MT Gear Indicator Issue
 

I was reading through the owners manual (no really, I was :bellyroll: ) and I saw the steps to turn on the gear indicator for those with a manual transmission.

According to the book, while the key is turned to ACC, you press ODO until you see g-off.

I dont have that menu. I get ODO, Trip A, and Trip B. No gear indicator settings.

Has anyone been able to successfully set that up?

I don't have a MT, but I did read this earlier. Did you have the key in the ACC or LOCK position? Page 152 says it only shows in those positions.

Yep, had it in ACC.

Make sure it is in ACC (first click) and not ON (second click)

http://i.imgur.com/GtG2Q.png

Hmm, don't know then. You can't turn it off on the AT, or I'd give it a try to see what happens. Might just try "off" if you haven't. The OD button does work in the OFF position.

Ill give that a try in a bit.

I guess while we're on the subject of the instrument cluster, is there any way to get the tach to do a fast sweep, like in this video:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki2JA-_Opn4&feature=channel&list=UL"]Subaru BRZ nav startup screen by PERRIN Performance - YouTube[/ame]

Mine goes up to where I set the rev warning, pauses, then goes back down.

I'm sure there's a way, but I doubt it's just a setting.

IIRC it was a selling/debating point for a lot of the BRZ guys...

usually with these things, you don't keep pressing the ODO button repeatedly, they mean for you to press and hold the button down until you see the new setting pop up. but i don't have the car or manual to really know lol

gah sudden posts, now i see the manual above.

I thought gauge s weep was only on the BRZ, not FRS ???

Just went out to mine. What they mean is for you to push the button until the g-off display shows. You then hold the button in until it changes. Same with the REV light.

But it should come up just by pushing the button through 4 or less cycles, then is when you hold it down.

Try this if you didn't get it to work yet. Put the key in the ignition and turn it to the first on position, then push the ODO/TRIP until it displays G-OFF, then press and hold the button and it will change to G-ON.
That should do it

Its says how to do it in step 4 of this procedure.

Still haven't had a chance to try out what was noted above. Once I do, Ill let you know if it works or not.

I also didnt see the 5 step process in the FR-S owners manual, we may not have the BRZs sweep function :(

I really want a FR-S, but the little things are making me reconsider the BRZ :|

yeah wow more and more little things the brz has.....

Well, now that we've seen how mediocre the navi is, we had to be getting something aside from HID's for $1400 more. :paddle:

AFAIK only the BRZ has the gauge sweep option.. which will be turned off in my car.

FRS has gauge sweep. It sweeps to the SHIFT LIGHT POSITION (at least on the auto, anyhow...) and then zeros itself.

Mind you, the night this was recorded, I worked from 8am til Peking's First 86 delivery event was over AND we kicked it in our parking lot for a bit and chatted with Moto, SteHo that flew in from Scion Canada, Rex from Edmunds, Young from Five Axis, Ryan from Club Lexus and our awesome Corporate Rep. Tiger. It was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG day (this was recorded at about midnight...). So please let my random pauses and brain-farts slide :D


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI-gLstZdg4"]Setting up the Scion FR-S shift light indicator - YouTube[/ame]

Two things:

1 - Im an idiot, I was able to get the gear indicator activated

2 - Indeed, the FR-S does not have the full gauge sweep. I wonder if there is a way to "port" that over from the BRZ. Im a dork and I love that feature.

Wait, so it will sweep to the shift light setting everytime you start it?

Then you can just set it to 7400 and have basically a full sweep!

Kinda-sorta.

It pauses for a second where ever you set the shift light. So its not a fluid sweep. Its up-pause-down.

I still kinda like it...

5 points to Scion for a good effort!!

Actually scions implementation is ever slightly more useful. At least it tells you something. The Subaru version is pointless :)

Love that feature - reminds you of where you have the shift point set.

This is true!

Minus 5 points for Slytheri-- I mean, Subaru!

Hahahahaha. I've just been told that the cars will begin arriving on Memorial Day. I'll verify on Tuesday (since I'm off this weekend) :)

Sweet! I'm sure many people will be happy with the news!

Our 2 employees that ordered back in December are ecstatic... less the fact that they both went the same direction (Manual Whiteout) :iono:

I think that Whiteout 6MT will certainly be the majority! Everyone is getting it!