Dashboard lights too bright

[Hillbilly]

Have you tried accessing through the radio? My brother and I test drove a Golf6 90TSI (with the RCD310 audio system - same system as the Fabia/Roomster range/Yeti 77TSI/Octavia 90TSI/77TDI) a few weeks ago and when trying to find the Bluetooth set up in the radio it had "screen brightness", perhaps this dims the panel too? Other than that, what a bloody stupid oversight!

That normally sets the RADIO screen brightness

[Pugdriver]

I chased this up before buying the car - you definitely can't adjust the dash brightness on Fabias.

Bloody silly isn't it.

We drove one into the dealer's undercover car park (dark) and decided we could live with it, but it's not impressive is it - how much did they save - a dollar if lucky...

We have previously rented a Ford Focus (2007 model in NZ) and found the same - no adjustment and way too bright... Current model Focus has adjustment again - must have had a few complaints...

[Umai Naa!!]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the ability to dim the instruments is an ADR requirement.

Shirley there has to be some way to dim them.

[Diesel_vert]

Send an e-mail to Skoda AU (or even Skoda UK or Skoda CZ) and ask for written confirmation.

Seems like a strange omission to me.

[mmmRacer]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the ability to dim the instruments is an ADR requirement.

Shirley there has to be some way to dim them.

Thats what I thought too. Because one of the few things that had to be done on my Jap import Silvia to get it registered in Oz was the addition of a light dimmer. Although that was 18 years ago now I would have thought the law was still the same.

[Umai Naa!!]

Thats what I thought too. Because one of the few things that had to be done on my Jap import Silvia to get it registered in Oz was the addition of a light dimmer. Although that was 18 years ago now I would have thought the law was still the same.

Unless you can adjust the brightness with a compatible OBD scanner? Not sure that would be a sufficient-enough loophole to not require a dimmer, though.

[brenno]

The dashboard lights dim automatically. There is a sensor on the dash monitoring light levels. If you cover it with your fingers you should see the range of the dimming.

The light sensor on your car may be defective. Does the light dim noticeably when there is a sudden change of light, for instance, driving into a tunnel?

[steveyoshi]

I thought so yes... I was driving late the other night and thought it was a bit too bright and I was not even on the highway, got a bit tiring too quickly.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the ability to dim the instruments is an ADR requirement.

Shirley there has to be some way to dim them.

[steveyoshi]

Where is the sensor? Suppose I could consult the manual... especially coming into the darker months.

The dashboard lights dim automatically. There is a sensor on the dash monitoring light levels. If you cover it with your fingers you should see the range of the dimming.

The light sensor on your car may be defective. Does the light dim noticeably when there is a sudden change of light, for instance, driving into a tunnel?

[brenno]

I just had another look again and can't find the sensor....oops. Must have been something else that had a visible sensor.

If you shine a torch at the guage cluster at night I can definitely see the Maxidot and the Swing display change brightness. It looks like the guages do too, but to a lesser extent.