Can you turn the screen off?

[Dan203]

So tonight I went to a drive-in movie and the screen in my Model 3 was annoying. Even at it's lowest brightness setting and in dark mode it was still distracting. I tried enabling screen clean mode, which i believe use to cause the whole screen to go back, but now shows a permanent, bright white, message saying to hold for 5 seconds to exit. I couldn't find any way to completely darken the screen while still sitting in the car listening to the radio with the A/C on. Best I could do was turn the brightness all the way down and then bring up the menu to mostly cover the map. I thought about pulling up a YouTube or Netflix video and just pausing it on a black screen, but that takes over the audio and the audio for the movie was being broadcast on an FM station.

So did I miss something? Is there some way to completely darken the screen for this situation?

 

[JulienW]

Keep in mind that even if you can play a Youtube with a black screen it will still put out light. LCD's use an always on backlight and can't really show black. The best thing would be to buy a piece of black felt large enough to cover the screen and maybe use rubber bands to hold it on.

 

[Watts_Up]

@Dan203 I noticed some screen protector, or you can just use a black towel.

I was wondering the use of such cover, may be to keep the car stealth at night when Sentry is on and detect some motion?
(but you would also need to cover the front headlights and the rear read lights, or find a way to turn them off)

 

[ckoval7]

If it were me I would just throw a coat over it. Temporary situations require temporary solutions

 

[Wennfred]

I’m guessing cutting a piece of cardboard with a lip over the top to hang it over. Will give this a test run tomorrow since I’ve been wanting to go to the drive-in also.

Fred

 

[dmurphy]

I just put the car in Camp Mode. The scenery blends in; didn’t bother us.

 

[holmgang]

theres a cleaning mode

 

[DrtyJrze]

Agree with OP, there should be an off mode.

Sometimes you don’t want the inside of your car so bright...

 

[ElRey]

theres a cleaning mode

Beat me to it.

 

[Krash]

...I tried enabling screen clean mode ...

theres a cleaning mode

Beat me to it.

 

[Watts_Up]

So tonight I went to a drive-in movie...

BTW which movie did you saw? Is it 'Tenet' by chance?

 

[Trevor B]

Beat me to it.

I tried enabling screen clean mode, which i believe use to cause the whole screen to go back, but now shows a permanent, bright white, message saying to hold for 5 seconds to exit. ​

 

[toolman335]

Yup cleaning mode will do the trick. Done it many times. My car thinks that I do a VERY thorough cleaning job!

 

[Matsayz]

So a towel or cleaning mode + a sticky note, got it.

Did we figure out the best “mode” for a drive-in theater? I thought here was something about the headlights and HVAC that was still being questioned

 

[doug]

Yeah, found the campfire image less annoying than the cleaning mode message.

Did we figure out the best “mode” for a drive-in theater? I thought here was something about the headlights and HVAC that was still being questioned

For HVAC and the radio staying on, you want to use Camp Mode.
I found to get the headlights off, I had to select "Parking Lights", then "Off". If I only selected "Off" some lights (maybe the DRLs) stayed on.

 

[Dan203]

@Dan203 I noticed some screen protector, or you can just use a black towel.

I was wondering the use of such cover, may be to keep the car stealth at night when Sentry is on and detect some motion?
(but you would also need to cover the front headlights and the rear read lights, or find a way to turn them off)

That's a good option. For $14 I ordered one. Not sure if I'll be going back to the drive-in or not, but it'll be nice to have if I do.

 

[Wennfred]

Found a nice piece of white foam used to protect my new wheels in the box they came in, already cut lines in the areas that fold over the top, just need to tape the inside portion of the foam so that the folds hold in place, also spray it down with some matted black spray paint.

Simple cardboard will work too, I measured the screen to be 14 inches wide and 9 1/4 long.

 

[Watts_Up]

So tonight I went to a drive-in movie.... the audio for the movie was being broadcast on an FM station.

BTW which movie did you saw? Is it 'Tenet' by chance?

I just noticed, first indoor Drive In, only for EV, Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, Farnborough, UK.

Fully Charged Electric Drive-In - Fully Charged Show​

 

[Kevy Baby]

Step 1: Get a hammer...

 

[Mdrummer88]

Noticed this too when I went to the drive in this weekend. There is just no way to turn the screen off. I thought ah yes, I’ll do screen cleaning mode but how annoying and bright that new instruction page is. So I next said ah yes, camp mode. And after a few minutes the campfire came on, luckily with no sound like romance mode.. but I thought for sure there’s a monitor off toggle in camp mode, if I tap the screen or something that goes away, right? I mean, if I were camping and trying to sleep, I’d eventually want DARKNESS. Crazy how that didn’t come up when they were developing it.
I guess the screen does make a good coat rack for a hoodie or a towel. Need somewhere to wipe my hands after the popcorn anyway