Kebo

So I was trying to correct an irritating issue (at least to me) where during the daytime the A8 only backlights the gauges when it wants to. I know it has to do with the perceived light sensor. Anyway, using the instructions below still does not illuminate the gauges. The needles work fine. The only way I can get the gauges to work all the time is to turn the lights on auto. Am I missing something? My car is set to "203" in the coding section.Coding

• ????xxx: Options
  • +0016 = Tire Pressure Monitoring System (MY 2005+)
  • +0032 = Advanced Frontlightning System (MY 2006+)
• xxxx?xx: Country
  • 0 = Germany
  • 1 = Rest of World (Left-Hand-Drive)
  • 2 = USA
  • 3 = Canada
  • 4 = Great Britain
  • 5 = Japan (Left-Hand-Drive)
  • 6 = Arabian States
  • 7 = Australia
  • 8 = Rest of World (Right-Hand-Drive)
  • 9 = Japan (Right-Hand-Drive)
• xxxxx?x: Seatbelt Warning (3-6 = MY 2005+ only)
  • 0 = No Seatbelt Warning
  • 1 = Seatbelt Warning (EU-NCAP)
  • 2 = Seatbelt Warning (NAR Old)
  • 3 = Seatbelt Warning (NAR New)
  • 4 = Seatbelt Warning (EU-NCAP incl. Passenger)
  • 5 = Seatbelt warning (NAR Old incl. Passenger)
  • 6 = Seatbelt Warning (NAR New incl. Passenger)
• xxxxxx?: Illumination I (without Parking Light LED)
  • 0 = Needles OFF and Scales OFF (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 1 = Needles ON and Scales OFF (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 2 = Needles OFF and Scales ON (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 3 = Needles ON and Scales ON (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 4 = Needle ON and Scales ON (Term. 15 OFF / Term. 58 OFF)
• xxxxxx?: Illumination II (with Parking Light LED | MY 2005 only)
  • 5 = Needles OFF and Scales OFF (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 6 = Needles ON and Scales OFF (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 7 = Needles OFF and Scales ON (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 8 = Needles ON and Scales ON (Term. 15 ON / Term. 58 OFF)
  • 9 = Needles ON and Scales ON (Term. 15 OFF / Term. 58 OFF)

mixja23

I too am an occasional victim of this...
My lights are always on auto tho and when my dials go off, I have to turn the lights on either sides or dipped, my dials come back on then...
It's only done it 2-3 times since I've owned the car and there's no or never has been any faults shown for it...

Trond B

just use the options called needle and pin. Then it stays on all the time