Prius Interior Lighting

Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
about it?

Gary Eickmeier

In article <3I6lf.56977$1l6.30996@tornado.tampabay.rr.com>
[email]geickmei@tampabay.rr.com[/email] "Gary Eickmeier" writes:
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> Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim?[/color]

That'll be a matter of opinion. Seems fine on mine: UK T4, 2005.
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> Can anything be done about it?[/color]

Pass -- except that I doubt Toyota see it as a priority.
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Andrew Stephenson

Hachiroku wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:29:19 +0000, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
>
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>>Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
>>about it?
>>
>>Gary Eickmeier[/color]
>
>
> Because the instrument panel is up under the windsheild, in the middle of
> the dash and not right behind the wheel!
>
> It is a little unnerving, isn't it? But, you'll get used to it.
>[/color]
I don't understand your answer - what does the instrument panel have to
do with the steering wheel controls?

Gary Eickmeier

"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3I6lf.56977$1l6.30996@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...[color=blue]
> Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
> about it?
>
> Gary Eickmeier[/color]

Have you tried turning up the rheostat to full bright?
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Ray O
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In article <87a05$43952157$180fead6$24564@msgid.meganewsservers.com>,
Ray O <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:3I6lf.56977$1l6.30996@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...[color=green]
> > Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
> > about it?
> >
> > Gary Eickmeier[/color]
>
> Have you tried turning up the rheostat to full bright?[/color]

Gary & Ray,

I also have inadequate illumination of the buttons on the steering
wheel. It is so dim, even with the rheostat at max, that attempting to
find the right button at night would take my eyes off the road for
several seconds. My solution is to use the central display for the
audio and climate adjustments. It's still a distraction, but it's
quicker.

Of course, I'm old and my eyes are less sensitive in general. I wonder
if this is a question that will draw different responses according to
the responder's age??

Brent

In article <061220050813223259%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk>
[email]bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk[/email] "Brent Secombe" writes:
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> I also have inadequate illumination of the buttons on the
> steering wheel. [...][/color]

C'mon, fellows, you're not _meant_ to look at the wheel when you
work those controls. (The road, after all, contains so much more
that is of interest to a driver.) That's what the little dimples
and hollows and bars and what-nots are for: so you can _feel_ the
controls. It does work; you just have to learn the way.
--
Andrew Stephenson

In article <1133888386snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk>, Andrew Stephenson
<ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> In article <061220050813223259%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk>
> [email]bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk[/email] "Brent Secombe" writes:
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> > I also have inadequate illumination of the buttons on the
> > steering wheel. [...][/color]
>
> C'mon, fellows, you're not _meant_ to look at the wheel when you
> work those controls. (The road, after all, contains so much more
> that is of interest to a driver.) That's what the little dimples
> and hollows and bars and what-nots are for: so you can _feel_ the
> controls. It does work; you just have to learn the way.[/color]

I'm sure you're right, but during the learning process a visual cue is
necessary. The bumps and dimples are not intuitive to me.

Brent

"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:061220051736320340%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk...

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>
> I'm sure you're right, but during the learning process a visual cue is
> necessary. The bumps and dimples are not intuitive to me.
>
> Brent[/color]

I gotta ask... Has that line ever worked for you in a bar/social gathering?
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Ray O
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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>"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:061220051736320340%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk...
>
><snip>[color=green]
>>
>> I'm sure you're right, but during the learning process a visual cue is
>> necessary. The bumps and dimples are not intuitive to me.
>>
>> Brent[/color]
>
>I gotta ask... Has that line ever worked for you in a bar/social gathering?[/color]

NOW he suggests it!...I coulda used that many years ago Ray...
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-Gord.
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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>>"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:061220051736320340%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk...
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>><snip>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> I'm sure you're right, but during the learning process a visual cue is
>>> necessary. The bumps and dimples are not intuitive to me.
>>>
>>> Brent[/color]
>>
>>I gotta ask... Has that line ever worked for you in a bar/social
>>gathering?[/color]
>
> NOW he suggests it!...I coulda used that many years ago Ray...
> --
>
> -Gord.
> (use gordon in email)[/color]

LOL! It has to be good for a slap or two!
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Ray O
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Hachiroku wrote:[color=blue]
> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:Ts8lf.17467$8d.2560@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...[/color]
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>>I don't understand your answer - what does the instrument panel have to do
>>with the steering wheel controls?
>>
>>Gary Eickmeier[/color]
>
>[color=green]
>>Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
>>about it?[/color]
>
>
> From the way you worded it, it sounded like the steering wheel itself, not
> the controls! I thought you were referring to the lack of backlighting that
> the Prius instrument cluster didn't provide.[/color]

Well, there is generally not provided illumination on steering wheels,
but yes, I could have worded it better. Just thought maybe it was such a
well-known problem that it would be clear enough.

From the responses, sounds like what my friend said is true - we're
supposed to learn braille to do it. I suppose I could learn it that way,
but what the hay...

GAry Eickmeier

Gary Eickmeier <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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>
>
>Hachiroku wrote:[color=green]
>> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ts8lf.17467$8d.2560@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>I don't understand your answer - what does the instrument panel have to do
>>>with the steering wheel controls?
>>>
>>>Gary Eickmeier[/color]
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
>>>about it?[/color]
>>
>>
>> From the way you worded it, it sounded like the steering wheel itself, not
>> the controls! I thought you were referring to the lack of backlighting that
>> the Prius instrument cluster didn't provide.[/color]
>
>Well, there is generally not provided illumination on steering wheels,
>but yes, I could have worded it better. Just thought maybe it was such a
>well-known problem that it would be clear enough.
>
> From the responses, sounds like what my friend said is true - we're
>supposed to learn braille to do it. I suppose I could learn it that way,
>but what the hay...
>
>GAry Eickmeier[/color]

No guy that I know of has to learn Braille to take a leak in the
dark...
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-Gord.
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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>
>"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
>news:321ap1t0ejrrfesp5tmmkeorsup8c33c5t@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>>"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:061220051736320340%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk...
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure you're right, but during the learning process a visual cue is
>>>> necessary. The bumps and dimples are not intuitive to me.
>>>>
>>>> Brent
>>>
>>>I gotta ask... Has that line ever worked for you in a bar/social
>>>gathering?[/color]
>>
>> NOW he suggests it!...I coulda used that many years ago Ray...
>> --
>>
>> -Gord.
>> (use gordon in email)[/color]
>
>LOL! It has to be good for a slap or two![/color]

Damned right...if you haven't earned a slap or two while growing
up then you haven't been aggressive enough... :)
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-Gord.
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"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
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>>
>>"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
>>news:321ap1t0ejrrfesp5tmmkeorsup8c33c5t@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>>> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>news:061220051736320340%bsecombover@yahoo.co.uk...
>>>>
>>>><snip>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure you're right, but during the learning process a visual cue is
>>>>> necessary. The bumps and dimples are not intuitive to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brent
>>>>
>>>>I gotta ask... Has that line ever worked for you in a bar/social
>>>>gathering?
>>>
>>> NOW he suggests it!...I coulda used that many years ago Ray...
>>> --
>>>
>>> -Gord.
>>> (use gordon in email)[/color]
>>
>>LOL! It has to be good for a slap or two![/color]
>
> Damned right...if you haven't earned a slap or two while growing
> up then you haven't been aggressive enough... :)
> --
>
> -Gord.
> (use gordon in email)[/color]

Amen to that!
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Ray O
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On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:01:26 +0000, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
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>
>
> Hachiroku wrote:[color=green]
>> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ts8lf.17467$8d.2560@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>I don't understand your answer - what does the instrument panel have to do
>>>with the steering wheel controls?
>>>
>>>Gary Eickmeier[/color]
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Why is the lighting on the steering wheel so dim? Can anything be done
>>>about it?[/color]
>>
>>
>> From the way you worded it, it sounded like the steering wheel itself, not
>> the controls! I thought you were referring to the lack of backlighting that
>> the Prius instrument cluster didn't provide.[/color]
>
> Well, there is generally not provided illumination on steering wheels,
> but yes, I could have worded it better. Just thought maybe it was such a
> well-known problem that it would be clear enough.
>
> From the responses, sounds like what my friend said is true - we're
> supposed to learn braille to do it. I suppose I could learn it that way,
> but what the hay...
>
> GAry Eickmeier[/color]


My LHS has NO illumination for the Cruise Control. It does have raised
bumps for "On" and "set".

I never drove a Prius at night, except for the "Classic" (1999) that
didn't have the controls on the wheel.

How long have you had the car? I'm sure you'll become accostumed to it in
no time!


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