Just curious, what do the areas in red do? My guess is the top one is just for symetry but I'm at a total loss to explain the bottom spot.

 

The answer to any "Speedo question" is... Do not wear one.

Sorry. I simply couldn't resist.

 

Guess I need to be more careful how I phrase things.

 

the top one is used in another country.

the ultra expensiv handsfree i believe.

run a gauges check and see what lights up, it will tell you what is what.

 

The guage check is what started this question that has become more and more interesting/annoying not knowing. They don't light up when I do the check so I can't see outright wha they are.

 

The bottom one is a light sensor for the brightness of the LCD displays (Speedo, Tach, Radio, and auto A/C if you have it.) To test, turn on lights, and then shine light at that dot. The LCDs should brighten. Hope this helps....

 

think I'll go and give this a try.

 

Whoa! That's badass! (If that's true.) I'll have to play with that when my MINI gets to America. Light on... light off... light on... light off... *the MINI speaks* "Enough with the light! Lets motor!" *beep beep*

Does the features list ever stop? Every day I learn something new and very cool about the MINI!

 

ok....if that works. im gonna do a backflip cause thats sweet I member the day I had grocerys in my hand and I was holding down the key and my windows came down I had no freaking clue the car could do that. I pretty much spooged right there

 

eeeewwww!
a little too much info there, 'lude

 

yeah...I've had the same question about those two spots.....now we know what that left guage spot is doing, but what about that little one near the bottom?

 

Inquiring minds wanted to know...more information than you can ever use! Compliments of "Introduction to the MINI".

 

Nope...my 2004 MC center speedo is different from the above center speedo post on: #4 #8 #13 #15 #11 and the #4 spot looks to be blank

and lower in that center speedo diagram, what is that smaller diameter indicator between #6 and #7 ?

 

That is a diagram for the European MINI's, not american MINI's.

Note the position of the High beam indicator and Turn signal indicators.

 

Well I confirmed the spot between 6 and 7 is indeed a light sensor, which leaves me thrilled that that thing is actually functional. Now to resovle #4....

 

It occurred to me to glance in the Owner's Manual, pages 16-22, to see if this would clarify which lamps are US, Canada, etc. spec, and their relative locations in and around the center speedo, remote speedo, tach, nav, and chrono package.

No such luck. Where and what lamps you get is dependent on:
1) Which options you have, ie. Chrono, NAV, Center Speedo, Remote tach, remote tach/speedo, etc.
2) Which country, ie. Australia, UK, Japan, Canada, Middle East, and US, (at the very minimum), Each of these have 3 different configurations of NAV, CHRONO, or NEITHER, plus differences in, MPH vs KPH, and whatnot.
3) What year your car is may also be a factor.

For my particular, USA spec 2005 MCS with DSC, no NAV, and no CHRONO, my remote tach goes (left to right):
HIGH BEAM, CRUISE CONTROL, SVC ENGINE, BRAKE, ABS, and L/R TURN.

My center speedo goes: ***BLANK***, SEAT BELT, BRAKE PADS, AIRBAG, TRUNK, FLAT TIRE, GAS CAP.
In the lower part of the speedo, I have BATTERY, OIL, ASC/DSC, and EML. My Speedo has MPH with KMPH smaller, below it.

Now if I had the chrono or nav, the double bubble on the steering wheel would have:
OIL, EML, ABS, HIGH BEAM, ***BLANK***, and BATTERY in the tach, and

LEFT TURN, CRUISE, SVC ENGINE, BRAKE, ABS, and RIGHT TURN, in the speedo, and

The chrono package would have (top to bottom): COOLANT TEMP, AIRBAG, SEATBELT, FLAT, BRAKEPADS, and TRUNK, with a separate GAS LOW lamp in the gas gauge.

If NAV, the lamps would illuminate in the top area (left to right):
BRAKE PADS, SEAT BELT, AIRBAG, COOLANT TEMP, TRUNK, FLAT, and GAS LOW.

Canada spec cars just show KMPH without placing MPH below it. (Same true for Japan, anyone?)

Australia spec cars have the tach in the center, and the speedo on the steering wheel.

 

That tach location sounds like a sweet place to mount either a shift light or remote radar detector light.