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Dec 7, 2004 | 12:57 PM

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kscarrol

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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Dec 7 2004, 03:34 PM

You should only use your sand lights when it's sandy out -- right Iceman?

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uh oh! Here we go...

Dec 7, 2004 | 01:03 PM

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Dec 7, 2004 | 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Flowerfred' date='Dec 7 2004, 07:32 PM

Appearantly the lights switch on in the sand. I never knew that..

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Tell your dealer to set the sensivity correct from "sand" to "normal".

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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Dec 7 2004, 10:30 PM

[quote name='DXXXi' date='Dec 7 2004, 02:58 PM'][quote name='Flowerfred' date='Dec 7 2004, 12:32 PM']Appearantly the lights switch on in the sand. I never knew that..

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What does this mean?

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I think FF's been driving on the beach.

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Actually, IN the beach...

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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Dec 7 2004, 10:34 PM

You should only use your sand lights when it's sandy out -- right Iceman?

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Yep!

Dec 7, 2004 | 03:05 PM

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vern

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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Dec 7 2004, 03:06 AM

If anybody cares, my lights work flawlessly. I run them in automatic mode most of the time except for the few occasions when I run with just angel eyes. They come on when it is cloudy and rainy and before sunset. After good sunrise, they go off. Since I don't leave my keys in the car (afraid someone could get in the garage and take off with it) I don't have the problems that Rudy has with automatic setting.

I like the lights as they are. They work like they are supposed to. I have no idea what the dealer setting is.

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there are 3 settings and the opposite of what you would think.
sensitivity of automatic hed lights
1-normal
2-sensitive
3- very sensitive -waits longer to come on and turns off earlier

vern

Dec 7, 2004 | 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by vern' date='Dec 8 2004, 01:05 AM

there are 3 settings and the opposite of what you would think.
sensitivity of automatic hed lights
1-normal
2-sensitive
3- very sensitive -waits longer to come on and turns off earlier
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? vern

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Yep.

Dec 7, 2004 | 04:22 PM

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Dec 10, 2004 | 06:16 AM

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The dealers are confused over the nomenclature.

(I knew that word was going to come in hand one day JDN!

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They recon sensitive means the lights come on earlier. Had a hard time explaing that the thing is a LIGHT sensor, not a DARKNESS sensor.
Still doesn't work right though IMHO.