I find that the panel lights are too bright at night even with the dimmer switch at it's lowest setting. In fact there seems to be very little difference between maximum and minimum brightness. Are all Octavias like this or is it just mine (or just me!)?

Maybe a bit of "each to their own" - I have mine panel lights on the highest setting all the time and they are fine to me.

Suppose there could be a problem with the dial that controls the dim - is there little or no difference when you slide the wheel up and down?

There won't be a massive difference as the dash is lit with LED's and the minimum brightness will be limited as you will get a more pronounced flickering the dimmer they go.

I always have mine cranked up and they are fine. It could be that the brightness of the xenons dominate and the dash doesn't seem as obvious.

Just my personal taste of course.

Thanks for replies. There is a difference between max and min but nowhere as much as the Fabia we used to have and a Mk 1 Octavia. As you say it's a matter of personal preference. The system is also different as older cars used a straightforward dimmer rheostat on actual bulbs rather than LED's. I presume that the present dimmer system is completely electronic.

Yes indeed it is. I think the dimming switch actually changes the duty cycle of the LED's meaning they flicker at different rates giving the impression of more/less light.

my friend bertJ your car have the same problem of mine A SuperbII new 10 days of use but is not normal your and my situation because in the agent i have inside a one lik mine and function propely please tell me if you have resolv your problem because here they want to smash my car in pieces till it found a error please help me my friend

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The computer reads the dimmer potentiometer, and controls the dash LEDs with PWM. The frequency is constant and quite high - you can't see flickering at any brightness.

Don't know why the manufacturer has chosen that particular level for "min"!

The audio/navigation units are getting their settings by CAN-bus (you can see some little delay in their reaction to dimming control).

The computer reads the dimmer potentiometer, and controls the dash LEDs with PWM. The frequency is constant and quite high - you can't see flickering at any brightness.

Don't know why the manufacturer has chosen that particular level for "min"!

The audio/navigation units are getting their settings by CAN-bus (you can see some little delay in their reaction to dimming control).

Thanks for your explication can you tell me in the Skoda Superb II how i can resolve this problem now !!!

Thanks for the help i wait your answer

Program the Scandinavian lights, that way you still have low beams with the dial in the 0 position, and no dash lighting. But it's awful creepy at night, with just the low beam indicator on in the IC.

Program the Scandinavian lights, that way you still have low beams with the dial in the 0 position, and no dash lighting. But it's awful creepy at night, with just the low beam indicator on in the IC.

sorry can you explain to me better i have a bad english

IMHO there is a little chance to find somewhere in VAG-COM fields for "min" and "max" values (probably one or two HEX bytes)...

Do not have VAG-COM and could not help, just I'm making a suggestion.

sorry can you explain to me better i have a bad english

Scandinavian lights = low beam always on as long as engine is running.

Normally, when you move the lights switch to zero all the lights are off, but with Scandinavian lights the dash lights turn off and the low beams remain on, effectively giving you zero interior illumination.

Scandinavian lights = low beam always on as long as engine is running.

Normally, when you move the lights switch to zero all the lights are off, but with Scandinavian lights the dash lights turn off and the low beams remain on, effectively giving you zero interior illumination.

Please tell me what i have to do to fix the problem, to get lower light in panel or higher moving on the switch, there is need of going to the computer for programming or can i do it inside the car ??????????????? thanks for the help