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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 01:36 AM
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Red light under rear view mirror?

I have a '12 coupe. The bottom of the rearview mirror has 3 buttons for garage door openers. To the right of these buttons is a red light that - just barely noticeably - shines down toward the gearshift lever. Anyone know what this is?
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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 02:14 AM
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i've seen that in amber in E series as well which serves simply as a dim reading lamp
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Yeah, if its what im thinking (centre of the mirror) its just to lightly illuminate the cabin.

if its a really small light, that might be for setting up the garage remote, as confirmation of learning/ using it.
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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 02:47 AM
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...thinking that it's just soft enough not to ruin one's night vision, yet assist in finding something in the dark
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Old Mar 4, 2014 | 10:01 AM
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isn't this just the MB "ambient lighting"?
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Originally Posted by AMG893
Yeah, if its what im thinking (centre of the mirror) its just to lightly illuminate the cabin.

if its a really small light, that might be for setting up the garage remote, as confirmation of learning/ using it.
^^ +63

Off topic, I love both of your cars mate!! The multispokes on the E63 is sweet, and your ML63 is wicked, I love that gen more than the new gen.
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^^ +63

Off topic, I love both of your cars mate!! The multispokes on the E63 is sweet, and your ML63 is wicked, I love that gen more than the new gen.
Thanks mate! I miss the E63. Was a great all rounder that car.

I will post some pics up of it later.

I love the C63 with those multispokes (like yours). One of the nicest designed wheels from Benz. I still have stock 18's on mine, but when the rubber runs out, i will most probably get a set of the multispoke 19s for the C63 too.
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Originally Posted by AMG893
if its a really small light, that might be for setting up the garage remote, as confirmation of learning/ using it.
There's another little bulb just to the LEFT of the garage door buttons. That's the one for confirming the remote setup.

The red (or perhaps amber) one is to the RIGHT of the 3 door-remote buttons. It could be for night-time ambient lighting, but the dash gives off way more light than this thing does.
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Originally Posted by zcct04
There's another little bulb just to the LEFT of the garage door buttons. That's the one for confirming the remote setup. The red (or perhaps amber) one is to the RIGHT of the 3 door-remote buttons. It could be for night-time ambient lighting, but the dash gives off way more light than this thing does.
it's ambient/mood lighting. it's not for reading or anything.
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