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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 07:47 AM
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Default 2000 Civic EX aftermarket head unit dimmer

Does anyone know if I can get the dimmer to work in a aftermarket head unit? I have a Sony MEX-N500BT unit and it's a little bright and overpowering at night.

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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 01:57 PM
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Did you hook up the orange wire? on my deck i have to fiddle with my dimmer switch to make the deck dim.
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 03:28 PM
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Yeah I hooked up the orange wire and it's still bright, I'll try messing with the dimmer switch to see if that works.

thanks for the reply
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 06:35 PM
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most aftermarket decks have a built in dimmer, I recently put a deck in a buddy's civic(6th gen) and never wired up the "dimmer" the deck was a clarion. we just found it in the "options"
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 05:36 PM
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Mine also has it in the options but, i have to slide my dimmer back and forth to make the deck dim. I have the Pioneer Appradio3.
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Old Oct 23, 2014 | 06:49 PM
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Default Re: 2000 Civic EX aftermarket head unit dimmer

Sony MEX-N500BT User Manual

Page 17 and 19.





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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 09:33 AM
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I figures it out, I just had to fiddle with the dimmer switch. It works fine now and I wont go blind.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 03:02 PM
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Im thinking this thread should be posted on a Sony forum.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by EsotericImage
Im thinking this thread should be posted on a Sony forum.
I think he didn't know the dimmer switch could be dialed to change intensity.
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