Toecutter

When I was a teenager I had a Ford Bronco in which there was a *very* bright dashboard light that would shine directly into my eyes when I drove at night. It was pretty annoying and I had to place a piece of tap over it.

The B8's night displays are mostly that nice, ambient red (correct?), but how is the MMI display? Does it throw an overabundance of light into the cabin?

How is the car's night-driving environment overall?

Avant4Adam

but I haven't found it distracting at it's default settings. I think you can enable a 'dark' mode which turns it off.

Silver Stealth

Like all Audis, there is an ambient light sensor that auto dims all interior lighting.

Toecutter

I guess that means it works.

markcincinnati

#1 yes; #2 it is typically done automatically if you don't want to have to do it manually.

Silver Stealth

On the B6, look at the base of the speedometer on the left and you'll see the round light sensor

BenM@University Audi

You can adjust the actual brightness of the MMI screen and switch off the display completely if you like as well.

Also, the smaller switch near the headlight switch pops out to adjust the brightness of just the dashboard area.

webzter

all displays from up to 06.2009 have bugs with backlight.
if you dont afraid russian language, you are can repait it, need only 148mm CCFL lamp.
instructions link: http://www.auto-chips.ru/Display-Repair-AMI-MMI.pdf

Macallan21

there's a **** to control brightness next to the headlights.

The display should darken when the headlights turn on as well (from the light sensor).

Also... hold down your stereo volume button for 1-2 seconds and it will turn the whole system off, and just be a black screen with the audi logo...

OR..

Settings > Turn display off

Audi Junkie

New units on EBay are like $70 now.