11-27-2020, 09:11 PM | #1 |
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Top down camera view too dark at night?
Anyone else having this issue? At night the top down camera image is very dark, with the shadow from the car I can't even see the curb. In my old 2017 X6M it was a lot brighter and clearer. Even my old 2012 X5 with top down view, I can make out the curb.
I tried playing with brightness and contrast, but this is the best it gets. |
11-28-2020, 12:24 AM | #2 | |
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Not as dark in my wife's X4. |
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11-28-2020, 12:28 AM | #3 |
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Same issue as well....
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11-28-2020, 03:17 PM | #6 |
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same here, I think the cameras themselves are great but their sensors are small and dont capture enough low light, especially at night. you probably couldn't put a bright light in the back to help the camera for safety reasons but maybe in the future they can use larger sensors/bigger apertures...
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11-28-2020, 07:59 PM | #8 |
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I wonder if it's the LED backup lights, at least for the rear, the color temperature may be slightly outside of the camera's high sensitivity range. I've noticed the same on mine...
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I have no experience with Merc's system, but I had every iteration of iDrive starting with my 2005 745 with the original iDrive that was absolutely horrible. From 2nd generation to 6th generation, iDrive was great and getting better and better, until the 7th generation, which is a counter intuitive, bloated cluster pluck.
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12-01-2020, 03:37 PM | #12 |
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I just got my x5 back from oil service today and I mentioned the same issue. I had a x3 for a loaner and the vision at night is vastly superior to my x5. They kept the x5 overnight and I told them to compare it to another x5 when it was still dark in the morning. They said the other x5 had same brightness and is normal.
This wasn’t an issue when I first got my x5 back in May 2019. In November 2019, I went in for the below recall. That’s when the cameras vision changed for the worse. Here was the recall issued back in Nov 2019 G0x G1x G2x Checking and if required, replacing dual storage > G05 G07 Program control units (quality measures) F9x G0x G1x G2x G3x > Programming control units (rearview camera)
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I haven't checked my records yet but this recall could be the one.
https://www.aboutautomobile.com/Safe...W/X5/19V684000
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04-25-2022, 11:11 AM | #16 |
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So I read another post on here (sorry don't remember where). They mentioned if you shine a light on the gas gauge on the left side of your gauge cluster then the center cluster above the hvac controls that shows your backup cameras brightens up almost immediately and is easy to see and use. Hope there is a tsb fix for this. Mine is doing it too.
Update-Also you can brighten the idrive screen with the scroll wheel that is in the light pod controls by you left knee. |
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Throwing in another worst part of the car hat. I have a 2019 loaded and I am back to turning my head when pulling into my fully light garage at night... I'll take a video to show everyone next time.
Had a 2014 X3 and was way better... What's wrong with with the X5's camera? Placement: always snow and dirt on the cameras, and I wash my car religiously. Overlap: crazy warping and weird ass overlap that makes people and walls and things looks flat and not 3D at all Camera Sensor: when it's dark and you come into light the camera is blinded, the opposite is true. The sensor is too small and so they try to use digital brightness to help out but it produces the above similar to ramping ISO on a camera. Parking Assist: this would be so much better if the software could 'see' wtf it was doing half the reason it's so bad or gives up is because it's confidence goes down. If we aren't even confident in it how could it be? |
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I've got the same issue. Quite frankly the night vision on my 45e is putrid. I too have a book light that I shine near the gas tank to make the vision improve somewhat. If it's raining and dark forget seeing much of anything. No washer for the rear camera either.
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12-05-2022, 03:26 PM | #21 |
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Reverse Camera
I agree with the original poster.
I had a GLE350 for a year before the X5 and its Cameras were much better. The rear camera was retractable so it was always clean and dry. The X5s can be next to useless when you need it the most. All my settings are at full brightness. |
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