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Fix for difficulty seeing red arrows on Energy Monitor Screen in daylight (2010 Prius II)?
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Friends: 0 | I am having a difficult time seeing the red arrows (involving the ICE -Internal Combustion Engine) on the 2010 Prius Energy Monitor Screen during daylight. In the Prius 2010 Owner's Manual, p. 583 under the list of Customizable Features, is this item: Meter, Navigational system, instrument panel: Sensor sensitivity for darkening/returning the brightness of the meter, navigation system and instrument panel depending on the outside brightness Default is set to 0, customized settings -2 to +2 Has anyone else had this difficulty? Has anyone else done this customization? Did it fix the problem? Any other ideas for a fix? I really want to see these red arrows for feedback on driving/fuel consumption. |
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Friends: 0 | Everybody is having problems seeing the red arrows. More so if you have sunglasses on. Toyota is aware of the problem and the console design engineer has been asked to commit harakiri. |
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Friends: 12 | Sorry, but as both a Classic & Iconic owner, I see very little value in the Energy Monitor now. It's easy to understand the appeal, but you'll find yourself switching over to the Eco-Meter and never looking back. So in a way, I see the red arrows as a way of phasing people off that original screen (which dates back all the way to 1997). On the new Eco-Meter, whether or not you can see the red for power is a non-issue. The big ECO symbol indicates the threshold anyway. See... ![]() ![]() . |
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Friends: 0 | deleted, to hide possible evidence of dementia. Last edited by fuzzy1; 06-29-2009 at 02:56 AM. |
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Friends: 0 | I agree that the red arrows aren't very visible. Maybe Toyota can brighten them up somewhat. I like to see the energy monitor screen sometimes because the red arrows indicate when the engine is running. I is difficult otherwise to tell. |
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I was going to ask if anyone else has had this feature changed, so I'm glad you brought it up. I see another post saying that perhaps it's not even a programmable feature for us in the US so it's a moot point. | |
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Radiocycle, your dealer did not attempt to change the settings for the instrument panel since s/he did not know anything about it? So someone needs to at least try it? Maybe me? | |
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