Red dash lights

Thanks, Ate.

I'll give that a go and see if it still works with my model. Only time (mostly) I wear my very dark glasses is when driving some distance, so only have to redo it if I stop for any reason ...
 
I don't want them brighter. I want them a different colour. Considering mounting a white LED pointed at the instruments.
 
ateday said:
Check your drivers handbook. It may get a mention. That`s how I discovered mine.
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gregjet said:
Went through it front to back. Possible I missed but didn't find it.
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Mine is an XS. The only mention is at p.3.19 where it mentions an optional BRIGHT switch for this purpose - "if equipped". Mine is not 'equipped'.

None of the 3 climate control buttons perform as you describe ... :shrug:.
 
Yeah, yours is the next model after mine I think so may be a discontinued option.
If it`s any consolation it has marginal value because you must perform the operation every time you start the car.
Would be great if some degree of permanence was available.
 
It would probably not be all that hard to disable the automatic dimmer by fitting a switch in the appropriate light stalk to the DRM wire or whatever terminal block. IF one could identify the correct wire ...
 
I have been driving a new XV on an extended loan from Subaru ( which is another storey) for three weeks and loving it. Hence I have followed your post with interest.
I can not find anything wrong with the red lights that you refer to, I can see them perfectly well and discussed this with my wife who also confirmed no issue.

With respect I think you need to have your glasses / eyes checked. As I got older I had to move from single vision glasses to multifocal lenses. But it isn't that straight forward as you need to workout what distance you want the reading part set for computer screens, reading books, car instruments etc. You also need to consider the position of the distance part of your lense, I.e. How high / low it sits.
When I had my Pajero as well as my first Forester I needed a different pair of glasses set up for each car with position of distance and reading parts of the lenses set to suit each given the higher seating position in relation to the road.
Trust this makes sense.
 
I agree, HC.

My glasses - 1x general bifocal distance/readers (2m-infinity/550mm)

1x computer glasses, monofocal - focus at 600-1,100mm

1x 'art' glasses, monofocal - focus at 1-2m

2x sunglasses - 1x 75%; 1x 85% - both have distance script, with computer script in bottom.

1x pink night driving glasses, same scripts as sunnies.

I have the cut set so that it's at the join between dash and windscreen. This is tricky to determine.

Can't stand continuous grind (multifocals) for anything. The blurry lower outside quadrants drive me nuts.
 
^ SWMBO uses them, but I can't. Not even the newer, wider type. That blurry quadrant is something I can't stand. The curse of having always had excellent eyesight, I suppose!
 
RB,
sadly it is called ageing!

Is presbyopia inevitable?

With age, the eye lens becomes less flexible and loses its ability to focus properly. This normally happens in people as they reach their mid 40s, when they develop long-sightedness.
One of the earliest signs is only being able to read things by holding them at arms’ length. Everybody experiences loss of near focusing power as they age although some people will notice it more than others. Presbyopia develops whether or not you have had laser eye surgery before your 40s for short or long-sightedness.
As the effects of presbyopia continue to affect your lens, you will need regular eye tests to make sure that your glasses or lens provide presbyopic correction to allow you to see objects near to you clearly.
 
I am very shortsighted so as I age and long sightedness sets in my general prescription remains, more or less constant.
To see detail close up I remove specs and I can see close detail well.
However as my eyes continue to age my close up vision is not as good as it was. Contacts were possible, and great, in my younger day but not now as I need reading glasses with them. So not much point when one pair of transitionals will suffice.
Never let anybody tell you that old age is great. It has absolutely nothing to recommend it except it beats the alternative!!!!
 
An Australian guy did his PHD on the increase in accidents in older people and one of his findings was that multifocal and particularly continuous MF's were a prime cause of accidents. They screw up the parallax for you distance sensing. I was happy to see that because I had come to the same conclusion before hearing this. No such thing as a straight line when wearing them ( have a look at a ruler from any angle when wearing them ) cut myself very badly with an angle grinder when wearing them. Back to single focal and haven't had a problem since ( ot before I wore them actually). Makes doing carpentry and steel work next to impossible. And don't get me started on riding a mountain bike with MF's....
 
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