Backup Camera Monitor too bright at night

[sk]

Just a thought - do you guys have NAV? If so there is a setting in the NAV menu to set daytime to "Auto". When you do this it adjusts the NAV screen according to the ambient light. I don't know why this would be related to the overall monitor brightness but it might be worth a try.

[jono20]

Just a thought - do you guys have NAV? If so there is a setting in the NAV menu to set daytime to "Auto". When you do this it adjusts the NAV screen according to the ambient light. I don't know why this would be related to the overall monitor brightness but it might be worth a try.

 

No nav, but you're hitting on exactly what the issue is. The screen brightness does adapt to ambient lighting in the sense that the screen dims when the headlights come on (easier to see if the cabin is dim at night). The issue is that even when the computer has all of the displays dimmed in low-light conditions, it will still jack screen brightness back up to maximum when you throw it in reverse. Once you drop out of reverse, screen brightness returns to normal.

 

Screen brightness is flipped to its maximum under all conditions - day or night, manually dimmed or un-dimmed, headlights on or off.

Edited June 21, 2017 by jono20

[sk]

 

No nav, but you're hitting on exactly what the issue is. The screen brightness does adapt to ambient lighting in the sense that the screen dims when the headlights come on (easier to see if the cabin is dim at night). The issue is that even when the computer has all of the displays dimmed in low-light conditions, it will still jack screen brightness back up to maximum when you throw it in reverse. Once you drop out of reverse, screen brightness returns to normal.

 

Screen brightness is flipped to its maximum under all conditions - day or night, manually dimmed or un-dimmed, headlights on or off.

 

Weird - not sure why it does that. My 2015 stays dimmed ...

[jono20]

 

Weird - not sure why it does that. My 2015 stays dimmed ...

 

So did my 2014, and as far as I can tell so do all 2016s. The problem affects all 2017 trucks.

[dmax2017]

Guys, I can relate as mine (2017 Silv 2500HD DA) does the same thing (as expected). I had the truck in for service and talked to my advisor about it. he had never heard of it but he did talk to the GM TAC and they told him that they were aware of the issue and were working on a fix to be applied during an upcoming software update... so stay tuned I guess?

[jono20]

Guys, I can relate as mine (2017 Silv 2500HD DA) does the same thing (as expected). I had the truck in for service and talked to my advisor about it. he had never heard of it but he did talk to the GM TAC and they told him that they were aware of the issue and were working on a fix to be applied during an upcoming software update... so stay tuned I guess?

 

Awesome! Glad to hear they're at least acknowledging it.

[jrhoyt84]

There is an update for this now

 

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[Nick The Great]

Go on . . .

[jimbofoxman]

Mine dial turns the backup camera down...........it's just a pain the next morning coming outta the garage when it's still turned down (granted nothing is ever behind me in the country and no kids leaving stuff). If I had one complaint tied to this its the sensitivity of the automatic lights when it gets to bright or dark outside. My 99 was a lot better than my 2015 on auto adjusting. It's almost to sensitive now.

[jrhoyt84]

Mine dial turns the backup camera down...........it's just a pain the next morning coming outta the garage when it's still turned down (granted nothing is ever behind me in the country and no kids leaving stuff). If I had one complaint tied to this its the sensitivity of the automatic lights when it gets to bright or dark outside. My 99 was a lot better than my 2015 on auto adjusting. It's almost to sensitive now.

The dial does nothing on the 17s

 

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[jrhoyt84]

Go on . . .

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They will update the a22 radio controller with the latest software available

 

Realeased Aug 22

 

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[jrhoyt84]

Looking to have mine done this week

Edited September 3, 2017 by jrhoyt84

[Korazu]

Anyone have this completed yet? Does it resolve the issue? I am tired of being blinded by the light. lol

[jrhoyt84]

Anyone have this completed yet? Does it resolve the issue? I am tired of being blinded by the light. lol

I'm going to try bring mine in this week. I'll let ya know how it goes

 

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[TheSaint]

Anyone have this completed yet? Does it resolve the issue? I am tired of being blinded by the light. lol

 

OK, had the update applied today and got the chance test it out tonight...

 

It does reduce the brightness of the screen when put in reverse and allows you to see and use your mirrors. GM still didn't provide any way to adjust the brightness, that's a shame since they had an opportunity to fix several issues at once. I now find the display a little too dim but way better and more usable than it was before, so one size fits all with this fix.

 

If you have the tow mirrors with the rear facing LED lights, they work very well lighting up the area to the sides of the truck in the camera. The area directly behind the middle of the truck is still a little dim, going to mount an LED flood under the bumper to take care of that area as well