Ambient Lighting on Unlock? Help!

[Si_MCS]

Hi!

Just got my new R56 MCS- chuffed to bits..... anyway, it had to go back to the dealer for a few bits and the manager lent me his MCS. When I unlocked his car (at night), all the ambient lighting, as well as the dash lighting (speedo, etc) illuminated at the same time as it unlocked.

Any ideas how I can set this up in my car? At the moment, when I remote unlock, just the standard interior light comes on. I have tried leaving the headlights on, but this didn't seem to make any difference to the interior on 'unlock'.

Any ideas would be welcome!

Cheers,

Si

[MINIJUS]

did he have just his side lights left on the 1st position ?

J

[Si_MCS]

Quote: Originally Posted by MINIJUS (original)

did he have just his side lights left on the 1st position ?

J

Not to my knowledge- There is an audible 'beep' if you leave the side lights on- and I definitely didn't hear this when I left the car during the day. I would love to find out how this is done (probably REALLY simple ) as it looked great at night.

Cheers,

si

[FergusM]

Pretty sure mine does that...and not sure how I have got it to do that...

I have auto lights...did the car have that ?

There is also a setting that can be adjusted for how long the lights, and side lights stay on after the car is unlocked...I know mine stays on 30 seconds so again might be down to that.

[Purple Dave]

Quote: Originally Posted by FergusM (original)

Pretty sure mine does that...and not sure how I have got it to do that...

I have auto lights...did the car have that ?

There is also a setting that can be adjusted for how long the lights, and side lights stay on after the car is unlocked...I know mine stays on 30 seconds so again might be down to that.

Same for me. Auto lights too.

I assumed they all do it. I'm sure the MC R56 courtesy car I had did it too

[Si_MCS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Purple Dave (original)

Same for me. Auto lights too.

I assumed they all do it. I'm sure the MC R56 courtesy car I had did it too

yeah, I'm sure it's got autolights- it's an MCS with the chilli pack, so I can't see why it doesn't??

[FergusM]

I will check for sure that mine does it... if not will want it to

[chewystuey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Si_MCS (original)

yeah, I'm sure it's got autolights- it's an MCS with the chilli pack, so I can't see why it doesn't??

I am new to all this but the dealer I went to the other day explained that auto lights where either an option on their own or part of the visibility pack - not necessarily part of the chilli pack...

[118]

mine does it, and I don't have auto lights. if you leave your headlights on when you turn off the car, they are automatically turned off when you take the fob out of the ignition and lock it - when you unlock the car again, the interior lights will come on, along with the side lights

[Si_MCS]

Quote: Originally Posted by 118 (original)

mine does it, and I don't have auto lights. if you leave your headlights on when you turn off the car, they are automatically turned off when you take the fob out of the ignition and lock it - when you unlock the car again, the interior lights will come on, along with the side lights

yeah, i gave that a go- it didn't turn on the interior ambient and dash lights tho, only the overheads interior lights (and obviously headlights)........

[118]

Quote: Originally Posted by Si_MCS (original)

yeah, i gave that a go- it didn't turn on the interior ambient and dash lights tho, only the overheads interior lights (and obviously headlights)........

hmmmm not sure then I'm afraid

[Si_MCS]

Quote: Originally Posted by 118 (original)

hmmmm not sure then I'm afraid

My car could be stuffed! It was an ex-demo from Enfield

[118]

Quote: Originally Posted by Si_MCS (original)

My car could be stuffed! It was an ex-demo from Enfield

maybe it is! hehe nah I'm sure thats not the case - have you spoken to your dealer to see if they know?

[Si_MCS]

Quote: Originally Posted by 118 (original)

maybe it is! hehe nah I'm sure thats not the case - have you spoken to your dealer to see if they know?

Yep, just spoke to my dealer - who are Keston-based - he says it may be a software (?) issue. Apparently the later R56 MCS come with a slightly different keyfob (mine is a Jan 07)- he recommended leaving the lights on, but this just doesn't work on my earlier version MCS. I also noticed that the passenger air-bag is 'Off', even tho the key switch for the bag says 'On'. Could both be related to an electrical problem I guess? I've only had my car for a few weeks, but the R56's don't seem (initially) to be as well-built as my 1st series MCS.

[118]

hmmmm could be my MCS is an April 07 build. strange about the air bag too - something doesn't sound right