Setting the time and date on the onboard

[ezlnh8u]

Anyone know how to set the time and date on the onbaord computer on the e30s? i cant figure this thing out, and its also so dim, can led's be installed? thanks.

[jlevie]

http://5luge30obdim52.blogspot.com/2011/05/resetting-e30-obc.html

The display is probably dim because one of the backlight bulbs has burned out. The easy fix to to get a new bar. The bulbs can be replaced, but at $20 for the light it hardly seems worth the effort.

[dnguyen1963]

I replaced the bulb with LED. Simple procedure...you need to get some high intensity amber LED (search the internet - 100 LEDs for @ $5). You also need some 330 ohms resistors from Radioshack. Follow this procedure.

http://www.iprimus.ca/~trauttf/temp/OBC/OBC-LED.htm

To set the time, get a small pencil and push a little indent on the bottom right corner to get to the setting mode. The procedure is in Bentley if you cannot figure it out, but it is pretty straight forward.

[ezlnh8u]

thx guys

[george graves]

The bulbs can be replaced, but at $20 for the light it hardly seems worth the effort.

They are more like $36 shipped - just FYI.

[jlevie]

They are more like $36 shipped - just FYI.

I recently bought a bar from my dealer for about $20.