BOSE Radio Lights
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Le Mans Master
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BOSE Radio Lights
I just got my BOSE radio back from having LED replacement bulbs installed.
My question is: "Do your radio button lights come on with the door switch lights separately"? I also notice now that if I dim down all the interior lights (with the dimmer switch) that the BOSE radio lights stay on full-brightness. Is this normal behavior? I can't remember and since my radio lights were so dim before the LEDs I maybe just never noticed?
My question is: "Do your radio button lights come on with the door switch lights separately"? I also notice now that if I dim down all the interior lights (with the dimmer switch) that the BOSE radio lights stay on full-brightness. Is this normal behavior? I can't remember and since my radio lights were so dim before the LEDs I maybe just never noticed?
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From: Midland TX
On my 04 Bose the radio buttons do illuminate when I open the door. The dimmer button also DOES change the brightness of the radio buttons which I assume are incandescent from the factory.
I am not surprised that the LED's are not changed by the dimmer switch on your new setup. Doesn't it take specifically designed LED's to be dimmable??? It does on the household LED replacement bulbs for the old incandescent bulbs
I am not surprised that the LED's are not changed by the dimmer switch on your new setup. Doesn't it take specifically designed LED's to be dimmable??? It does on the household LED replacement bulbs for the old incandescent bulbs
Just wondering if maybe something was re-wired when I sent my radio off to get the LEDs installed or if it was always like that?
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From: Midland TX
I guess it is possible that the radio in your 2001 may have functioned differently than the one in my 2004. But my radio buttons go out when dimmed to the maximum and are relatively bright on full bright of the dimmer. Same with the other instrument panel lights. Perhaps someone with an 01 will post their results.....
Last edited by Choreo; Jul 14, 2015 at 01:46 PM.
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