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Went in a car park the other day and noticed my dash centre console and stereo lights brightened and frak me I could actualy read them (no other lights came on) which means theres a sensor somewhere that activates them the question is where ? so- does anyone know where this little beauty is ?

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in my stagea the light selector needs on be on the "auto" position which is the first position after off... the sensor is located on the dash in the front right corner its a round dark plastic raised circle... it can be a pain for other drivers if you keep it in auto mode and keep your high beams on, every time you go nder a bridge you'll flash the car infront of you ive been caught out a few times so i just use them like normal...

in my stagea the light selector needs on be on the "auto" position which is the first position after off... the sensor is located on the dash in the front right corner its a round dark plastic raised circle... it can be a pain for other drivers if you keep it in auto mode and keep your high beams on, every time you go nder a bridge you'll flash the car infront of you ive been caught out a few times so i just use them like normal...

Ah Ha--thanks mate, i've found what would appear the sensor on the left of the dash as you sit in the car looks like a tiny solar cell about 2/3 the size of a 5c piece I can't however find the on/off function you describe I suspect there may not be one, I'll try covering the cell when I'm driving around and see if that'll do the trick , the main lights and dash/speedo/switchs etc were not activated in the car park I mentioned in my previous post , just the centre console and head unit LCD panels lights. Cheers. :D

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