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Old Sep 28, 2015 | 02:52 AM
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Please explain

Please, anybody knows the meanings of the display items in the red sqare!
Old Sep 28, 2015 | 04:38 AM
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The text labels are quite blurry but you've obviously got a "driver information system" on some level.

I don't have this feature in my Maxima but based on this having been a feature in some of my other cars, I'm thinking that's what it is.

I think I can make out an oil can icon, which likely signifies oil life remaining.

I also see an "mpg" label, which will give you just that ... your average mpg.

I can't make out any of the other labels.

There's gotta be a button somewhere on your dash that allows you to activate and cycle through the available information.
Old Sep 28, 2015 | 05:42 AM
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Thank you, I will try to get a clearer image and an image of the switch as well.
Old Sep 28, 2015 | 05:43 AM
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160 mph Speedo? You must have an MEVI in your engine bay. Which part of the world is this Maxima from?
Old Sep 28, 2015 | 06:00 AM
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Old Sep 28, 2015 | 07:31 PM
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I think top left is the Celcius symbol, hence an info screen as mentioned already.

Gotta love blurry cel phone pics...
Old Sep 29, 2015 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbobink
The text labels are quite blurry
Some clear pics



The BC switch is the one that toggles the diplay items





A clearer pic








The BC switch again. It is combined with the cruise control 3 switches

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Old Sep 29, 2015 | 04:40 AM
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Now that I can read the labels, I was totally wrong.

Based on the labels it looks maybe to be a Euro Units fuel economy calculator and trip meter.
Old Sep 29, 2015 | 11:50 AM
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1st pic is 160 MPH, second pic is 260 KMH.
Old Sep 29, 2015 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
1st pic is 160 MPH, second pic is 260 KMH.

I never noticed that. Good job catching the details.

OP, did you swap the speedo?

Or maybe the first pic was a internet stock pic?
Old Sep 29, 2015 | 11:32 PM
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OP is playing with you guys by swapping pictures.
Old Sep 30, 2015 | 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Finkle
Or maybe the first pic was a internet stock pic?
you r right the other pics are of my car I did not notice the diff too. Sorry guys.
Please I need to know the meaning of each label apart from the temperature and the l/100 Km. Thank you and apology
ٍsorry ef9 I made you feel that way.

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Old Sep 30, 2015 | 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by wiseguy6199
Please I need to know the meaning of each label apart from the temperature and the l/100 Km.
Although units vary from the US to other countries, math does not.

That unit is l/100km (liters per 100 kilometer) which really can't be anything else other than a fuel economy indicator.

You've got what appears (in order going clockwise around the readout) to be data for "ambient temperature (*C)", "km to destination", "km from origin", "km per hour", "liters per 100 kilometer" and lastly "time to destination" or maybe "destination arrival time".

It's a trip meter. Not sure exactly how you use it but it looks pretty clear to me that it's a trip meter.

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Old Sep 30, 2015 | 05:21 AM
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Thank you, I guessed theses meanings but the thing that confuses me is I can not reset any of them (I do not mean the ones which of course are not to be reset like the ambient temp and the fuel consumption) they keep on without starting over for each trip, and why do I need Km/h while I have the main meter for that !
I searched for these in some users' manuals and FSM, but couldn't find this kind of display nor switch.
ps. there is trip1 and trip2 meters in the display located in the main speedo under the airbag indicator light (the wide rectangle in one of the pics above)

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Old Sep 30, 2015 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by wiseguy6199
...ps. there is trip1 and trip2 meters in the display located in the main speedo under the airbag indicator light (the wide rectangle in one of the pics above)
It's the same as the US 98 and 99 Maxima's/I30s with digital ODOs.

So your these PICs are of 2 different cars, or does your speedometer gage change from large KM readings to large MPH readings? If it does change, could you post a video of it changing?
Old Sep 30, 2015 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by wiseguy6199
Thank you, I guessed theses meanings but the thing that confuses me is I can not reset any of them (I do not mean the ones which of course are not to be reset like the ambient temp and the fuel consumption) they keep on without starting over for each trip, and why do I need Km/h while I have the main meter for that !
I searched for these in some users' manuals and FSM, but couldn't find this kind of display nor switch.
ps. there is trip1 and trip2 meters in the display located in the main speedo under the airbag indicator light (the wide rectangle in one of the pics above)
Try cycling your display to the reading you want to reset. Then HOLD DOWN the BC button until it resets. That's usually how these displays work. I think maybe Km/h shows the AVERAGE speed for the trip since it was last reset.
Old Sep 30, 2015 | 11:47 PM
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...and when in doubt, read your owner's manual.
Old Oct 1, 2015 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by dwapenyi
It's the same as the US 98 and 99 Maxima's/I30s with digital ODOs.

So your these PICs are of 2 different cars, or does your speedometer gage change from large KM readings to large MPH readings? If it does change, could you post a video of it changing?
The very first post PIC is not my car, it is from the internet. the other PICs are all from my car



Originally Posted by Junebug1701
Try cycling your display to the reading you want to reset. Then HOLD DOWN the BC button until it resets. That's usually how these displays work. I think maybe Km/h shows the AVERAGE speed for the trip since it was last reset.
I tried holding down th BC button but it doesn't reset !
Old Oct 1, 2015 | 12:28 AM
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...and when in doubt, read your owner's manual.
I do not have the owner's manual.
I searched for these in some owner's manuals and FSM I downloade, but couldn't find this kind of display nor switch.
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