B6 dashboard lights

[marctwo]

On my S3 the dials are illuminated all time. On the S4 they only come on with the headlights, is this normal?

Also, the S3 has a dial to adjust the brightness but I can't find any such thing on the S4, does it have one?

[Greengoblin]

Sounds perfectly normal to me, mine only come on with the headlights too.

Don't know about the dimmer option though...........

[tweek]

In my B7 S4 Avant, they are on all the time the ignition is on.

HTH's

Pete

[BlingBling]

Mine are on constantly, B6. Only can tell when it is dusk or in a tunnel. The dimmer is not a dial like on the S3. Use the +/- button on the left hand side of the dashboard.

[marctwo]

Mine are on constantly, B6. Only can tell when it is dusk or in a tunnel. The dimmer is not a dial like on the S3. Use the +/- button on the left hand side of the dashboard.

Thanks. I wonder if it has 2 brightness settings, one for lights off and one for lights on? Maybe my lights off setting is set to min.

[ste4ie]

On my S3 the dials are illuminated all time. On the S4 they only come on with the headlights, is this normal?

Also, the S3 has a dial to adjust the brightness but I can't find any such thing on the S4, does it have one?

If they are not on, it can be changed with VAG-COM for either scales, needles or both to be on all the time.

[marctwo]

On my S3 the dials are illuminated all time. On the S4 they only come on with the headlights, is this normal?

Also, the S3 has a dial to adjust the brightness but I can't find any such thing on the S4, does it have one?

If they are not on, it can be changed with VAG-COM for either scales, needles or both to be on all the time.

That's really helpful, thanks. Do you know how to do this in VAG-COM? Is it fairly obvious?

[ste4ie]

Control Module select
17-Instruments
10-adaption
Then you need Ch 19 as shown below....

A019,0,Additional Features
A019,5,Additional Features
A019,6,?xxxx: Illumination (MY 2002 and above)
A019,7,0 = Needle and Scale only active at "Light ON"
A019,8,1 = Needle already active at "Ignition ON"
A019,9,2 = Scale already active at "Ignition ON"A019,10,3 = Scale (2nd Map) and Needle at "Ignition ON" active
A019,11,

I managed it after owning Vag-Com for a week, so im deff no expert

Cheers Steve