Hidden Features

[Superhatch]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

If you press and hold the "Audio" button, a hidden menu appears that, as far as I know, is not in the manual for the nav unit.

I want to buy you a beer some day. As someone who takes long drives, many times in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night, even the 'night' mode is super bright. Knowing I can turn that off makes me sooooo happy.

[CO777DAL]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Today I accidentally discovered that there's an easy way to override night mode (and day mode as well) on the BRZ's head unit. This might work on other head units as well, but since I don't have one to test, I don't know.

If you press and hold the "Audio" button, a hidden menu appears that, as far as I know, is not in the manual for the nav unit. If you're in day mode, a "Night" button appears at the top of the screen in that menu. If you're in night mode, that button says "Day" instead. Pressing that button toggles the night/day modes and causes it to ignore the headlights without having to adjust your display to full brightness.

So if you're driving with your headlights on in the rain during the day and want your display at daylight brightness, just press and hold the Audio button and push the "Day" button on the screen. I wish those idiots had put that in the manual instead of having me curse them for months for not including an intuitive way to override the automatic brightness settings.

Originally Posted by Jyn

This didn't seem to work for me.. what head unit do you have? I've got a 2014 Monogram with the Bespoke and when I press and hold the Audio button, it just reads it as a press.

I tried it too and it doesn't work on the Monogram. Then I pushed Setup button and lo and behold the option is right there under display.
Screen shots.

When you hit setup Display is at the top


Options to "turn off" screen go to day/night and adjust brightness and contrast are all in one spot.

[CruiseZen]

Originally Posted by B$

Really? Where is the spot near the handle?

It's the button you use as the trunk handle. Press here and if the key fob is on you the trunk will pop open. No need to use a key or push a button.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by B$

Really? Where is the spot near the handle?

On the BRZ there's a rubber button right between the tag lights, directly under the emblem. Here's a picture of it on my dirty car:



Unless the FR-S trunk is different, I think the "handle" he's talking about is the recessed area for the tag lights. Just press the rubber doofus and the trunk will pop without you ever having to touch your key fob.

On the other hand, I prefer to use my key fob, because the less I have to touch my dirty road-grimed trunk lid, the better.

[WhiteFRS69]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

On the BRZ there's a rubber button right between the tag lights, directly under the emblem. Here's a picture of it on my dirty car:



Unless the FR-S trunk is different, I think the "handle" he's talking about is the recessed area for the tag lights. Just press the rubber doofus and the trunk will pop without you ever having to touch your key fob.

On the other hand, I prefer to use my key fob, because the less I have to touch my dirty road-grimed trunk lid, the better.

just went out to check my FRS about this feature.. dont have it

but i did find a place you can put your key into that i never notice before on the trunk

[Harvey]

GT86 has this..... Just walk up with the SmartKey in your pocket and lift up the trunck...

[CokeSlap]

As does the monogram.

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[LXXXV1]

Originally Posted by CO777DAL

I tried it too and it doesn't work on the Monogram. Then I pushed Setup button and lo and behold the option is right there under display.
Screen shots.

When you hit setup Display is at the top


Options to "turn off" screen go to day/night and adjust brightness and contrast are all in one spot.

iirc the "day mode" option only shows up with the lights ON in my Monogram.

[B$]

Originally Posted by CruiseZen

It's to the right of the trunk handle. Run your finger about an inch or so to the right of the trunk handle and you will feel a small raised area. Press here and if the key fob is on you the trunk will pop open.

Originally Posted by extrashaky

On the BRZ there's a rubber button right between the tag lights, directly under the emblem. Here's a picture of it on my dirty car:



Unless the FR-S trunk is different, I think the "handle" he's talking about is the recessed area for the tag lights. Just press the rubber doofus and the trunk will pop without you ever having to touch your key fob.

On the other hand, I prefer to use my key fob, because the less I have to touch my dirty road-grimed trunk lid, the better.

I will have to check this out at lunch. Thanks!

[Chad86]

Originally Posted by CO777DAL

I tried it too and it doesn't work on the Monogram. Then I pushed Setup button and lo and behold the option is right there under display.
Screen shots.

When you hit setup Display is at the top


Options to "turn off" screen go to day/night and adjust brightness and contrast are all in one spot.

From your pic I can see an option for screen off. I will have to check this out. It didn't make sense that when you hit power off and you are still driving that the screen stays on.

[CO777DAL]

Originally Posted by F4ith

iirc the "day mode" option only shows up with the lights ON in my Monogram.

I keep my lights set to auto and didn't notice it until you said that. When I pull out my garage my headlights are on and the screen is in night mode for about 30 seconds in bright sunlight and in night mood it is very hard to see. So there really is no reason to use it in daylight, but I did find a different setting in navigation.


This is in the daylight as you can tell. If you go into navigation settings, the screen is always set to automatic. You can see in the next photo you can set it to Day only or night only even in the day.

[djmm]

The middle of the steering wheel, where the logo is. If you press it, the car will make a loud beeping sound.

[skasap]

If the sound generator is making too much sound inside the cabin, they supplied a plug (from the outlet behind the glovebox) to stuff into the mouth of the sound generator tube where it comes through the firewall.

[MokSpeed]

Originally Posted by skasap

If the sound generator is making too much sound inside the cabin, they supplied a plug (from the outlet behind the glovebox) to stuff into the mouth of the sound generator tube where it comes through the firewall.

Pull the front of your passenger floor mat carpet back and you'll see a hole that it should plug right into. It's really hard to miss.