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Well, I can recommend the partial AV system translation CD I ordered from Car Audio Workshop in NZ. Whilst it didn't address the date issue, it has conveniently translated on-screen menu items into English, and now allows the GPS-received time to be offset in hours rather than minutes, so I can display Eastern Australian time accurately ( and bump it by another hour when daylight savings starts ).

The time is always correct. Only the date is wrong. It currently thinks it is January 19. Tomorrow it will say it is January 20. The date and time are ( should be ! ) retrieved from the GPS navigation system.

Thanks for that tip, niZmO_Man. I think the battery is OK. It's quite a new one, but I'll check. Last time I needed a new battery, everything electronic was fine, except that there wasn't enough current to turn over the starter. I decided to order one of the partial AV system translation CDs from Car Audio Workshop in NZ. That might have some effect, or help me diagnose the date problem. 🤞

I've got a 2011 J50 that I imported six years ago. The unmodified factory AV system date and time has always been correct ( Japanese timezone of course ) up until last month. About two weeks ago, at engine start, the system wished me a happy new year ( in Japanese of course ). I can't think of anything that would make the system think that the date had changed, unless the GPS component has failed/reset somehow ? I checked the GPS reception in the system settings, and it can still see the satellites. Has any other J50 owner had this happen ? It's no biggie, just annoying that it tells me the wrong date anytime I start the engine. 😅

This is not that different to what Legal Aid Victoria said, "Ignore it, and wait a couple of months until you get a letter from Roads & Maritime NSW".

Yeah, sorry, should have mentioned that that is what the exhaust shop tried first. The hangers were tight as, and really close to the floor. He even tried putting a stand under the muffler, heating the pipe either side, and attempting to add some extra bends, but everything was already really, really tight under there.

Just back from an interstate road trip, and got defected in Victoria because the muffler was 10mm too close to the ground (Highway Patrol initially stopped us because "your number plates have a black background", but then went over the car until he could find something/anything to defect). I've had my Stagea for 3.5 years, and the coilovers (set to max. height), wheels, and exhaust (HKS 3") were unchanged since import. To get the clearance to the minimum 100mm, I had the HKS muffler removed, and a hotdog fitted in its place. It's a little noisier from the outside, but now I've got nasty resonant vibrations inside that are making my teeth grate.... Any suggestions ? I suspect I've made a big mistake in doing the "quick fix" and destroying what was a well-tuned system.

I know they're hard to come by, but I really need one of those cargo net/barrier things for my Stagea. Happy to pay postage to NSW from interstate...