How do you switch from mile to kilometer in the LCD display?

[Rick Shin]

I had my Genesis shipped from the states to South Korea, of all places, and there is not much help available here to do the very basic conversion.

First of all, does anyone know how to switch from the mile to kilometer in the readout in the LCD display? (I'm not talking about the speedometer. The numbers are burned in in the speedometer, so I'm not looking to change any of that. I'm talking about the speed readout that you can show in the LCD.)

It looks like you can change the temperature unit in the settings menu (user manual 3-78), but not the speed unit.

Can anyone confirm? (This is such a basic feature that if there is no customizable setting for the speed unit conversion, I should suspect that Hyundai made it impossible intentionally.)

 

[italiabrain]

I had my Genesis shipped from the states to South Korea, of all places, and there is not much help available here to do the very basic conversion.

First of all, does anyone know how to switch from the mile to kilometer in the readout in the LCD display? (I'm not talking about the speedometer. The numbers are burned in in the speedometer, so I'm not looking to change any of that. I'm talking about the speed readout that you can show in the LCD.)

It looks like you can change the temperature unit in the settings menu (user manual 3-78), but not the speed unit.

Can anyone confirm? (This is such a basic feature that if there is no customizable setting for the speed unit conversion, I should suspect that Hyundai made it impossible intentionally.)

I don't know what trim you have, but have you tried checking in the navigation settings to see if it would change the units in the HUD if you have one? That's the only thing I can think of, I definitely haven't seen a km/h selection on the center LCD.

 

[Midnightsun]

I don't know what trim you have, but have you tried checking in the navigation settings to see if it would change the units in the HUD if you have one? That's the only thing I can think of, I definitely haven't seen a km/h selection on the center LCD.

I checked my ultimate trim and being in Canada mine is metric and I see no way of getting miles on mine either. Only option may be if Hyundai can somehow reprogram the unit to metric.

In the mean time you may want to look into a portable HUD gps speedo. I have one in my F150 which came from the states so only mph on it and I need metric here. In the truck it actually looks cool, not too sure in the Genesis though. [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Head-Up-Display-Speedometer-quick-installation/dp/B005X4QCAA"]Amazon.com: GPS Head-Up Display Speedometer (quick and easy installation): Automotive[/ame]

 

[Mark_888]

I wonder if it can be changed via the Engineering/Service menu, which generally only dealers have access to (unless you know the method to get into it)?

Here is how someone got into the menu on a previous model year Genesis:
http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showpost.php?p=39470&postcount=5

 

[isaacyun92]

hyundai tells me they cant change it at all

 

[EdP]

hyundai tells me they cant change it at all

I don't understand that. One of my Buicks, it was the push of a button, handy when we went to Canada. Seems like many of us would benefit when border crossing.