I'm having a real hard time putting this into words, and thus had a hard time searching the BBS and FAQ for it. Any info I found quickly dropped me into electrical engineer territory. So, the question:

The range of button light seems attenuated when the car's headlight's are on. ie: a Button Illumination Level of 6 with lights on is as bright as a level of 4 with lights off.

I like to keep the VFD dimmer at 80% in the day (because I can see it fine in daylight) and 90% or 100% with headlights on. I am trying to configure the button LEDs to comparable illumination levels. Though I want it brighter at night (with headlights on), this attenuation keeps even a level of MAX below what I feel matches 90% dimmer on the player.

Is this logic correct, that the buttons are brighter with the lights off? Or do I have something dyslexic'd? Thanks.