11-13-2018, 03:03 AM | #1 |
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Heads Up Display and Sunglasses
Ok, I know this falls into the category of minutiae, but has anyone else noticed that on a sunny day, their heads up display becomes nearly invisible when wearing polarized sunglasses? I find this strange because this did not happen with my M4, but it's clearly an issue with my M5. Did they change something in 3 model years? I guess the only solution is to buy non-polarized sunglasses.
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Polarization blocks glare. HUD being the reflection of a projector is basically glare. I had one car that had clear tint and it helped with the issue. |
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11-13-2018, 10:06 AM | #3 |
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Have this issue with my X5M. It's not a model-specific issue.
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11-13-2018, 12:11 PM | #4 |
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Time for some non-polarized glasses for driving
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11-13-2018, 07:25 PM | #6 |
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I just lower my glasses when I gotta look at the HUD. I really don't need to know my speed the whole time and if I do I'm good looking at the beautiful dash cluster. The only time I need to lower my glasses is to scroll through music on iPod. Rather use polarized lenses as they are the best!
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11-13-2018, 10:17 PM | #7 |
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Certain sunglasses at war by Parker are not polarized. Not expensive. Need to talk to someone to verify. I did this straight away and it works great.
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11-13-2018, 11:39 PM | #8 |
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If you tilt your head sideways while wearing polarized lenses the HUD will reappear.
That said, I bought non-polarized lenses ASAP.
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12-30-2018, 03:00 PM | #10 |
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Do you have suggestions about night-driving glasses?
Is it possible to have glares reduced and still have HUD visible? I mean do you know products based on different phenomena than polarisation which doesn't cut off hud reflection? |
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