Tram

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OK guys-

It could just be me, but this thing is like laser bright. It's a Pioneer DEH-7700MP.. On the "0" setting for brightness, it is still waaaay to bright.. Sometimes I'll flip the face down just so I don't have to be blinded by it.. It could be just the way I like my lights, I usually turn everything down as low as it'll go in the cockpit, so maybe it's just me..

What I'm wondering is if I could put a manual dimmer switch on the thing? Like a rheostat of some sort to dial the joker down even further? Is this possible or am I dreaming?

Thanks guys

J

1998Z28LOADED

I sold my double din tv/dvd because I couldnt even listen to the radio at night without being blinded

pentavolvo

u hook the dimmer wire up to it

LS1121

iTrader: (17)

OK here is what I did, it helped. I carefully removed the 5 screws from the back of my detachable display. I inserted a small piece of blue plastic between the LED's and the display part that Glow. This helped to diffuse the light coming through the display. It's not perfect but I am happy.

I used a piece of tape we use at work for sealing up cases on the production line. I folded the tape over onto itself carefully as not to have any wrinkles and cut it to size.

02Z28LS1

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you might be able to take the faceplate apart and put a piece of tint on the inside of the front face, then put it all back together again.....not really sure, i haven't taken one of those faceplates apart yet myself.

Tram

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So no one has ever tried to put a rheostat on the dimmer line to dim it?

lemons12

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Tint it?

Tram

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Yeh, I could tint it, but then I'd have go into settings and jack the brightness back up to be able to see anything in the day time..

There has to be a way to control the power put to the head unit which controls the brightness... Isn't the dimmer switch supposed to be allow the head unit to be dimmed with the car light swtich?

WhiteBird00

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Pioneer head units don't connect to the factory dimmer wire - they connect to the factory parking light wire. They have a simple on/off configuration for their display dimming. If the car's lights are off the Pioneer display is bright, if the car's lights are on the Pioneer display is dim. Connect the orange with white wire from the head unit to the corresponding wire in the adapter harness or to the brown wire in the factory 10-pin white connector. Using the factory dimmer wire (gray) or adding some kind of external control (rheostat) will have no effect.

The menu has separate settings for brightness and for dimmer on/off. If the dimmer setting is off then the display will always be at the brighness level you selected regardless of whether the headlights are on.