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Old 06-02-2011, 01:43 PM
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Can someone explain to me what these lights are called

On the TL what are those blue lights? they are under the sunroof button and between the reading lights
Old 06-02-2011, 01:47 PM
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ambient lighting.
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Old 06-02-2011, 04:24 PM
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Mood lighting.
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Map lights?
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The blue lights by the sunroof control.
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HFL standby indicators. When the HFL is energized (i.e. when making a call), the power is diverted from the LEDs and energizes the mic.

Check the GARAGE on the main page, some earlier models had recurrent HFL failures, kinda good foresight they put this in as a redundancy to determine if your HFL will fail.
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Originally Posted by justnspace
ambient lighting.

This.


Comfort and Convenience

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•Ambient cabin lighting
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Type-S Exclusive Features

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•Ambient cabin lighting (Red)
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http://www.hondanews.com/channels/ac...ra-tl-features

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Originally Posted by DeathMetal
Flux Capacitor standby indicators. When the Flux Capacitor is energized (i.e. when time traveling), the power is diverted from the LEDs and energizes the Warp circuits.

Check the GARAGE on the main page, some earlier models had recurrent Flux Capacitor failures, kinda good foresight they put this in as a redundancy to determine if your Flux Capacitor will fail.


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I would think "Map Lights."
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Great avatar, Bearcat!!!
DeathMetal is hilarious!
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Any way to make these LEDs brighter? Didn't see anything in DeathMetal's DIY.
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Originally Posted by Jackie Treehorn
Any way to make these LEDs brighter? Didn't see anything in DeathMetal's DIY.
Swap out for a PLCC-2 LED, if one so wished to make them brighter.
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Old 06-09-2011, 09:21 AM
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As others have said, they are ambient lights. Most every luxury car has them. Cover them up with your hand at night and you'll see the subtle difference that they make in the car. It's quite nice.

Originally Posted by dickorydoo
I would think "Map Lights."
Map lights would be the ones that you press on to turn on so you can see something in the car when it's dark.

Originally Posted by Jackie Treehorn
Any way to make these LEDs brighter? Didn't see anything in DeathMetal's DIY.
Not without completely changing them out for something brighter. Which would defeat the purpose of them being ambient lights.
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