C-MaxJaxon Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 I recently discovered there is an Enhanced mode for the Trip 1 and Trip 2 screens. If you use the right arrow while on each screen, you can switch to Enhanced, which shows more details. You have to go into both 1 and 2 separately and switch them both. ptjones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlandrum Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 great tip .. I was wondering where to see the MPG for a trip. How can we get the Trip MPG on the small trip read-out on the right side of the custom view? Trip time is useless ... MPG there would be great Lifetime MPG is another useless thing to put on every screen. It would be more useful as a user configured Trip 1/2. Anyonw know how to submit requests likie this to Ford? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MaxJaxon Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 What I want is to put the custom view or trip screens on the LCD to the right of the speedometer. The leaves and entertainment stuff there isn't useful to me. Submitting ideas to Ford: http://fordcmaxhybridforum.com/index.php?/topic/840-ford-social-your-ideas/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptjones Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I recently discovered there is an Enhanced mode for the Trip 1 and Trip 2 screens. If you use the right arrow while on each screen, you can switch to Enhanced, which shows more details. You have to go into both 1 and 2 separately and switch them both.Well that explains why my two trip screens don't look the same. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveofDurham Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 I like the enhanced trip screens because they show mpg for the trip. I agree that trip time is useless and I find it frustrating that I can't get mpg instead of trip time when I choose to have one of the trip odometers displayed in my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBGrad Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I saw this thread and said to myself, "there's an ENHANCED mode?! How can they stuff in more than what I am already seeing?" Went out to the car and looked-- I already have enhanced view set. Looked at the normal/basic view-- yah that wouldn't be very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 23, 2013 Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I just don't understand Trip 1, Trip 2? What's it all about? Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MaxJaxon Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 I just don't understand Trip 1, Trip 2? What's it all about? Help!Page 111-112 of the owner manual: Main menuFrom the main menu bar on the left side of the information display, you can choose from the following categories: Display ModeTrip 1 & 2Fuel EconomyInformationSettings Scroll up/down to highlight one of the categories, then press the right arrow key or OK to enter into that category. Press the left arrow key as needed to exit back to the main menu. ptjones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roninsd Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 I just don't understand Trip 1, Trip 2? What's it all about? Help!Tom, if you're asking what they're for, I use one of them to track miles/mpgs since my last fill-up. I use the other when I want to track a certain trip (like driving from San Diego to Irvine today), again to track mileage and miles traveled. You reset the Trip odometer/information to zero by pressing and holdg the "OK" button on the left side steering wheel. I find having two is very helpful, allowing tracking of multiple "trips". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBGrad Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 What I want is to put the custom view or trip screens on the LCD to the right of the speedometer. The leaves and entertainment stuff there isn't useful to me. I told that to at least 5 engineers at the owner's event in Irvine. One of them was incredulous that I hated the leaves, the rest of them were sympathetic. They said they would talk to the suits in Detroit about this, but none of them could say with absolute authority that it would get done. It's a software change, but I am sure they have a huge prioritized list of other software changes/additions, and I'm not sure where this idea would rank in terms of priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveofDurham Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 The leaves are fluff. They don't tell you anything useful and they drop off for reasons beyond our control (e.g., cold start in cold weather and the leaves fall away until car warms up). The coach is flaky too. Cruise at 70mph on a 70mph road and you get a bad cruise score because you are going 70mph. pomtrey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkraider Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 The problem isn't the leaves. Maybe some people like them... The problem is that WE as the owners and users of our cars - should have better ability to choose for ourselves. If I want leaves, cool. If I want a screen full of gauges, cool. There is no reason that the right screen should be less functional than the left. :) pomtrey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR61 Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 I agree. We should have a custom menu that gives us any data readout on the right screen that we choose. There are many parameters available via the OBD port that could be put there. This would have great appeal to tech-minded buyers who go out of their way to add aftermarket OBD display devices such as the Scangauge and Ultragauge.. pomtrey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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