2023 Prius LE Problem

What does it mean to "tune the volume" "with android auto"?

The brochure that I found online says auto DRLs are standard on the 2023 Prius LE " Where did you find information that pointed to "light that looks like a hook" as the "real DRL"? Maybe that source could elaborate.

 

From my understanding the LE’s “hook light” only turns on at night when you turn all the lights on. The daytime running light is the low beam plus that little horizontal light bar by it.

Obviously I could be wrong and not many current LE owners are here. Could you pls take photos of the headlights in different modes?

 

hmm this sounds strange. How do you go to that mode, can you drive the car like that? Sounds like the HUD/instrument panel thing won’t light up too?

 

Did you try just bumping the level of the meter lights as high as they will go to see if that makes a difference? On my old 2010, it's a vertical wheel dial that clicks into a high setting if you rotate it up high enough. On the 2023, it looks like it's controlled by three buttons just to the left of the steering wheel column. Try setting the illumination as high as it will go if you want the "hook" illumination look during the day.

As far as the MFD, you can change that by going into the settings and adjusting a couple things:
Settings
Display
Screen
- turn off Automatic
- select Daytime (light)

 

I've had this happen, it was my phone, not the car. I think I had audio playing before it paired and that's what threw it off.

 

The "hook" light is not the DRL.

The hook light is a marker light on the LE and a combination marker light and turn signal on the higher trims. Note that on the LE, the bottom strip light, instead of the hook light, is a combination marking light and turn signal, and on the higher trims, the bottom strip light is located higher and it is only a marker light.

The DRL is the low beam but run at a low intensity. A marker light is not qualified as a DRL.

As others mentioned, the audio issue must be with your phone.

I feel that the LE is the originally intended design, and they fudged the design of the LE to create the design on the higher trims. The design on the higher trims looks more flamboyant and less streamlined.

 

You are right. I figured out to only turn on the LE's "hook light" without the low beam. But all screens in the car dim and Android Auto goes to dark mode.

Mine does this too and it's pretty annoying because sometimes you want your lights on without it being dark outside.

And I have tried turning up the dash lights as high as they will go and it doesn't help very much at all.

 

It is the same problem in Gen 4—you cannot see the screen if you turn on the parking lights or headlights unless it is really dark outside.

 

Just checking, but did you try pressing the button in between the up/down dash lighting controls or is that a dummy button?

That's frustrating if you can't easily override the lighting level and bring it back to full brightness. I use that so often in my gen3 that I relocated the control to the right side of the steering column where the auto-parking switch would be on an upper trim.

 

Actually, it turns out that on Gen 5, turning on the lights does not dim the meter unless the outside is dark.

■Brightness of the meter lights
(day mode and night mode)
The brightness of the meter lights
can be adjusted individually.
In the following situations, the
meters changes between day mode
and night mode.
●Day mode: When the tail lights are
off or when the tail lights are on
but the surrounding area is bright
●Night mode: When the tail lights
are on and the surrounding area is
dark

 

My 2017 Gen 4 Prime Advanced trim works the same way. I use headlights lots during the day (if it is raining or morning sun glare) and all the panel and heads-up displays stay at daytime settings.

 

Mine does regardless of the light levels outside.

 

This is what I found my 2017 manual (P. 186):

■Adjusting the instrument cluster brightness (→P. 182)
●The brightness levels that can be selected differ depending on whether the
tail lights are on and surrounding brightness levels, as shown in the table
below.
The tail lights are off The tail lights are on
In a bright place 2 levels* 2 levels*
In a dark place 2 levels 22 levels

*: 22 levels of the brightness are displayed on the setting screen. However,
the brightness setting will be the brightest when other than 1st level (the
darkest) is selected. If other than 1st or 22nd level is selected, when the
tail lights are turned on in a dark place, the instrument cluster brightness
setting will be the selected level.
●If the taillights are illuminated in a dark environment, the instrument cluster
light dims. However, when the brightness of the instrument cluster is set to
minimum or maximum (1st or 22nd level of the instrument cluster brightness),
even if the taillights are illuminated, the instrument cluster light will
not dim.


So we are all correct in seeing different things and we can all have it the way you want it.

 

Yeah on my '10 you can turn dash brightness dial up till it kinda stops, and then it'll dim/brighten depending on ambient light. But if you push the brightness up more firmly, it pushes past a detent to full bright, and stays there night or day.

 

Very interesting. I did not know this adjustment existed.

So, Gen 5 is a downgrade over Gen 4 in this respect because there is no such adjustment in Gen 5 apparently. I feel like Gen 5 is a downgrade in every respect, such as fuel economy, size and cargo space, except for TSS 3.0 vs. TSS 2.0.