Satnav sat nav wont change

[allan79]

anyone had the problem with sat nav auto change day and night mine wont change when i pit lights on or of i have to press the over drive button

[TTDegs]

turn the dashboard brightness control knob 1 click anti-clockwise

Sounds like you have it on 'brightest' which then overrides the sat nav into thinking you want everything as bright as possible

I think they call that a 'feature' - aka a useful bug

Although probably someone somewhere in Honda probably got an award for suggesting it

[3rd Honda]

If its a bug - its a useful one!

Its good that when you have lights on during the day (e.g. - if foggy) that the Satnav can be in 'day' mode without too much button pressing.

I actually find 'night mode' harder to read - even at night, so often choose day mode if using Satnav after dark anyway. Usually only leave it in night mode if I don't want directions

[Kremmen]

Same here, no matter what colour or brightness I use at night I cannot read it in night mode. Most of the minor roads are invisible.

Therefore it's day mode 24x7 for me.

[czechplastik]

I can see the benefit of not having it as bright, especially if one is tired. But it's much easier to read when it's on full brightness and in 'day' mode.

[TTDegs]

If I'm going home from somewhere at night, and know where I'm going, I tend to put mine in night mode.

That way I know my ETA, still get TMC warnings, but don't get distracted by the bright screen.
(Not that it's much of a distraction)

otherwise, day mode

But that's how I discovered the 'overide' thing with the brightness knob

[Ham'sCivic]

I switch mine to night mode everytime it's dark, purely as I don't like the thing lighting my face up!

[MC Hammer]

At night I prefer it off completely, and just occasionally get some woman shouting at me; occasionally the Sat Nav tells me where to go too!

[allan79]

that was the problemdashligts where to bright so turned it down so now harder to see the dash in days now when the sun is out i know thats not often

[TTDegs]

if it helps allan - I have mine turned right up all the time, then just click it down one at night if I want the sat nav to go to night time settings

works for me

[liamcalland]

It has been puzzling me for months why my car wasn't switching to night mode automatically!!!!!

Now I know why, as I have it on the maximum brightness all the time!

Thanks for solving guys.

[TTDegs]

it's amazing what nuggets of useful info lurk in this place

[allan79]

thanks for that brigt in day dimm at night now

[TTDegs]

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