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Driving Your Mazda

Instrument Cluster and Indicators

Form No. 8R65-EA-03C

Dashboard Illumination

Rotate the thumb wheel to adjust the 
brightness of the instrument cluster and 
other illuminations in the dashboard.

Canceling the illumination dimmer

When the headlight switch is in the   or 

 position, the illumination of the 

instrument cluster and the information 
display dims (the instrument cluster 
illumination color turns to red).

When driving on snowy or foggy roads, or 
in other situations when the instrument 
cluster or information display

s visibility 

is reduced due to glare from surrounding 
brightness, cancel the illumination 
dimmer and increase the illumination 
intensity.

To cancel the illumination dimmer, rotate 
the thumb wheel upward fully. You may 
hear a click sound and the illumination 
dimmer will be canceled (instrument 
cluster illumination color turns to white).

NOTE

The brightness of dashboard 
illuminations (except instrument 
cluster) can be adjusted when the 
headlight switch is in the   or 

 

position.

The brightness of the instrument 
cluster illumination can be adjusted 
when the headlight switch is in any 
position.

Bright

Dim

NOTE

If the dashboard illumination switch is 
kept at the illumination dimmer cancel 
position, the instrument cluster and the 
information display will not dim when 
the headlight switch is turned to the   
or 

 position again.

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