Interior lighting

[Cgo]

Has anyone noticed that the owners manual indicates that the ambient lighting (overhead) can be adjusted to 4 levels in the lighting menu? My car does not have a choice for ambient lighting levels. It just has turn signal and headlight delay. What gives?

 

[joschneider]

Has anyone noticed that the owners manual indicates that the ambient lighting (overhead) can be adjusted to 4 levels in the lighting menu? My car does not have a choice for ambient lighting levels. It just has turn signal and headlight delay. What gives?

Pretty sure the manual was written for all markets, and the KDM market gets ambient lighting in a strip across the top. It sucks because I asked my SA hoping I was missing something....nope. Genesis doing a weird thing and cheap honestly

 

[mrcleeaan]

Wish we had this.. Sucks it's only for the KDM.

 

[Beefer]

^ actually...everywhere but North America

 

[MrMegadeth]

The manual says you can do a lot of things including moving the G70 widgets around on the Home Screen....needs a rewrite

 

[Beefer]

The manual says you can do a lot of things including moving the G70 widgets around on the Home Screen....needs a rewrite

Yeah...that widget thing has pissed me off since day #2. I have contacted everyone I could...zero replies or they have no clue. Hyundai and Kia it can be done.

So stupid.

 

[Husky]

I may have mentioned this before, I wish they had a light inside the center arm rest console. It's impossible to find anything in there at night.
I ended up designing my own and it's a nice improvement I think.
Otherwise I have no real gripes with the interior lighting.

 

[FlooF!]

Wish we had this.. Sucks it's only for the KDM.
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Do you think we can import them and retro install?

 

[pulsar]

Do you think we can import them and retro install?

I would think so. Seems the roof center console mount could be switched out. What switch turns that U shaped light on and is it part of the console or not, do not know?If we could get a Genesis part number, I have a Buddy in S Korea who I could probably talk into stopping at a Genesis dealer parts counter and get Korean pricing.

 

[tarhoosier]

Robot Check

I use these. They come in a 6 pack and stick securely and are quite bright.

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[Husky]

Robot Check

I use these. They come in a 6 pack and stick securely and are quite bright.

Very cool, I haven't seen these before. Good application. I just ordered some for stocking stuffers
Mine is a bit of engineering overkill, using a solid state accelerometer to sense when the console top is opened to turn the light on automatically.

 

[Toddasaurus]

Very cool, I haven't seen these before. Good application. I just ordered some for stocking stuffers
Mine is a bit of engineering overkill, using a solid state accelerometer to sense when the console top is opened to turn the light on automatically.

Nice!!

 

[Husky]

Nice!!

Thanks! The trick was maximizing battery life, since it all runs off of a 3v coin cell. I designed it to sleep, using just a few microamps, then wake up for a few milliseconds every second or so to power up and read the output of the accelerometer. If it indicates that the console lid is at an angle of about 45 degrees or more, it turns the LED on and keeps it on until it senses that the lid is closed. If the lid isn't open, it goes back to sleep for another second, so it's always monitoring the angle of the lid (based on gravity). It was my last "government job" fun side project before retiring last spring. It all fits on a small PC board about 0.5" x 1.5", and I stick it to the underside of the console lid with a small piece of Velcro. I was thinking of 3D printing a little enclosure for it, but since you don't normally see it I haven't bothered.
I got kind of a kick out of using something as sophisticated as a solid state accelerometer (which my old company makes, and only cost about $3) for such a mundane task. Technology today is absolutely amazing and super cheap.

 

[pulsar]

Thanks! The trick was maximizing battery life, since it all runs off of a 3v coin cell. I designed it to sleep, using just a few microamps, then wake up for a few milliseconds every second or so to power up and read the output of the accelerometer. If it indicates that the console lid is at an angle of about 45 degrees or more, it turns the LED on and keeps it on until it senses that the lid is closed. If the lid isn't open, it goes back to sleep for another second, so it's always monitoring the angle of the lid (based on gravity). It was my last "government job" fun side project before retiring last spring. It all fits on a small PC board about 0.5" x 1.5", and I stick it to the underside of the console lid with a small piece of Velcro. I was thinking of 3D printing a little enclosure for it, but since you don't normally see it I haven't bothered.
I got kind of a kick out of using something as sophisticated as a solid state accelerometer (which my old company makes, and only cost about $3) for such a mundane task. Technology today is absolutely amazing and super cheap.

A G job part. Love it. Benefits of working in a factory that assembles and produces things. I have a year left of access to 3D printer, full machine shop, sheet metal and composite shop. G jobs are a nice perk.

 

[Husky]

A G job part. Love it. Benefits of working in a factory that assembles and produces things. I have a year left of access to 3D printer, full machine shop, sheet metal and composite shop. G jobs are a nice perk.

I hear you, although this wasn't a factory, it was a remote design center, so a bunch of us EEs designing analog chips in their cubes. We had a great lab, but no machine tools.
My son worked at Bose, and they had a huge maker space with everything you can think of. Woodworking, metal working, full machine shop, etc... It was amazing!

 

[G70girl]

Not sure if anyone has seen the new Sonata Interior images that were released yesterday but the interior is really stunning. The virtual cockpit looks amazing and it even had the colored interior lighting that is missing throughout the Genesis line. I find it quite funny that Sonata and Genesis were released so close together and the Sonata interior looks superior in many aspects. The fact we are potentially stuck with the existing G70 interior for at least 3 years or more is really disappointing.

I had my car in for an oil change the other day and they had the new Sonata there. Nice looking car for the price and the interior is rather nice as well. Sounds like there is a performance model coming out soon as well that was designed by a guy that worked for BMW for 25 years according to the sales guy at Hyundai. The one they had on the floor was listed at 31000 which is a reasonable price for someone that can’t afford the Genesis..

 

[EdP]

I had my car in for an oil change the other day and they had the new Sonata there. Nice looking car for the price and the interior is rather nice as well. Sounds like there is a performance model coming out soon as well that was designed by a guy that worked for BMW for 25 years according to the sales guy at Hyundai. The one they had on the floor was listed at 31000 which is a reasonable price for someone that can’t afford the Genesis..

The technology is catching up too. IMO, it is a damned good value. My needs have changed and in a couple of years, it may be a contender. I used to drive 25k miles a year and last year was only 5k. Of course, bu the time I rack up some miles on the G80 we may have government mandated electric scooters.

 

[exbimmer]

Although this discussion is about internal lighting around floor ambience everywhere, I found some simple LEDs for the central console glove box and for ground lighting in the back. They work great for what I wanted for my G70!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0865KBR5Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As well, they turn off when the car is off at least in the 2020.