How To Change The Time On A Tachograph
Changing the display time on your tachograph should be a similar process, no matter what make or model of digital tachograph you have.
Keeping the correct time on a tachograph is one of those things that sounds easy to keep up with, after all, it is only twice a year, but as with everything in the transportation industry, it is a simple thing that is easy to push down the to-do list when there's other, more pressing, things to get done first.
How To Change The Time On A Tachograph - Step-by-step Guide
- With the Driver Card inserted,
- Press the OK button.
- Use the arrow buttons to navigate to "Entry ⇾ Vehicle".
- Press the OK button.
- Use the arrow buttons to navigate to "Vehicle ⇾ Local Time".
- Here, you can use the arrow buttons to change the display time by 30-minute intervals.
- Once you're happy with the time, press the OK button once more to confirm your changes.
When Should You Change The Display time on your Tachograph?
Ideally, you want the display time on your tachograph to be the same as the time you use day-to-day!
Every year on the last Sunday of March, the clocks go forwards by an hour, bringing us into British Summer Time (BST). On the last Sunday of October every year, the clocks go back by an hour, putting us back in-line with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
How To Change The Time On A Tachograph - Why is the time different on my tachograph print-outs?
Tachograph print-outs are always represented in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) - a standardised time used by machines around the world for accuracy purposes.
UTC happens to be the same as GMT, so often your tachograph printouts will align with the time on the display. However, this won't be the case if your display is set to any other time zones, or BST.
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Further Reading: How To Change The Time On A Tachograph
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His in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience have made him a key behind-the-scenes member of the TachoMagic team.
Through his blogs, Simon hopes to make the lives of Fleet Managers easier, as he shares the answers to some of the most common questions he has received.
