Navigation Auto Dim/Night Mode

[car_fan]

The F series cars feature auto dimming/night mode for navigation when it gets dark. Is manually selecting "night mode" the only dimming option on the E9X's?.

[jeffE92]

my thoughts exactly...

[Technic]

How many threads are required to ask the same question?

[car_fan]

Originally Posted by Technic

How many threads are required to ask the same question?

Perhaps until we can find the answer "concisely". Search doesn't appear to bring it up. Would you like to point us to the thread that does

[Technic]

Originally Posted by car_fan

Perhaps until we can find the answer "concisely". Search doesn't appear to bring it up. Would you like to point us to the thread that does

Search is not the problem...

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=530783
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=478831
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=373091
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=316011

Your thread makes it 5 separate threads of the same thing.

[car_fan]

Originally Posted by Technic

Search is not the problem...

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=530783
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=478831
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=373091
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=316011

Your thread makes it 5 separate threads of the same thing.

I gotcha, thanks for presenting the relevant threads. I'm sure it was about as much as a pain in the a$$ for you to see the questions raised again, and pull the threads, as it is to not have such a simple function enabled on a 77K car. A 20k Nissan Altima performs the function without driver input. BassAckwards on this BMW

Thanks again for your time in this regard Technic

Mods can you merge? This topic will be raised again for the E9X folks

[Rich_Jenkins]

Well, a search turned up this as the latest thread on this question of night mode.

My 2009 E92 idrive has a check box to allow "night mode", but it appears to have no effect. The screen colors are uniformly gray on the navi.

I could have sworn that early on when I bought the car in Feb, the navi displayed a much richer palette of colors.

- Is this check box/feature useless, as per the above comments?
- Is a navi screen of a uniform gray background the norm?

I can snap a picture if it would help...thanks in advance...

[WillC310]

Originally Posted by Llando88

Well, a search turned up this as the latest thread on this question of night mode.

My 2009 E92 idrive has a check box to allow "night mode", but it appears to have no effect. The screen colors are uniformly gray on the navi.

I could have sworn that early on when I bought the car in Feb, the navi displayed a much richer palette of colors.

- Is this check box/feature useless, as per the above comments?
- Is a navi screen of a uniform gray background the norm?

I can snap a picture if it would help...thanks in advance...

You are viewing the map in "traffic mode" which negates/overrides the night mode setting.

[Rich_Jenkins]

Originally Posted by WillC310

You are viewing the map in "traffic mode" which negates/overrides the night mode setting.

Ach so, could be. I'll check into that. Thanks.

[Technic]

Originally Posted by Llando88

Ach so, that's what it is. Thanks.

Fixed.

[Rich_Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Technic

Fixed.

. Got it. I did RTFM a couple times but it was less than helpful lol. Thanks.

[Rich_Jenkins]

Originally Posted by WillC310

You are viewing the map in "traffic mode" which negates/overrides the night mode setting.

This was the issue. Now in search of how to reprogram the "mode" button to switch between day and night mode.

[albert1028]

Originally Posted by Llando88

This was the issue. Now in search of how to reprogram the "mode" button to switch between day and night mode.

You gotta code it into the module and need the specific communcation program. I had mike benvo enable that in the menu, but it looks like there is a module or something that is needed beyond just enabling that option.