Cluster too bright at night

[gbouten]

Is there anyway to dim the instrument cluster. I dont drive much at night but the other night my wife and I were driving through a mountain pass and I noticed that when I put my had over the cluster I could see much better.

 

[NancysToy]

There is a "contrast" setting in the setup menus.

 

[Bob Denman]

I've been trying (Without success!) to reduce all of that glare too :shocked:... It's getting down to a big hunk of Duct Tape I fear... :gaah:

 

[Arr MiHardies]

Have you tried growing taller? At 6', it doesn't bug me any as I pretty much see over it.

 

[Gordy]

it helps if you pull down the info card it covers some of the brightness

 

[Bob Denman]

Have you tried growing taller? At 6', it doesn't bug me any as I pretty much see over it.

Nuthin' I got is growing much any more Arr... :shocked: :roflblack:

 

[NitroCircus Spyder]

I don't know if this would help or work, but how about a piece of tinted window film placed over the control to reduce the glare and brightness. You would still be able to see your display and controls, but no longer have the glare? Just a thought!

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Not a bad idea... :thumbup: A piece of that stuff that they use to tint the top of a windshield and put some cute saying up there... Easy to cut to the correct size and easy to remove! Genius... :firstplace:

 

[NancysToy]

That control doesn't do much for the brightness though.

There doesn't seem to be anyway to control the backlight.

I sure helped mine at night. A setting of about 40%-60% works quite well.

 

[MarkLawson]

The chinbar of a full faced helmet might block the light...

 

[Bob Denman]

I sure helped mine at night. A setting of about 40%-60% works quite well.

Down that low? :shocked: Wow! That's worth a good try... I thought that contrast was referring to how the colors on the screen kind of mixed together. Since on my BEST days I'm pretty blurry, I was keeping it set up in the mid-eighties... pps:

 

[Dwanton]

On Lamont's other site ( m109riders.com ) they had a guy who took clusters apart and changed the LED colors .

I bet that could be done on the spyder .

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: ("Does it look any different to you?")
:shocked: ("I dunno... maybe?")

Maybe we're not the guys to tinker with this one and report back to the hive! :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

A windvane; will you hook it up to a generator also?? :roflblack: :thumbup:

 

[Dizneyman]

I sure helped mine at night. A setting of about 40%-60% works quite well.

:agree:

 

[NancysToy]

Down that low? :shocked: Wow! That's worth a good try... I thought that contrast was referring to how the colors on the screen kind of mixed together. Since on my BEST days I'm pretty blurry, I was keeping it set up in the mid-eighties... pps:

From what I can see, the setting changes the overall brightness more than it does contrast. The contrast changes, too, as a result, but not like it does with a true contrast setting. I did not see much happening until I lowered the setting quite a way. Anyway, it costs nothing to try. Experiment some dark night, and see if something suits you.

 

[FrankPa]

Possible solution...

I just open and close my eyes real fast and the "duty cycle" changes the effective brightness...

(YMMV) :clap::roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

:roflblack: :shocked: But that make me dizzy...

 

[warp10]

Blink real fast, and it is like a strobe light. Just like I am back in the 60's man, cool. :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Far out...