For me its not just the instrument cluster but also the HVAC LCD as well. It dims so much that you cant even see it at times. I have tinted windows. its shocking that you cannot control this either with a knob or idrive.

 

Curious if anyone has had any luck with further coding on this. Not a huge annoyance but it would be nice to have things bright during the day for the cluster and HVAC.

Chris

 

Ditto. DIM_VARIANT works great for iDrive display, but the instrument cluster still goes dark quite often especially when driving through shaded areas and/or during dusk or dawn.

 

After days of being mad and reading people complain about this and other people saying they were dumb and people complain about tint i finally found your post and fixed my Brand New 2021 X4 M40i with an Idrive, HVAC and Instrument Cluster that would dim almost too low to read. I have tinted windows and did not notice the issue prior to getting the tint.

I used Bimmercode 4.0 (11767) - 12.1.0 May 2021...

Under Instrument Cluster, Expert Mode, 3007 KI_Dimmung, DIM_DTN, Custom value... Backspace a couple times and input 0x5F.

Finally fixed.

Credit to Hugowagen.

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Hello, I have an F45 xdrive 220d MSport with HU_ENTRYNAV, Mid-Kombi & Head up display. I had a specific issue I was trying to rectify which was that the Air Conditioning panel display (dual zone temps, fan speed, etc) went too dim in certain light conditions, making it hard to read. The...

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After days of being mad and reading people complain about this and other people saying they were dumb and people complain about tint i finally found your post and fixed my Brand New 2021 X4 M40i with an Idrive, HVAC and Instrument Cluster that would dim almost too low to read. I have tinted windows and did not notice the issue prior to getting the tint.

I used Bimmercode 4.0 (11767) - 12.1.0 May 2021...

Under Instrument Cluster, Expert Mode, 3007 KI_Dimmung, DIM_DTN, Custom value... Backspace a couple times and input 0x5F.

Finally fixed.

Credit to Hugowagen.

F056 (F04x, F05x, F06x) - Increasing panel display...

Hello, I have an F45 xdrive 220d MSport with HU_ENTRYNAV, Mid-Kombi & Head up display. I had a specific issue I was trying to rectify which was that the Air Conditioning panel display (dual zone temps, fan speed, etc) went too dim in certain light conditions, making it hard to read. The...

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Geesh you gave me some real hope there for a minute. Unfortunately that doesn't work on the G30 5 series . The 3007 is a different category on the 5'er (PIA ..something) and DIM_DTN doesn't seem to exist in any of the Instrument Cluster settings (Expert). There must be a corresponding setting somewhere. Hopefully this new info will lead to it.

 

Keep looking, hopefully you might be able to find it.

 

Fixed a 3 series today. DIM_DTN is located in 3005 under the instrument cluster on this one.

 

DIM_DTN is located in 3005 under the instrument cluster on this one.

Did it today on my 540i using Bimmercode. Works!! Awesome, thanks!.

 

Awesome Find! This worked on my 2016 F30 320I Entry HU.

 

On my G20 ('19 330i) I have DIM_DTN under 3005 but it reads 0x3F. What value should I add? Is it 0x5F? Does this affect the threshold for changing to amber night displays? I just need to know what DIM_DTN exactly does and if it affects other things related to brightness?

 

Giving this a bump..

Ran into the same problem here. Bright screen, got the windows tinted (substantially tinted) and then had the iDrive screen so dim and lifeless. The light censor is way too sensitive.

Shone a flashlight onto the censor (its just above the fuel gauge on the left of the instrument cluster like someone pointed out) and POP.. The screens light up again, looking amazing.

Jumped into Bimmercode- and changed the value in 3005 Expert Mode, DIM_DTN from 0x3F to 0x5F, I noticed a slight bump, but not as much as I would've liked. It actually still seemed like the screen was dimming depending on the light censor conditions.

I've just gotten into bimmercode again, and pumped it to 0x7F, which I believe someone said was the max. I'll need to test it out over the next couple of days to see if there was any improvement.

Can anyone else shed any light to if we can turn this light censor off completely- or keep it locked at a particlar brightness?

 

Giving this a bump..

Ran into the same problem here. Bright screen, got the windows tinted (substantially tinted) and then had the iDrive screen so dim and lifeless. The light censor is way too sensitive.

Shone a flashlight onto the censor (its just above the fuel gauge on the left of the instrument cluster like someone pointed out) and POP.. The screens light up again, looking amazing.

Jumped into Bimmercode- and changed the value in 3005 Expert Mode, DIM_DTN from 0x3F to 0x5F, I noticed a slight bump, but not as much as I would've liked. It actually still seemed like the screen was dimming depending on the light censor conditions.

I've just gotten into bimmercode again, and pumped it to 0x7F, which I believe someone said was the max. I'll need to test it out over the next couple of days to see if there was any improvement.

Can anyone else shed any light to if we can turn this light censor off completely- or keep it locked at a particlar brightness?

This drove me crazy and led me to selling my 530 and buying a 740 that didn't have this issue. My 2021 430 does not suffer from this issue and believe this was a "feature" of the 2019 5 series.

 

Sorry guys, don’t mean to be a pain, I have a 3 series touring(F31) and the auto dim feature on the idrive causes me to not be able to even really see the screen, I’m looked on BimmerCode and for the life of me can’t find the code, I tried to follow instructions in previous post but can’t find that DIM_VARIANT option, any help would be greatly appreciated

 

When you connect to the BimmerCode app, select “Headunit”, and then in the bottom left you have to select “Expert Mode”. After that, just use the search function at the top to search for DIM_VARIANT.

 

Even if you can get into the code- and find it- it simply doesn't allow you to brighten the screen to its normal value without a tint. Its not bright. I actually dont know if if even brightens it at all, it may be a placebo.

Even after re-coding, its quite dim- and you can see its full potential when shining your flashlight into the censor, the screens and brightness immediately POP.

I wish BMW would fix this nonsense once and for all.