Radio question!!!
 

Hey guys i just bought my mazda 3 and i'm very happy about it! I got a question for you guys, i noticed on the digital screen of the radio tha there' a way to see the temperature of the car and whats on ( fan A/C) but don't seem to be working for me... is it an option or its just not working?

It's the same LCD screen used on the Mazda 6 which has climate control and uses the right side of the readout to display the various settings.

Check out this PDF file.......scroll down a few photos to the one showing the LCD screen and you will see the "unused" area of the Mazda 3 screen in action on the Mazda 6.

http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/pdf/...6_brochure.pdf

Thanks for lighting me on this one zoum!

So the big question on everyones mind...why didnt mazda make this useable if they were going to put it in the car and can it be made useable??

Oops, I'm dumb and thought this was another thread... so yeah, to comment on THIS topic...

I didn't even know that gap in the LCD before you mentioned it.. heh.

It's just cheaper to manufacture ONE LCD display screen to install in both cars than to have a separate unique part for each.

Wiring is done that way too......all cars have a complete wiring harness.....usually if you want to add an electrical type option that your car wasn't ordered with you have the connector right there for you to plug into. Cheaper to build identical chassis with one harness for all.

Also they did use it in the european 3's I think. It's used with the auto air conditioning system. If I looked hard enough I could probably find the pic I saw that had a 3 with auto air using the screen to it's full potential.

Update: yeah I went to the UK website and yeah the 3's there have the auto air. They don't seem to have cruise control though. Not like you would ever use it in europe anyway.