Have a look at the videos below and you should get an idea of how to use a Siemens VDO digital tachograph...........and even an ACTIA VU!

1) Here's what to do when beginning a duty period

2) You've successfully inserted the driver cards, now let's get moving............

3) At the end of your duty period there's one or two things to be aware of ....

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Additional useful information:

4) In the UK we 'change the clocks' twice each year.  The digital tachograph will always record and print out data in 'UTC' time, but you can still have local time shown on the face of the VU.  Here's how to set local time on a Siemens VDO digital tachograph vehicle unit ..................

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If you are operating vehicles with ACTIA digital tachographs vehicle units fitted you will need to know how to change the local time:-