Auto dimming screen malfunction

[Sophias_dad]

Had a curious thing happen on the way home tonight. It was clearly getting pretty dark outside, yet the screen was very bright. My daughter agreed.

I checked the 'display' settings... it was set to 'auto' (in the day/night/auto selection) and 'auto' in the brightness slider arena. The slider was showing 100%.. I left the screen as it was, since it was set to auto.

A minute later I got fed up with the brightness, reopened 'display', unselected and reselected 'auto' next to the slider. The slider automagically slid down to 8%, first quickly then slowed down considerably after reaching 15%.

 

[Theone8181]

Sorry to hijack but I'm experiencing similar. When it's a bit dark and miserable (generally a morning problem) the screen seems to think its slightly bright so turns on with the power of the sun. I feel like those guys in films with night vision on that see a flare. Is there any way of stopping this, as the only solution i can see is leave it on dark mode.

 

[RCM11]

I have the same exact issue! If I turn off the “AUTO” brightness setting and turn it back on, it usually corrects itself.

 

[GoingVerde]

Have the same issue. Not sure if anyone got it serviced or this is just a software issue?

 

[Sophias_dad]

Have the same issue. Not sure if anyone got it serviced or this is just a software issue?

I'm sure its software in most cases. Unless its repeatable, service is unlikely to do anything anyway.

 

[Theone8181]

What I've done now is kept it on auto, but set the brightness to a fixed value. It's an annoying trade odd but seems OK so far.

 

[Sophias_dad]

What I've done now is kept it on auto, but set the brightness to a fixed value. It's an annoying trade odd but seems OK so far.

If its set to a fixed value, isn't it not on auto anymore?

 

[Theone8181]

If its set to a fixed value, isn't it not on auto anymore?

Sorry I meant light mode/dark mode is set to auto, brightness is fixed (I think, I'm going to double check now).

 

[Eduskator]

Probably a software issue. Did you try a hard reset (press both steering buttons and the brake for 15-20 seconds)?

Mine is set on dark mode and auto brightness - never had any issues during daylight or night time.