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B6 dashboard lights
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:31 pm
by 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?
RE: B6 dashboard lights
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:38 pm
by Greengoblin
Sounds perfectly normal to me, mine only come on with the headlights too.
Don't know about the dimmer option though...........
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:28 pm
by tweek
In my B7 S4 Avant, they are on all the time the ignition is on.
HTH's
Pete
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:49 am
by 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.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:26 am
by marctwo
BlingBling wrote: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.
Re: B6 dashboard lights
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:35 pm
by ste4ie
marctwo wrote: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.
Re: B6 dashboard lights
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:41 pm
by marctwo
ste4ie wrote:marctwo wrote: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?
Re: B6 dashboard lights
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:51 pm
by 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