[charliemccann]

Hi Guys. The digital speedometer on my GTLine has a strobing animation. Is it linked to collision detection or connected to your actual speed? Really NEED to know

 

[iooi]

Can you post a picture?

 

[charliemccann]

 

[charliemccann]

The background (purple) of the speedo strobes. Unfortunately can only see this at speed when driving

 

[charliemccann]

You can see what I mean at 4:37

 

[iooi]

Hi thanks.

Guess that is a feature. That shows you are moving. Certainly nothing to do with collision assist.
Just like some cars show a pic of the road & cars coming up etc.

 

[fenegroni]

The strobing in that video is more likely due to the refresh rate of the screen. No idea what rate they are refreshing at but they are usually not detectable by the human eye unless it is refreshing slower than usual.

 

[Cold Sausage]

The strobing in that video is more likely due to the refresh rate of the screen. No idea what rate they are refreshing at but they are usually not detectable by the human eye unless it is refreshing slower than usual.

From what I gather (I may have misunderstood) the OP is seeing it "live" in their vehicle so I would have thought Kia would easily have been able to eliminate this if it was unintended and due to a hardware limitation. I am interested to know as well since this new screen appears on all new model Australian Picantos regardless of trim level.

 

[fenegroni]

I watched the video again after being in the car. I must admit I had never looked at the digital speed with enough attention to notice it: even in my Stonic which uses the same cluster display, I can see the background is ‘animated’ but in my case is very subtle and not as evident as in the video. Mind you this was today in bright daylight. I’ll look again if I drive when it’s dark. I certainly wouldn’t describe it as a strobing effect, more like a ‘screen refresh’ effect and it doesn’t seem to matter what speed im currently travelling at.

 

[rdfb2]

Looks like its showing forward movement does it do that when stationary ,probably not ,

 

[charliemccann]

You can change the animation an turn it off altogether in the themes section of drivers options...let me know what you think guys

 

[iooi]

Up to you if you like it. To me it would be distracting as it is in peripheral vision area.

 

[charliemccann]

I watched the video again after being in the car. I must admit I had never looked at the digital speed with enough attention to notice it: even in my Stonic which uses the same cluster display, I can see the background is ‘animated’ but in my case is very subtle and not as evident as in the video. Mind you this was today in bright daylight. I’ll look again if I drive when it’s dark. I certainly wouldn’t describe it as a strobing effect, more like a ‘screen refresh’ effect and it doesn’t seem to matter what speed im currently travelling at.

Can't be a screen refresh as it changes speed. Also you can change the look of this and even stop it via the themes option. Hope this helps

 

[charliemccann]

Up to you if you like it. To me it would be distracting as it is in peripheral vision area.

Like I said iooi. I like it but dunno what it is for. I still think it's forward collision detection.

 

[iooi]

It's just a effect to show you are moving. You do not get anything to show forward collision warning. Unless cover gets covered in slush/snow & it stops working.

 

[fenegroni]

for me it doesn’t change with speed: its there when moving, but not faster it slower. Changed theme and the animation stopped. But I don’t really see how it can be related to radar/forward collision. I think it’s just a subtle animation that’s all. Nothing that would impress me really.

 

[Greybeard2]

Theme B got rid of the annoying animated road.