC wire. With the radio right there, there will be plenty of ACC activated wires you can tap into. Given there are only 4 wires going into the clock, and its the far edge one (the edge with a tab on the side), its fairly easy to do.

You realize, don't you, that if we lived closer together I'd be working out deals to have you pimp my ride....

[sweeneyp]

You don't want your car to look like anything like what that show did, they ruined good cars.

[typesix]

Originally Posted by TrailDust

Neither my Highlander or Avalon have that ability. Got to admit, given the extremely low energy needs of an LED clock it's kind of stupid not having that ability.

LED has much higher power consumption than an LCD clock. That's a big reason why calculators went from LED type to LCD displays. I have some HP calculators, both LED and LCD. The LED will run several hours on a charge and the LCD will run a whole year on a set of batteries. Given that today's cars have a lot of parasitic drain even when "off" it's easy to see why the LED clocks are not lit when key is in off position.