Hi All
Just thought I’d report on my week of trial and error with the screens brightness, perhaps helping some other new owners.
Please note this applies to the SR spec (big media screen) and up models; not sure about the base trim’s media screen.
Anyway the manual is woefully inadequate in this respect so:
1) The main dashboard screen brightness control controls both the speedo screen and the media screen. The media screen’s touchscreen brightness control ONLY affects the media screen and ONLY relative to the main dashboard brightness setting.
2) The main dashboard brightness control does nothing to the speedo screen during the day, but will dim or brighten the media screen.
3) If the main brightness is set to maximum, then both the speedo screen and the media screen will STAY IN DAY MODE irrespective of how dark it is outside.
4) In all other settings the car will put both screens in night mode if it thinks it is night time. The main control will adjust both screens at night, and turning up to max will put them back into day mode. However the car will auto-adjust as well, dimming both screens if it is very dark outside.
5) In night mode the media screen can be quite dim relative to the speedo screen, to the pont that if not completely dark outside (e.g. at dusk) it can be quite hard to read. This may be rectified by turning the touchscreen brightness control of the media screen’s night mode up (I set it to one below the max).
Hope that’s helpful; it certainly took me a while to figure out.
- Pogglefish
