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mangodiscovery
11th January 2017, 09:03 AM
I have a 2009 Discovery 3 SE and during day driving I find it very hard to see the speedometer. I turn on the lights to invoke the dimmer but it does not improve. Is there an upgrade or trick expose the speedo numbers?
Tombie
11th January 2017, 10:07 AM
Glasses?
101RRS
11th January 2017, 10:11 AM
Also remember that when you turn on the leadlamps the dash lamps dim - they are brighter with the headlamps off - maybe you have a fault that keeps the dash lamps dim even though the headlamps are off.

But as Tombie has said - glasses or take take the sunglasses off ;)
LRD414
11th January 2017, 10:52 AM
On my 2014 D4 there is a dash brightness control, which is a small scroll wheel in with the headlight switch binnacle.
Not sure if D3s have this or similar.

Scott
101RRS
11th January 2017, 11:28 AM
On my 2014 D4 there is a dash brightness control, which is a small scroll wheel in with the headlight switch binnacle.


The dimmer scroll only works when the headlamps are on - does not change the brightness of the dash lamps when headlamps are off. The brightness of the dash lamps when the headlamps are off is at least twice as bright as the brightest setting when the headlamps are on.

I just went out and had a look at my instruments - seriously if the OP has a problem reading the speedo there is a problem with the OP and not the speedo :o.

Garry
mangodiscovery
11th January 2017, 12:29 PM
My wife and I have the same problem and our eyes are okay. I will check the instruments and see what I find.
101RRS
11th January 2017, 12:54 PM
My wife and I have the same problem and our eyes are okay. I will check the instruments and see what I find.

Even without the back lighting, during the day the speedo is bright enough with its white needle and white writing on the black background. The backlighting in the day is really for illuminating the LCD displays.

I take it that if you have trouble reading the speedo you have also have trouble with the Tacho, Temp Gauge and Fuel Gauge as these are also white numbers and needles on a black background and dont need backlighting during the day.

Good luck with it.
Tombie
11th January 2017, 01:59 PM
Seriously. How can you not see this?
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/01/807.jpg
shanegtr
11th January 2017, 06:27 PM
Seriously. How can you not see this?
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/01/807.jpg

X2. If you can't see it during the day then I don't think any amount of backlighting will help.

Sent from my GT-I9505 using AULRO mobile app
RHS58
11th January 2017, 06:47 PM
Hmmm. I wonder if what he's talking about is that odometer display on his vehicle is buggered?
Go gentle on the newbie.
jonesfam
11th January 2017, 07:28 PM
I was wearing very dark sunnies & was having trouble reading the dash in certain light.
I am getting on a bit as well.
I have ditched the sunnies for driving (Optometrist is un-impressed) & now have no issues.
I live in NWQ so the sun is going to bugger my eyes anyway.
Jonesfam
DiscoJeffster
12th January 2017, 12:13 AM
It's not a polarised sunglasses problem is it? My polarised sunnies caused the displays to display nothing on my Freelander 2 which has the same displays as a Disco 3. Admittedly I could see the dials, but all LCDs were unreadable apart from random angles.
BMKal
12th January 2017, 11:33 AM
It's not a polarised sunglasses problem is it? My polarised sunnies caused the displays to display nothing on my Freelander 2 which has the same displays as a Disco 3. Admittedly I could see the dials, but all LCDs were unreadable apart from random angles.

Was thinking the same myself. When I'm wearing my sunnies, the (after market) TPMS monitor in mine is a black screen and I can't read anything on it (fortunately it has audible alarms). Everything else on the dash and the touch screen in the D4 is OK though. ;)
DiscoJeffster
12th January 2017, 11:35 AM
Was thinking the same myself. When I'm wearing my sunnies, the (after market) TPMS monitor in mine is a black screen and I can't read anything on it (fortunately it has audible alarms). Everything else on the dash and the touch screen in the D4 is OK though. ;)



Yes, D4 displays work fine with my polarised sunnies. D3 and Freelander 2 green displays are really poor however, basically show up black.
Tombie
12th January 2017, 11:47 AM
If needed - Tilt head like a curious dog... you can see the displays then..
LandyAndy
13th January 2017, 08:25 PM
If needed - Tilt head like a curious dog... you can see the displays then..
Tombie can bee seen doing this on his local Cafe strip.
If you watch closely,you will see after the girlies walk by and the head tilt is done his top lip quivers just like an old ram when he smells a ewe on heat:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
Andrew
letherm
13th January 2017, 09:30 PM
If needed - Tilt head like a curious dog... you can see the displays then..

I tried this in my MY13 D4 HSE today. If I hold my sunnies at 90 degrees it blanks out the screen between the speedo and tacho but the main display above the console only needs a 45 degree turn. So it is probably a Polarising effect as Tombie says and maybe the OP can get sunnies that are polarised at a different angle to solve his problem.

Martin