strange display with rear backup sensors
03-14-2012, 04:19 PM
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strange display with rear backup sensors
I have a 2010 A4 P+ with automatic trans, navigation, backup camera, and parking sensors. Normally I see the camera view when I put the car in reverse. Today, I briefly saw an overhead view of the car with both front and rear bumpers in solid red. I put the car in park for a moment and the display reverted to the radio as it normally does. When I shifted into reverse, I saw the backup camera image.
Has anyone else ever seen this?
Has anyone else ever seen this?
03-14-2012, 06:45 PM
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It's a glitch that some of us have seen before...and have been trying to figure out how to permanently activate forever with no luck. In Europe, that is how it normally looks, you get the rear camera view but you also get a visual overview of the car showing you what each sensor "sees". For some reason they don't have that here in the US.
03-15-2012, 11:54 AM
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Interesting. Now did the overhead view completely replace the rearview video? Or was the overhead view overlaid on top of the video image?
This latter view is what is on our Q5, the overhead view overlaid on the top left corner of the screen, with moving red bands moving closer to that side of the car where the obstacle is getting closer. It was the first thing I asked about when I got the camera module install done. The service tech and I checked an S5 on the floor, and it didn't have the overhead overlay either. I'm guessing the rationale is that it's needed more on the higher riding vehicles where the car's bulk could cover a larger obstacle that you'd clearly see in a lower vehicle. Thing is, it's also probably a trivial matter to include it, as all the control software is already present in the Q5.
Edit: somehow didn't see HX Guy's post. If Europe has it, what the heck?? Chalk it up again to the weirdness of packaging options here in the US.
This latter view is what is on our Q5, the overhead view overlaid on the top left corner of the screen, with moving red bands moving closer to that side of the car where the obstacle is getting closer. It was the first thing I asked about when I got the camera module install done. The service tech and I checked an S5 on the floor, and it didn't have the overhead overlay either. I'm guessing the rationale is that it's needed more on the higher riding vehicles where the car's bulk could cover a larger obstacle that you'd clearly see in a lower vehicle. Thing is, it's also probably a trivial matter to include it, as all the control software is already present in the Q5.
Edit: somehow didn't see HX Guy's post. If Europe has it, what the heck?? Chalk it up again to the weirdness of packaging options here in the US.
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03-17-2012, 02:08 PM
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It only happened once, and the most likely explanation is that I started the car and shifted to reverse very quickly before the controller was ready.
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