Driving Your Mazda; Dashboard Illumination; Instrument Cluster Dimmer - Page 144

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Driving Your Mazda

Instrument Cluster and Indicators

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

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Dashboard Illumination

When the exterior lights are on, rotate the 
thumb-wheel to adjust the brightness of 
the dashboard lights.

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Instrument Cluster Dimmer 
Select Button (Black-out meter)

The instrument cluster dimmer select 
button is operable when the ignition 
switch is in the ON position.

Adjusting the instrument cluster 
illumination intensity (With exterior 
lights off)

When the exterior lights are off, the 
instrument cluster illumination can be 
adjusted to one of five levels by 
successively pressing the instrument 
cluster dimmer select button.

Canceling the instrument cluster 
illumination dimmer (With exterior 
lights on)

When the exterior lights are on, the 
instrument cluster illumination dims.
When driving on snowy or foggy roads, or 
in other situations when the instrument 
cluster

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s visibility is reduced due to glare 

from surrounding brightness, the 
instrument cluster dimmer select button 
increases the illumination intensity.
Press the button to increase the intensity 
of the instrument cluster illumination.
Press the button again to return to the 
previous illumination intensity.

NOTE

Black-out meter

When the instrument cluster dimmer is 
canceled, the instrument cluster 
illumination intensity will not change 
by rotating the thumb-wheel.

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Dim

Instrument cluster dimmer select button

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