Orange screen

[Joerolwing]

I have a 2014 RTS SE6. Two days ago I had an orange screen at startup that lasted about 5 miles. Yesterday it lasted about 25 miles. The morning about 50 miles. I'm in New Mexico and not close to a dealer. I had some rain with the key in is the only thing outside the normal. Should I head for the closest dealer?

[Bob Denman]

"Orange screen"...
Did it actually say that something was wrong, or could it have been just the "Low ambient Light" coloration?

[irvin48]

would like the orange screen on all day. easier to see. guess you cant do that .

[Bob Denman]

You can...sort of!
Find the sensor.
(At about the 10:00 O'clock position in the analog speedometer gauge)
Put a piece of tape over it, and Voila! :thumbup:

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

would like the orange screen on all day. easier to see. guess you cant do that .
I did what Bob said and had the Orange screen on for a daytime test ...........It sucked , couldn't see it much ...... went back to regular screen ......................Mike :thumbup:

[Bob Denman]

:D But it does make for a fun experiment! :thumbup:

Try it: you might just like it!

[irvin48]

another tidbit. :bowdown:--irv

[jaherbst]

Or if your from Florida? (the orange state) :D

​Jack

[Chupaca]

What were the lighting conditions..?? if the spyder did not have any running issues like min speed or RPM's and or codes and warnings you should be fine. Keep an eye on things. But just for pease of mind check for codes....:thumbup:

[Joerolwing]

It is my night screen. I guess I've seen to many references to the "dreaded orange screen" and over reacted. I got a 6am start yesterday and a 5am this morning. The early start is paying off so far, 75 degrees

[Bob Denman]

It's an understandable thing... :D
On the earlier bikes; the low-light screen color was blue.
I don't know why they changed to orange, as this confusion is actually relatively common.

[ARtraveler]

Glad to see you got this one figured out quickly. Orange screens that contain warning messages = BAD. Orange screens due to low ambient light = NORMAL.

[BoilerAnimal]

It's an understandable thing... :D
On the earlier bikes; the low-light screen color was blue.
I don't know why they changed to orange, as this confusion is actually relatively common.


The first time I started ours in the evening and saw the orange border, I went into panic mode till I checked it out a little closer!

[Cruzr Joe]

What does a Purple Screen with Yellow Stripes mean????

Never had one ........... But ............... Just in case.

Cruzr Joe

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Joe...
If you see THAT screen: cut back on your prescription medications a bit... :D


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[irvin48]

spyder turned into a purple people eater w/bumblebee stripes

[pitzerwm]

On the 2014 you can change from nite to day dash in preferences.

[ThreeWheels]

It's an understandable thing... :D
On the earlier bikes; the low-light screen color was blue.
I don't know why they changed to orange, as this confusion is actually relatively common.

I wish we had an opportunity to select this.
I dislike the orange coloration. Windows is doing it, and so is Android.
Orange is much too striking for me

[irvin48]

On the 2014 you can change from nite to day dash in preferences.

tried it on mine a while back. wouldnt work.

[Peter Aawen]

What does a Purple Screen with Yellow Stripes mean???.....

If the stripes are 'greenish yellow' & sorta lengthy splashes, then it's probably just all that's left after a Purple a People Eater ate too many Purple People & threw up on the dash!! :yikes:

I'm told it's awful hard to keep more than just one of those Purple People down, & if you don't clean up the resulting mess immediately, the puke will stain just about anything something horrid, & it leaves those distinctive 'greenish yellow' splashes!! :shocked:

But if they are canary yellow stripes, then sorry, I got nothin'!! :dontknow:

[Bob Denman]

If the stripes are 'greenish yellow' & sorta lengthy splashes, then it's probably just all that's left after a Purple a People Eater ate too many Purple People & threw up on the dash!! :yikes:

I'm told it's awful hard to keep more than just one of those Purple People down, & if you don't clean up the resulting mess immediately, the puke will stain just about anything something horrid, & it leaves those distinctive 'greenish yellow' splashes!! :shocked:

But if they are canary yellow stripes, then sorry, I got nothin'!! :dontknow:


:shocked: It sounds as if you might need an "Industrial Strength" Gremlin Bell.

Kind of like the one that these folks are using! :D

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[Peteoz]

I had not read anything about the "orange screen" when I picked up my F3, so when it came on at dusk on the way home I thought "that's nice" and kept going.

Lucky I hadn't read about it also indicating a problem or I probably would have pulled over looking for an issue 😜😆😆

Pete

[irvin48]

tried to locate the sensor with a streamlight . cant actually see anything.
gotta be close to the park brake light.

[Bob Denman]

I think that it's just inboard of that one! :thumbup:
(Put a BIG thumb over that area, and see what happens...)