KiwiJochen, once again thanks for your help but it looks like I introduced a factor unknowingly. I have an Intravee device for my IPOD.. it has an option that is turned on by default that synchs the clock to GPS time. Without specifying a time zone it will either be off by -7 or -8 hours depending on DST here in California. I resolved it by changing my google search parameters to "bmw nav time offset" and came up with the solution.