jbculligan

Just got my new ride a couple of days ago, after waiting 3+ months, wooo hoo! I'll post pics and some initial impressions in a few days. But I have a quick question: Is there a way to make the dash/console brightness go darker. I tried using the -/+ buttons but it's only a micro adjustment, any other methods? I'm coming over from BMW and I used to make it just dark enough so the background of the LCD displays are black, but the digits still bright. I can't get the Audi LCD to go black...

stanj

I assume you are referring to the center LCD panel, not the two big clocks. It doesn't go down nearly enough, it's always much brighter than the two big dials, or the Nav for that matter.

You can press the - button a few times, sometimes it works "better" than just holding it. The manual also describes a procedure to adjust the dials / faceplates separately, but that didn't work for me either.

MPR

You can change the brightness of the needles and the dials separately. To change the brightness of the needles put the key in the ignition and turn it to the accessory on position. Now, press the +/- buttons and you'll be able to change the illumination of the needles. When you turn on the engine and turn on the lights you can use the +/- buttons to change the illumination of the dials.

I wish they had kept the illumation purely red as in my old B5. Loved it and was able to get it low enough to be visible but totally non-intrusive during night time driving. I am stilly trying to get used to the B7 dash.

stanj

but doesn't work as said on my car. Oh well, there are worse things =)

MPR

Oh...maybe there is a way to re-activate the function. Anyone know?

When I picked up my car I later noticed that the one-touch up/down was not working. After scouring the forums I found the fix. Turn the key to the accessory on position, drop the window all the way down, put it all the way up, wait 1 second, pull the switch for up. After that they were working fine.

Maybe something like this for the dash illumination?

stanj

Such things I really stopped caring about.

As for the windows, you don't need to drive the windows all the way down, or wait for that matter. Just hold the switches up for 5s and you are set.

cr8nA4

Saab has a "blackout" function for night driving, and the B6 A4 was easy to shut the trip computer off completely.

The B7 console is very distracting on a dark road at night.

shokhead

What +/- buttons to change the illumination of the dials?