Can It Be Done

[bk284]

hey I have just bought a 03' BA xr6T and I have question. During the day sometimes I have the headligts on. When they are on the premium sound screen goes to the white on black darjer screen and it can be hard to see. Is there a way to keep the screen on full brightness with the headlights still on. Any help would be appreciatd/

[YPURV4]

No there isnt, why do you drive with you head lights on in the day time anyway

[Buf-Phoon]

ummm visibility. When driving interstate I drive with my headlights on so that I am able to be seen by other drivers.

eg. so they can see me before they overtake on the opposite side of the road and vice versa.

hope that's ok

[bk284]

  YPURV4 said:

No there isnt, why do you drive with you head lights on in the day time anyway

I have a black car and apparently it can be quite hard to see even in the day. I found out first hand yesterday when a camry pulled out on me whan I was about 10 metres away and nearly wrote my car off in the first week of owning it. I would have cried and cried. Just a safety thing for me. Just mekes me feel better about driving.

[senna_T]

The reason the screen goes black is because when you have your lights on its generally night time and dark inside the cabin, with the normal bright screen it would be too much of a distraction and it would cause your eyes to be constantly re-adjusting whenever you looked at the road and then the screen.

[Dunnas]

There must be some sort of signal sent to the ICC from the headlight/indicator stalk... Someone here will probably know where abouts... Snippety snip, or better yet a switch install, and problem solved.

I would be interested in this if you do figure out how it could be done as I too drive during the day with headlights on. In some European country/s (can't remember where) it's illegal to drive without your lights on. Hence why some car manufactures have their vehicles set to constantly have the lights on.

[JimmyXR6T04]

make sure your instrument cluster is set at full brightness, it'll make it easier to see, but not sure how much easier!

[aiboart]

  bk284 said:

hey I have just bought a 03' BA xr6T and I have question. During the day sometimes I have the headligts on. When they are on the premium sound screen goes to the white on black darjer screen and it can be hard to see. Is there a way to keep the screen on full brightness with the headlights still on. Any help would be appreciatd/

Link to Ford Falcon Accessories

Falcon Accessories

Lights on feature

Headlights and taillights automatically turn on when your Falcon is started and turn off when your Falcon is shut down

Integrated with the electronic system

Helps to improve visibility of the vehicle to other traffic

Note: For illustration purposes lights on feature is shown fitted to a Fairmont Ghia

RRP Fitted*: $168.00

Part Number: BA 13D005 AB - for vehicles without satellite navigation

BA 13D005 BB - for vehicles with satellite navigation

[bk284]

Thanks man I will have to have a closer look at that, sounds like it might be the go for me but. Thanks for the help much appreciated.

[SCRIBR]

some middle aged woman, with child in the car of course, doing about 60+ in a 40 zone, nearly smashed into me yesterday... went straight thru the round about when I was 3/4 through.. I beeped and she went up the gutter and did a bit of damage her car.

Don't know if its the dark car.. or just f*ck wits on the road.. I guess its easy for her to say "dark car.. didnt see" rather than "didn't look"