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Hi all,
This is my debut post; please be gentle.
I very recently took delivery of a beautiful, shiny and very bright red Polo GTI.
I've waded through pages and pages of (often very helpful, ta!) threads here, and learned that "vag-com" is the software that allows playing with options such as auto-locking, whether the alarm emits a stepped-on puppy sound (I must get that turned on) or not and suchlike.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks the trip computer and odometer screens were designed at around 4:58pm on a Friday afternoon, as they are almost entirely illegible during the day (especially with window tint and sunglasses). I have found flicking the headlights on and the subsequent blue illumination helps a little, but would have preferred it if the VW boffins had used their noggins just a smidge and put in LEDs rather than LCDs. What a difference one letter could have made!
So, what I am wondering is if somebody who is down with this software could please advise if it will allow the dash lighting to be switched on permanently (well, when the ignition is on at least), without having to have the headlights turned on?
Alternatively, has anybody been clever enough to retrofit LED displays that are legible during the day?
And to think, there's that massive "screen" in the middle of the dials that does absolutely nada save for hold a few warning lights up top.
Cheers for reading this far (if you did) - plus further cheers if you're able to
help.
Erm, cheers again!
PogoAmy.
xox
This is my debut post; please be gentle.
I very recently took delivery of a beautiful, shiny and very bright red Polo GTI.
I've waded through pages and pages of (often very helpful, ta!) threads here, and learned that "vag-com" is the software that allows playing with options such as auto-locking, whether the alarm emits a stepped-on puppy sound (I must get that turned on) or not and suchlike.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks the trip computer and odometer screens were designed at around 4:58pm on a Friday afternoon, as they are almost entirely illegible during the day (especially with window tint and sunglasses). I have found flicking the headlights on and the subsequent blue illumination helps a little, but would have preferred it if the VW boffins had used their noggins just a smidge and put in LEDs rather than LCDs. What a difference one letter could have made!
So, what I am wondering is if somebody who is down with this software could please advise if it will allow the dash lighting to be switched on permanently (well, when the ignition is on at least), without having to have the headlights turned on?
Alternatively, has anybody been clever enough to retrofit LED displays that are legible during the day?
And to think, there's that massive "screen" in the middle of the dials that does absolutely nada save for hold a few warning lights up top.
Cheers for reading this far (if you did) - plus further cheers if you're able to
help.
Erm, cheers again!
PogoAmy.
xox
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