Interesting behavior . . .

[CaptainSpalding]

Hello all,

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, so forgive me if it should be elsewhere.

We have a 2010 M5 with Nav. The Nav system can be set up so that the map display will automatically shift from daytime to night time mode whenever the headlights are turned on. In daytime mode the map image is bright enough to be read even in sunlight, and in night time mode the map image is darker, so as not to diminish the driver's night vision.

One evening I noticed that the map was in daytime mode even though the headlights were on, and although I spent a long while fidgeting around in the Nav menus, I was unable to correct the problem. On a subsequent evening, quite by accident, I discovered that if the instrument lighting is turned up to its brightest level via the knob protruding from the speedometer, the Nav system's night time mode is over-ridden and the map is displayed in daytime mode. If the instrument illumination dash knob is turned just off of maximum, then the map is displayed in night time mode as it should be.

Can anyone else duplicate this?

This is the type of Nav system I have.

 

[sethro_GT]

Its normal as my 07 sport does that with the LCD bar. When the dimmer is full bright the LCD shines at daytime brightness.

 

[CaptainSpalding]

Its normal as my 07 sport does that with the LCD bar. When the dimmer is full bright the LCD shines at daytime brightness.

Thanks. Glad to know it's not gremlins.

 

[lindsayt]

Yup, I know most people don't do so but I actually sat down and read my manual cover-to-cover (I know, geek) and it actually states in the manual that the brightness knob, when turned all the way clockwise, will turn off the nighttime dimming altogether - so that position keeps everything at daytime light levels inside the cabin even with lights on. I'm not sure I see the *point* of this feature, but as we say in the software world, "it's a feature, not a bug."

 

[njaremka]

i think its a good feature, since there are times when i need the headlights on, but still want full brightness on the dash.

 

[CaptainSpalding]

. . . I know most people don't do so but I actually sat down and read my manual cover-to-cover (I know, geek) and it actually states in the manual that the brightness knob, when turned all the way clockwise, will turn off the nighttime dimming altogether . . .

Now that's just plain unkind, telling me it's in the manual! The worst part is, I looked through the manual specifically for it and didn't find it. After looking again I finally found it. I'm so embarrassed. . .

 

[KBrian]

We spent some time trying to shove a 2nd cd into our single-disc cd player

 

[SGT_OKINAWA]

Whoa whoa whoa, come on guys, at
least your manual is in a language you
can read, mine is in Kanji and Hiragana,
(Japanese) and NO the wife will not
translate 200+ pages. (sad1)

I've done everything by trial and error
and CANT use the Navi system because
its in Japanese too. I tried, but I'm either

A. Mess something up and ask the wife to
reset the navi to default or

B. Leave it alone.

I went with B after a few tries.

Peace!(rei)

 

[rweatherford]

I went with B after a few tries.

Peace!(rei)

Bummer, Perhaps there is an option in there for english??

If not perhaps someone here will take one out and you can swap it.

 

[SGT_OKINAWA]

Bummer, Perhaps there is an option in there for english??

If not perhaps someone here will take one out and you can swap it.

Ummm, tried that already, it was a huge pissing fight on here when I first posted on here. Trust me, no such luck and I was told the DVD would not work over here, it only cover NA not Japan. (gah)

Peace!(rei)