Dashboard lighting dimming

This is on the MKII Fabia section......linky......

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/221642-instrument-panel-light-dimming/

My post re the info that I could get from the German sites!!!

Look at post 44

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&u=http://www.skodacommunity.de/skoda-forum/skoda-fabia-ii-forum/54566-armaturenbrett-beleuchtung-dimmen-beim-fabia-2-die-l%25C3%25B6sung/

http://www.passatplus.de/umbauteile/schalter/1U0941531A01C.jpg

3B0 941 531 A 01C * Light switch with fog light, green [Octavia] *

This is a rotary switch with the dimmer built into the switch (small knob on right side) from a MKI Octavia??

""""This light switch from the Skoda Octavia has the controls for the instrument lighting

already integrated and can be exchanged for the normal light switch, if

the old brightness slider was staked. The lighting on the light switch pin is

now an output, it would be a normal input.

All this makes sense only if you have a car with xenon lights, where the

Headlamp leveling system is missing already. Then the space freed up for other

Tinkering can be used. For example, for a USB flash drive

All have the brightness control BTS730 Siemens chip inside, it can theoretically

settle at room temperature of 100 degrees Celsius is still 10 amps. Chip also has an overload protection, over temperature protection and short circuit

Protection, so really he should not go broke ..... actually. """"""

And by reading the various threads it looks like you have to disconnect pin17 on plug (gr/bl Grey/blue???) wire and isolate, and then connect pin 16 (gr/gn Grey/Green????) to pin17!!!

Picture of plug and pin nos????

http://www.passatplus.de/umbauteile/stecker/1J0972999.jpg

Thats all the info I could translate, as it seems that a worker at the factory that makes them was giving advice!!!

I still can't belive that Skoda have ditched this feature from the MKI Fabia......(I use mine alot as I find the dash lights distracting on max!)........I know that when mine "goes" and I have to replace it theres alot of work I will have to do to get it to the spec as my MKI!!!!

Someone needs to be the guinne pig and try this!!!!!