Instrument cluster

Gauge lighting with the headlights off: needles and scales

What the instrument cluster lights up in daytime with the lights off.

Odyx Pro

What changes

Unit 17 (instrument cluster): long coding, byte 0, bit 0 = 1, byte 0, bit 1 = 1.

Details

Audi A4 B8 (8K). The map is compiled from public descriptions of the B8 coding and has not been confirmed by a write on a car. Odyx reads the unit's coding first and shows the changes. On early B8 cars the unit answers over TP2.0 (KWP2000) — you need an ELM327 adapter that supports TP2.0; on the B8.5 some units answer over UDS. To undo, use the write history.

Other options

This is one option of the “Gauge lighting with the headlights off” setting: only one can be active.

Odyx · Owner’s manualHow to use

How to enable it in Odyx

  1. Plug an ELM327 Bluetooth LE adapter into the OBD port (on a Mac also Wi‑Fi, USB or DoIP).
  2. Odyx scans the units, recognises the car and shows what is on and what can be enabled.
  3. Open the feature card: before / after / how to check, and the change plan.
  4. Confirm the write. A backup is made automatically; put it back from the logbook any time.
☑ Engine off
☑ Ignition on
☑ Voltage 12 V or more
☑ Car off the road

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