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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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what the H is this

im pretty people know what this is but iv noticed these 2 circles in mmy number panal on the left of my navscreen and i cant figure out wat it is exactly.. iv never seen them light up.. never seen them blink... never seen them do anything.. are they like infared or somin??

in the 2 circle things on top of the navi butten
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by fusion2007
im pretty people know what this is but iv noticed these 2 circles in mmy number panal on the left of my navscreen and i cant figure out wat it is exactly.. iv never seen them light up.. never seen them blink... never seen them do anything.. are they like infared or somin??

in the 2 circle things on top of the navi butten
I have them too, and have no idea what they are/do.

Maybe it's MB spying on us?
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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i believe that there for a remote control for the rear passengers to use the command from the back seat, search the forums theres a part # and a pic some where, its been talked about before...
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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i believe that there for a remote control for the rear passengers to use the command from the back seat, search the forums theres a part # and a pic some where, its been talked about before...
The first button stands for Detour. When you have a destination set, if you get into a traffic jam, you hit detour and the systm will make an alternate rout from 5 to 20 miles or something like that getting you back on youur original route after the detour

The NAV button is obvious.

The RPT button repeats the voice instructions and I believe it also relay a CD track
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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 10:11 PM
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i figured it was for a remote just not sure
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 02:51 AM
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The first button stands for Detour. When you have a destination set, if you get into a traffic jam, you hit detour and the systm will make an alternate rout from 5 to 20 miles or something like that getting you back on youur original route after the detour

The NAV button is obvious.

The RPT button repeats the voice instructions and I believe it also relay a CD track
He is talking about the two lights above the navi button.

That's not the only thing I don't know what does in my car.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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He is talking about the two lights above the navi button.

That's not the only thing I don't know what does in my car.
Oh!! DUH.. I though it was the bottons.

Those lights are for the command to go into night mode when it gets dark.

Hold your fingers over the lights for ten seconds or so, and your command screen will go into night mode.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by my06clk
Oh!! DUH.. I though it was the bottons.

Those lights are for the command to go into night mode when it gets dark.

Hold your fingers over the lights for ten seconds or so, and your command screen will go into night mode.
oh oh ok cool lol .. thats interesting thanx my06clk
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Originally Posted by my06clk
Oh!! DUH.. I though it was the bottons.

Those lights are for the command to go into night mode when it gets dark.

Hold your fingers over the lights for ten seconds or so, and your command screen will go into night mode.
Another fun trick to try:

Point a pocket flash light or a laser pointer at the little dot below your gas gauge, especially at night, and watch your cluster light up ULTRA BRIGHT!
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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Another fun trick to try:

Point a pocket flash light or a laser pointer at the little dot below your gas gauge, especially at night, and watch your cluster light up ULTRA BRIGHT!
lol!! im gonna try that too!! what other tricks are there..lol
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