Patt Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 On the drive home last night the little red light indicating the doors are locked annoyed the hell out of me, especially as it reflected in the windscreen too. Can this be turned off by me in a menus omewhere, or even the Porsche computer ? Or do I stick some permanent marker over the LED, as I have done on so many TV's in the past ? It took me 10 minutes to workout how to turn off BST before I set off - not the most obvious of interface on the PCM is it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbikerdood Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I've never noticed it to be fair but I'm sure some one will be along to help Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T24RES Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Do you need a lesson mucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patt Posted December 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I'll RTFMs tomorrow Ian. But I'm out for the usual pint with mates tonight, so I know it'll annoy me again. It does seem silly to stick an LED to far into up the dash. Perhaps it's located more sensibly if you don't have the analogue clock ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringer250 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Not seen it anywhere in the menu. Lots of USA owners covered it with a dark film. They have fixed this on the 718, it's down on the centre console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T24RES Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 The way to turn it off is to de select autlocking from the PCM screen in the binnacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailslides Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 The only way other than obscuring the LED is to disable the auto door locking. Beat me to it T24RES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenman Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Yeh you can’t disable the light as such but you can either disable auto locking or a little bit of electrical tape can be positioned so you get no reflection but can still see the light from driving position. As said the 718 models move this down to near the gear-lever, it’s not something that bothers me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdunderwood Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Actually I find the reflection of the headlight switch gear red light (when set to auto) more distracting at night as it reflects in the wing mirrror! The fix is obvious but the design lacks attention to detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart21UK Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 I've often found this annoying but sometimes dont notice it at all....odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patt Posted December 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 I noticed while clearing snow of her yesterday, the auto lock LED is also the flashing "alarm on" LED. Thus a bit of a tint is not going to be the fix - I'll just turn off the auto lock when I get a chance to set up my personal preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That986 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 18 minutes ago, Patt said: I noticed while clearing snow of her yesterday, the auto lock LED is also the flashing "alarm on" LED. Thus a bit of a tint is not going to be the fix - I'll just turn off the auto lock when I get a chance to set up my personal preferences. One of the features i hate on a car is that, auto lock. Had it on my last car and it had to be coded out, luckily i had the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTSMarky Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 It's not bothered me at all previously - however now I've read this it will probably drive me nuts so I'll disable the auto-lock function if it does.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patt Posted December 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 I tried a couple of times to turn off the auto lock function on Molly - she refused to comply :-D I relied on the alarm light to know if she was locked. Thinking about it , Alice has the auto fold mirrors to remind me - so I could tint out the LED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T24RES Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Lift your obs. You'll not notice it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patt Posted December 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 it will still be in my 360 degree field of vision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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