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SOLVED!! *** How to TOTALLY blank the AVIC screen

By Chuck88 · Feb 01, 2011in Hacks/Mods💬 30 posts👁️ 6,523 views
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Posted Mar 17, 2011 · 01:51 UTC#26

Ah thought so. I can dim 95% of my dashboard lights with a single button, very nice for nightly drives. It's a Saab feature. Would be cool if it would dim the unit too.

 

What do you mean? Can you elaborate please?

Posted Mar 17, 2011 · 04:20 UTC#27

Of course! It's a feature most Saabs have, called Night Panel or Black Panel on older models. It shuts down every light/function/button that is not vital for driving. Basically it only leaves the speedometer lit up. Very nice for nightly drives, except that the Pioneer head unit doesn't respond to it of course, leaving my interior lit. I can tap into a signal with different voltage within this state. If I could trigger the ScreenOff.exe with such a signal, I could black out the screen when I use the Night Panel function.

 

Hope this makes sense. If not, here's a little paragraph on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_900_%28NG%29#Black_Panel

Posted Mar 17, 2011 · 11:57 UTC#28

Thanks. So you can do it now, just with one more click away! :mrgreen:

 

By no mean I want you to convert from Diaftia's mod, but just so you will know that in my mod, I have implemented an "Opacity Layer" that is user-controllable in realtime, so you can adjust the intensity of the AVIC LCD display. This way you will be able to dim the head unit from 0 to 60 (barely visible), but still see the navigation details.

 

My version 3.0 is under its way ...

 

Enjoy all mods! :razz:

Edited Mar 17, 2011 by Chuck88
Posted Mar 17, 2011 · 12:14 UTC#29

Cheers, I didn't mean to talk down on your mod either. Your work is of course much appreciated!

Posted Mar 17, 2011 · 15:47 UTC#30

But if you only want that functionality, you can also cut my code and embed it into Diaftia's mod, so you will have the best of both worlds!

 

This will require some digging, though. :mrgreen:

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