Anyone converted the orange ball in dashboard?
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:18 pm
I have read on another forum that it's possible to convert the black text on orange to orange text on black, thus removing the glaring orange ball at night. Turning the dial brightness doesn't help, so this seems an interesting idea.
Lifted from the QashqaiClub,Co.Uk website, upon which I am not deemed fit to post it seems.
- Taking out the combination meter unit is not difficult. Info can be found in the ESM.
- The (square) LCD inside the combination meter can be taken off of the pcb. It is not soldered in.
To reach it you will have to take off the front (easy) and remove the needles of both the gauges (quite hard as they are plastic, brittle and a tight fit).
After removing the dial front you can take out the LCD. Be careful not to bend or break off any pins.
- Peel off the polarizing film of the glass surface (hard as there is a risk of breaking the glass).
- Clean the glass surface and remove any adhesive residue using isopropyl alcohol.
- Put on a new piece of polarizing film. Compared to the old piece you need to rotate it by 90 degrees to make the LCD appear dark.
- Assemble everything. Be careful with the gauge needles and their alignment.
Now you should have a nice orange on black LCD.
A piece of polarizing film is available from several sellers on eBay.
Anyone done this? I bought a piece of polarizing film off ebay, but just placing it against the dash for test purposes does nothing. It goes dark as I rotate it through about 45 degrees, but completely darlk, no numbers showing. It looks like the dash needs to be dismantled in order to remove the existing film over the LCD, but it says to place it at 90 degrees to the original. How do you tell what is 90 degrees? It depends on how the film was cut at the factory. There are no lines or pattern in the film that I can see.
I'm 'happy' to dismantle the dash, but not for nothing. Any intrepid Qashqqai owners out there that have done it already?
Lifted from the QashqaiClub,Co.Uk website, upon which I am not deemed fit to post it seems.
- Taking out the combination meter unit is not difficult. Info can be found in the ESM.
- The (square) LCD inside the combination meter can be taken off of the pcb. It is not soldered in.
To reach it you will have to take off the front (easy) and remove the needles of both the gauges (quite hard as they are plastic, brittle and a tight fit).
After removing the dial front you can take out the LCD. Be careful not to bend or break off any pins.
- Peel off the polarizing film of the glass surface (hard as there is a risk of breaking the glass).
- Clean the glass surface and remove any adhesive residue using isopropyl alcohol.
- Put on a new piece of polarizing film. Compared to the old piece you need to rotate it by 90 degrees to make the LCD appear dark.
- Assemble everything. Be careful with the gauge needles and their alignment.
Now you should have a nice orange on black LCD.
A piece of polarizing film is available from several sellers on eBay.
Anyone done this? I bought a piece of polarizing film off ebay, but just placing it against the dash for test purposes does nothing. It goes dark as I rotate it through about 45 degrees, but completely darlk, no numbers showing. It looks like the dash needs to be dismantled in order to remove the existing film over the LCD, but it says to place it at 90 degrees to the original. How do you tell what is 90 degrees? It depends on how the film was cut at the factory. There are no lines or pattern in the film that I can see.
I'm 'happy' to dismantle the dash, but not for nothing. Any intrepid Qashqqai owners out there that have done it already?