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Sat nav screen dimming
Hi Guys
Can anyone comfirm that the brightness of the sat nav screen changes depending on the amount of light and or the head lamp setting ie. switch the headlamps on and the screen dims. I was sure mine used to do this but today it seemed dim all the time reguardless of what the headlights were set at. It has been a pretty dark overcast day up here. I just want to check I'm not imagining things. (it could be age or the effects of too much vino rosso!)
5th Oct 2005 7:07 pm
10forcash
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Re: Sat nav screen dimming
Raymond wrote:
Hi Guys
Can anyone comfirm that the brightness of the sat nav screen changes depending on the amount of light and or the head lamp setting ie. switch the headlamps on and the screen dims. I was sure mine used to do this but today it seemed dim all the time reguardless of what the headlights were set at. It has been a pretty dark overcast day up here. I just want to check I'm not imagining things. (it could be age or the effects of too much vino rosso!)
it also takes input from the 'solar sensor' - that screwcap lookalike thing at the front of the dash, adjacent to the speaker grille, which also controls the auto lights (when fitted )
5th Oct 2005 7:32 pm
Raymond
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sat nav screen dimming
Thanks 10forcash but you are mistaken the headlights are controlled by the sensor at the end of the rear view mirror ( where it attaches to the windscreen) .Try covering it during the day and the headlights come on,provided they are set to auto. But tell me though does you screen dim when the headlights come on?
6th Oct 2005 8:12 am
10forcash
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Re: sat nav screen dimming
Raymond wrote:
Thanks 10forcash but you are mistaken the headlights are controlled by the sensor at the end of the rear view mirror ( where it attaches to the windscreen) .Try covering it during the day and the headlights come on,provided they are set to auto. But tell me though does you screen dim when the headlights come on?
well that's what happens when you listen to LR dealers the wart on the dash is definitely a 'solar sensor' though - or at least it's called that in the parts catalogue...
Oh, yes it does dim
6th Oct 2005 8:20 am
BN
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Re: sat nav screen dimming
Raymond wrote:
Thanks 10forcash but you are mistaken the headlights are controlled by the sensor at the end of the rear view mirror ( where it attaches to the windscreen) .Try covering it during the day and the headlights come on,provided they are set to auto. But tell me though does you screen dim when the headlights come on?
Don't worry Raymond, TFC was having one of his senior moments. Now he owns a car and not just a picture he has started to help out, but the memory got the better of him
6th Oct 2005 8:22 am
10forcash
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Re: sat nav screen dimming
BN wrote:
Raymond wrote:
Thanks 10forcash but you are mistaken the headlights are controlled by the sensor at the end of the rear view mirror ( where it attaches to the windscreen) .Try covering it during the day and the headlights come on,provided they are set to auto. But tell me though does you screen dim when the headlights come on?
Don't worry Raymond, TFC was having one of his senior moments. Now he owns a car and not just a picture he has started to help out, but the memory got the better of him
it's still a bit early in the day for me...
6th Oct 2005 8:27 am
Raymond
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Thanks 10forcash
Perhaps a small livener would help with the morning [/quote]
6th Oct 2005 8:39 am
BN
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Re: sat nav screen dimming
10forcash wrote:
BN wrote:
Raymond wrote:
Thanks 10forcash but you are mistaken the headlights are controlled by the sensor at the end of the rear view mirror ( where it attaches to the windscreen) .Try covering it during the day and the headlights come on,provided they are set to auto. But tell me though does you screen dim when the headlights come on?
Don't worry Raymond, TFC was having one of his senior moments. Now he owns a car and not just a picture he has started to help out, but the memory got the better of him
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Slimer wrote:
eh?
Ooops, my mistake
6th Oct 2005 9:41 am
10forcash
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Slimer wrote:
As far as I remember the sunlight sensor is part of the aircon temperature detection kit
huh, another thing the dealer got completely wrong then, ... note to self: DONT BELIEVE A WORD THEY SAY - EVER AGAIN
suppose I should know better by now
p.s. how's the spellling on this one?
6th Oct 2005 9:50 am
DiscoMad
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Yep, that thing in the middle of the dash just in front of the window is the sun sensor for the climate control system.
The Navigation system/dash lighting is dimmed by a sensor in the instrument console (next to the alarm-on indicator)
Russ
7th Oct 2005 1:23 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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So the one on the front of the rear view mirror, visible on the outside, is the RAIN Sensor yes??
My sat nav screen dims with the lights - sometimes. Today, it was dull, and the screen seemed very dim, the other night I was on the motorway in the dark and it was so bright it annoyed me so much I turned the screen off.
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the wart on the dash is definitely a 'solar sensor' though - or at least it's called that in the parts catalogue...
wrong then, ... note to self: DONT BELIEVE A WORD THEY 
