Hi folks

Having thought about a GArmin for the dash cubby - it sprung to mind the other night - can the screen brightness be changed in a similar way as the dash display?

Just thought driving at night it might be quite bright in the cabin especially for SWMBO 2002 Honda VFR800
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Tomtoms have a night setting (which is adjustable) and so I'm sure Garmins will also. On the newer TT's it's auto depending on the light conditions but I guess that won't work if you've got it neatly packed into the central dash cubby.

My Garmin has two options: manually or automatic that kicks in at sunset/sunrise times.

+1 cannonball by tomtom can also be set to auto change, and this as you say is time rather than light dependant so works fine in cetre cubby and is a perfect fit as well you have a choice of literally hundreds of free colour schemes , downloadable to the unit via tomtom website. You can even get a freelander 2 instead of the position arrow, as well as virtually any other car you fancy.
The day and night setting also have independently settable brightness levels.
I think mine is an XL IQ europe model.

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I have a Garmin. You can switch to night settings and also adjust the brightness plus opt for automatic night settings which I use so it blends in well. I can't immediately remember how to change but the usual fiddling with the menus should get to the icon.

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chicken george wrote:

tell her to wear sunglasses at night

You obviously haven't met her - she often does!!!! stops the glare from oncoming vehicles  2002 Honda VFR800
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2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
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1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

My Garmin Quest has 3 backlight settings, OFF, FULL and USER-DEFINED. They are accessed by simple press of the on-off button (turning off is press and hold). In the #user-defined# mode I get a "slider" image on the screen to move between bright and dim.
The display colour scheme changes at sunrise and sunset but this does not change the backlight.
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On the 1390 and 1490 Garmins go to 'tools' from the main screen, 'settings', and then 'display'. This allows you to change night and day settings plus overall screen brightness.

On the 1390 and 1490 Garmins go to 'tools' from the main screen, 'settings', and then 'display'. This allows you to change night and day settings plus overall screen brightness.

BTW: If you are after egipp's flush mounted look, then don't purchase the Nuvi 2000 series as the surround is all one piece and doesn't come off separately to the main houseing.

I bought a Nuvi 2460LT last week, took it apart and whilst doing this I broke the clip that holds the wiring for the screen I even had a screen cut at a plastics shop for it too!

I have now ordered a Nuvi 1490 now but they are a rare find in Oz now as the 2000 series superseded this.