ethanwa Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Maybe I missed this somewhere on a thread or something, but how do you turn on Night Mode? When I turn on my lights, the screen is still bright. What's the secret here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
epsilonkore Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Make sure you have your illumination wire from your head unit connected to your cars illumination wire so it can auto dim when you turn on your lights. There is a thread covering this in several of the AVIC forums, not just the NEX. Once that is done you can adjust your illumination when lights are on, and separately when the lights are off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ethanwa Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Make sure you have your illumination wire from your head unit connected to your cars illumination wire so it can auto dim when you turn on your lights. There is a thread covering this in several of the AVIC forums, not just the NEX. Once that is done you can adjust your illumination when lights are on, and separately when the lights are off. Weird, I have that connected but still nothing. I'll double-check when I open it up to add my backup camera. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kentinportland Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Ethanw. If you've got the illumination wire connected, you should see 12 volts when the lights are turned on and no voltage when they're off. Then, from the "system setting" menu on the head unit, scroll down to picture adjustment. Be sure that your lights are tuned on and then adjust the nighttime dimmer to the level that works best for you. The head unit illumination will dim to the level that you've selected when the lights are turned on. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to adjust the nighttime brightness level with my vehicle's dimmer control. It seems as thought he only way to do that is via the head unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donmontalvo Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Weird, I noticed the auto dimming was not working after the shop set up the iDataLink Maestro RR for my 2014 CR-V and AVIC-5000NEX. I'm gone the next couple weeks, I guess I'll have them take another look when I get back. PS, unless this feature isn't supposed to work on cars that have DRL? Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tickerguy Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 It most-certainly does work on vehicles with DRL. The illumination lead controls it generally; perhaps your installer didn't hook it up thinking the CANBus had the data on it, and the iDatalink unit doesn't pass it (or the unit doesn't decode that?) I have DRL and the illumination wire connected and it works fine on my unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donmontalvo Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 It most-certainly does work on vehicles with DRL. The illumination lead controls it generally; perhaps your installer didn't hook it up thinking the CANBus had the data on it, and the iDatalink unit doesn't pass it (or the unit doesn't decode that?) I have DRL and the illumination wire connected and it works fine on my unit. Thanks for confirming, I'll visit the shop after my trip to get the adjustment made. Man I'm so glad I found this forum, you folks rock! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dspin Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Day and Night mode are based on sunup and sunset (Clock). The dimmer wire will dim the display depending on setting of dimmer adjustment with lights on and off. It fades between the two settings.It isn't like older systems that would change the map to dark when lights are on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donmontalvo Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Day and Night mode are based on sunup and sunset (Clock). The dimmer wire will dim the display depending on setting of dimmer adjustment with lights on and off. It fades between the two settings.It isn't like older systems that would change the map to dark when lights are on. Thanks @dspin! I went back to the shop. Since my factory base unit didn't offer night dim, the engineer simply re-routed one wire and now I have night dim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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