Brightness of Gauge Cluster, Warning Lights and Dash Controls

xiaphin · Jan 11, 2013

10' without tech. I find that when the dimmer is on lowest setting the gauge cluster is still too bright but the dash controls aren't bright enough. Never owned a Hyundai but all my Nissans the brightness between controls and gauge cluster were closer in brightness. Also find that the dash warning lights are too bright and distracting at night. I know its just personal preference but anyone else here like dim lights having the same issue? I don't believe the cluster can be adjusted individually like the screen can with tech package.

xiaphin · Feb 6, 2013

So I take it by 185 views and no reply's I am the only one who likes dim cluster lights???

OneFunGenesis · Feb 6, 2013

Mine are dimmed but I dont have a problem with them. I also came from a nissan. Like the nissan, the warning lights a straight from Gods rectum bright, I don't think there is any getting around that....

Mark_888 · Feb 6, 2013

I did notice that the green headlight indicator is a bit bright, and is not dimmed by the dimmer control. But wasn't a big issue for me.

EHV · Feb 26, 2013

I would like to be able to turn them completely off. Should not be any need for them if you got the cruise set and on the interstate. Thinking about a resistorized fuse.

veed · Feb 26, 2013

2011 4.6 w/tech is dim enough, but i find the middle display not sync'd with the dimmer to be a little annoying, and the "night" setting doesn't auto-dim enough. still haven't found a good way to do that.

another one that i RTFM'd but couldn't find ... the dimmer wheel has a detent at the top - but it doesn't appear to do anything when "clicked full on".

SmoovC · Feb 27, 2013

Mark_888 said:
I did notice that the green headlight indicator is a bit bright, and is not dimmed by the dimmer control. But wasn't a big issue for me.

Agree ^. That and the LDWS, cruise and fog light indicators are too bright in comparison to the gauge cluster backlighting at night. How hard would it have been to incorporate these indicators into the center display, just like the automatic hold indicator?

xiaphin · Feb 27, 2013

SmoovC said:
Agree ^. That and the LDWS, cruise and fog light indicators are too bright in comparison to the gauge cluster backlighting at night. How hard would it have been to incorporate these indicators into the center display, just like the automatic hold indicator?

Ditto ↑↑↑ How hard could that have been! Still think the gauge cluster is brighter than the rest of the dash controls when dimmed, this is my main complaint.

SmoovC · Feb 27, 2013

xiaphin said:
Ditto ↑↑↑ How hard could that have been! Still think the gauge cluster is brighter than the rest of the dash controls when dimmed, this is my main complaint.

My thought is that (as I get older; I am 48 years old) the white light is easier to see than the blue backlighting on the controls. My (previously owned) Infiniti M45 had amber backlighting and it was very easy to see.

I have noticed on my phone that white or green text is way easier to read without glasses as opposed to red or blue. I also noticed that the same wattage house lighting in blue puts off way less light than a white bulb. Just a thought.....

landtuna · Feb 27, 2013

SmoovC said:
My thought is that (as I get older; I am 48 years old) the white light is easier to see than the blue backlighting on the controls. My (previously owned) Infiniti M45 had amber backlighting and it was very easy to see.

Ditto. As I have gotten older I've noticed that blue backlighting is the most difficult of colors to see clearly. I can still see the blue but it appears fuzzy whereas the other colors do not.

My previous Santa Fe had blue backlighting but it was easy to see, perhaps because the characters on the buttons were larger or better defined. The two rows of buttons below the nav screen on the R-spec are much more difficult to read although they are the same blue.

scottdk · Feb 27, 2013

landtuna said:
Ditto. As I have gotten older I've noticed that blue backlighting is the most difficult of colors to see clearly. I can still see the blue but it appears fuzzy whereas the other colors do not.

My previous Santa Fe had blue backlighting but it was easy to see, perhaps because the characters on the buttons were larger or better defined. The two rows of buttons below the nav screen on the R-spec are much more difficult to read although they are the same blue.

So true. My Sonata dash lights are green. Not the most appealing, but easy to read and easy on the eyes. The dash buttons on the Genesis are blue lit, but are a little hard to read. I believe this to be part of what Daniels Stern (automotive lighting consultant) explained about blue lighting and how the human eye doesn't pick up this color/wavelength well, which is why blue headlight bulbs (HID or Halogen) are to be avoided, but that is a different thread anyhow......

Next time you see a dark blue storefront sign or a row of blue airport runway landing lights after dark, notice how blurry the edges of the sign or landing light appears compared to adjacent lights or signs of different colors. Decades ago, hot rodders would install "blue dots" in their cars' taillamps. These small bits of blue glass cause the taillamps to appear not red with a blue dot in the center, but rather pinkish-purple, because the observer's eye easily focuses on the red but has trouble with the blue, which remains out of focus and appears to tint the entire area of the red light.

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