Fool the Light Sensor

[JJ]

Pretty sure the lights do go off when the ignition is not on even with the light switch turned to the 'on' position.

They do, I have mine on all the time, and they go off when you lock the car and it times out.

Yep, mine the same as above 

yes mine do this but because i do not have high line if i was to buy a vcds can i program the lights to stay on for longer as where i live 20 seconds would be better,,,, also can i ask,,, is the puddle lights ( the ones at the bottom of the wing mirrors ) standard on the gti ? does everyone have them,,, i like them but the light that comes from them is so so so weak,,,, i have just bought all light replacement led bulbs so im hoping that will help but was just wonderring if it was standard and if anyone else also thought they are very weak 

Puddle lights aren't standard but an optional extra.  I seem to recall reading a thread about them on here where someone had upgraded them to LEDs and it made a big improvement.

[Tinytim]

Can someone with highline clarify for me what menu you see when goons through the convenience settings?
Does anyone get the option to change how long your lights stay on for once you've locked the car?

I check the hand book and it shows this in the menu but has a note to say not all vehicles will have this, depending on the specification of the car.

My car is quite a high spec with only sat nav not specced from standard I believe.
Could the fact I have xenons maybe the reason I don't have the light settings in the menu.

[Jonny]

Hi mate, here's where you change the timing of the lights:

[scottm72]

Hi mate, here's where you change the timing of the lights:

hello, can i ask i do not have highline so cant adjust,,, if i bought a vcds unit can you only put the lights on for 10 secons or can you do 30 seconds for example
thanks

[Jonny]

With vcds you can change pretty much anything you like... But geniune vcds software costs £200+ might just be cheaper buying highline and getting kalu to code it Is there no-one in your area with vcds? It's a lot easier if it is, saves a few quid anyways

[Tinytim]

Thanks for the pics, mine definitely doesnt have that option in the menu.

So I now need to work out if that is by fault or design.
Does your car have Xenons?

[Kalpsn2000]

I recently found this out on my trip to Silverstone last week. Due to the fog I put the lights to on. When I parked up I forgot to turn them off. When I got back to the car and saw the switch was on I got worried my battery would be flat, but the car started, so the lights must have gone off by them self as they weren't actually on when I got back.

Therefore it means you can just leave it in the on position and they will come on when you turn the ignition on and then they will go off when you take out the key from the ignition.

With my highline dash I have set my leaving and coming home lights to 30 secs. That is a great feature. Well worth upgrading for the extra features over midline

[Tinytim]

I recently found this out on my trip to Silverstone last week. Due to the fog I put the lights to on. When I parked up I forgot to turn them off. When I got back to the car and saw the switch was on I got worried my battery would be flat, but the car started, so the lights must have gone off by them self as they weren't actually on when I got back.

Therefore it means you can just leave it in the on position and they will come on when you turn the ignition on and then they will go off when you take out the key from the ignition.

With my highline dash I have set my leaving and coming home lights to 30 secs. That is a great feature. Well worth upgrading for the extra features over midline

Thanks for the info.

I have the full height display (highline) which came as stand from factory. It hasn't been modded afterwards.
I don't have this neat feature unfortunately.

I do have leaving home/coming home lights but they only stay on for 10 seconds.

Here is my menu. Missing the lights and vision :-(

[Kalpsn2000]

I recently found this out on my trip to Silverstone last week. Due to the fog I put the lights to on. When I parked up I forgot to turn them off. When I got back to the car and saw the switch was on I got worried my battery would be flat, but the car started, so the lights must have gone off by them self as they weren't actually on when I got back.

Therefore it means you can just leave it in the on position and they will come on when you turn the ignition on and then they will go off when you take out the key from the ignition.

With my highline dash I have set my leaving and coming home lights to 30 secs. That is a great feature. Well worth upgrading for the extra features over midline

Thanks for the info.

I have the full height display (highline) which came as stand from factory. It hasn't been modded afterwards.
I don't have this neat feature unfortunately.

I do have leaving home/coming home lights but they only stay on for 10 seconds.

Here is my menu. Missing the lights and vision :-(

http://pbckt.com/pS.QKcyuk

That's odd. I would have thought all highline MFD's would have had the option. Maybe it needs activating in VCDS.

[Tinytim]

That's odd. I would have thought all highline MFD's would have had the option. Maybe it needs activating in VCDS

Yeah it's strange.

Can anyone with factory Xenons and highline check to see if they have this light and vision setting?

[scottm72]

have looked into highline prices / fitment etc and i think im just gonna buy a vcds later on as seems easier
gonna buy a rns510 from eddie tomorrow plus shark aerial and k05 so the funds are dried up but will prob buy the vcds later on.
my lights are just 10 seconds but would like 20 or 30

[f1fan]

Finally got to try this out, I realised my problem was with thw switch set to 'on' the headlights won't go off until the car has been locked even in full daylight, I expected the lights to go off when the key was removed in daylight.  After locking the car the lights do go off after 10 seconds.