Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights

Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by woutersf on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:11PM (#38837643)

Only mildly related but just as annoying; old cars would have a dimmer button to reduce the backlight in the dashboard.

With all the screens in midern cars, even the minimum brightness is too bright for me driving in the night.it wont let your eyes adapt to the dark.

My last Hyundai had a moon button to turn off screen but that was an exception ithink.

I have driven hours with a cloth over the screen of my skoda octavia in the night.

Please let me turn off the screen for dark night driving, thank you.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by demondemidi on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:46PM (#38837860)

I had a 97 Saab 900 turbo with an “airplane mode” button that turned off all the dash lights except for the speedometer. It was actually pretty damn useful.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by ISL on Monday January 01, 2024 @10:57PM (#38837934)

That night-mode option in Saabs is pretty incredible. It simplifies the driving experience to an impressive degree.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by userbinator on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @12:50AM (#38838567)

I wonder if that might be the result of ((mis-)interpreting) some regulation that mandates the instruments must always be visible.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by TylerE on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @02:22AM (#38839056)

Hardly an old thing. My 2017 model supports that just fine, and it's not just a button but a circular slider that goes all the way down to the dash lights being practically off.

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