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Auto dimming dash w/tinted windows - any workaround?
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Curious if anyone else is annoyed by this and if anyone has come up with a good workaround (other than removing the tint on the drivers side window, which really isn't that dark). I've found the light sensor, which is in the lower left corner part of the main screen where the speedo/tach is. If I turn on my phone's flashlight and shine it at the sensor, the dash brightens right up to normal. Am wondering if this can be coded out, etc. |
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08-10-2020, 01:21 PM | #5 |
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You can code this to stop happening on the iDrive display. The environmental controls will still dim but you can at least have a brighter iDrive display. Change DIM_VARIANT to old and it will change the brightness option to allow you to control the iDrive brightness all the time instead of just when it's dark. I used Bimmer Code to do this but you have to do it in expert mode to find the option.
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Maybe just me not paying attention on the changes, lol.
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I got used to it. But I did notice as soon as I got my windows tinted.
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I’ll probably install an LED next to the light sensor lol
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08-10-2020, 11:17 PM | #9 |
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This is the co trip display brightness option after setting DIM_VARIANT to Old. Before this I think it just says something like brightness at night or something like that. If I remember right, I had to set this change a couple of times before it took.
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But I believe it still dim out of control with the tint.
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Especially when the sun is direct head-on. It just change the name, but the photocell behavior still the same.
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Hmmm, maybe this mod only works on slow non-modded cars! If I remember there was some posts I found around the internet on this topic and I think others might have had the same issue. Let me see if I can find them and I'll post the links.
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Really is poor design by BMW. Especially with such a common upgrade like window tint. Hopefully this is permanently corrected down the road with a software upgrade but until then coding is the best option.
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Yes! That was my first thought also
https://www.amazon.com/BUTTON-LAMP-A...dp/B0721NYMJN/ Silly BMW overthinking things.. just let us use the old-fashioned wheel to adjust brightness to our liking. Speaking of bad design decisions, am I the only one that thinks them NOT using the right scroll wheel on the steering wheel for volume control was a bone-headed decision also? |
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+1. My previous cars had a the scroll wheel for volume control. It took a few days of using the stupid buttons to not accidentally activate the voice control. I've just taken to using the radio knob to adjust the volume. I find that the +/- buttons don't allow me to adjust my volume quite as finely as I'd like to.
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For those interested, here's a link to the G01 Forum discussion of this issue, started by our very own SWOT1
https://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1473182 |
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