"Traditional dials" refers to the classic or typical style of measurement or display that has been used for a long time, usually involving a circular face with hands or markers to indicate information such as time, temperature, or measurements.
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The obvious comparison is the Virtual Cockpit that Audi has used to great effect in its R8, TT, and most recently Q7 models, which also
replaces traditional dials with a far more configurable digital display.
VW's Active Info Display — basically a screen in place
of traditional dials behind the steering wheel — is standard on SEL models and is a joy to behold, displaying everything from speed to sat - nav directions in a clear and convenient manner.
The look is clean and modern, with gauges that blend
traditional dials with digital screens and an uncluttered center stack without too many buttons.
The 12.3 - inch virtual cockpit — a screen that replaces
traditional dials behind the steering wheel — comes as standard on the e-tron and is a real joy.
MINI removed the central speedo and
used traditional dials ahead of the driver, while the crisp new central display is now surrounded by multi-colour LED lights.
Audi Virtual Cockpit — Digital Cockpit, as VW calls it — replaces
traditional dials for speed, revs and everything else with configurable digital screens — see the gallery above for a better idea...
Climate control functions are operated
by traditional dials and buttons on the center stack, but things like the engine on - off switch, parking sensors, stop - start, traction control and driving modes are all controlled by toggle switches.
Tech highlights on the new CR - V include two 7.0 in displays - one in place
of traditional dials and the other serving as the main infotainment display.
Apple still sells millions of Apple Watches, but major players like Motorola have stopped making smartwatches indefinitely, while traditional watchmakers like Tag Heuer and Frédérique Constant have released hybrid smartwatches —
traditional dials with hidden smarts — pushing the market back to a more familiar design aesthetic.
But if you're going to invite someone from the outside on a call then pretty please, with sugar - and - spice, provide
a traditional dial - in number.
In fact, like the Snugabunny, this one part of the newer models which provides the buttons instead of
the traditional dial.
But for the full S Class experience you can replace
the traditional dials and the standard digital screen with two 12.3 - inch wide screens behind a single piece of glass.
The extra weight was saved by cutting away more of the dashboard and replacing
the traditional dials with a digital display.
Another new option is the Active Info Display, a 12.3 - inch screen that replaces
the traditional dials and gauges in the instrument binnacle.
display ahead of the driver that replaces
the traditional dials.
We would have also liked to see the smart display LCD screen instead of
the traditional dials on the speedometer console.
Upgrade to the Navigation Pro package (about # 1,800) and you get a larger 12.2 - inch screen, plus a similar - sized TFT display ahead of the driver that replaces
the traditional dials.
These include even softer Napa leather upholstery, power - adjustable front seats, a 12.3 - inch «virtual» display (instead of
the traditional dials), 18 - inch alloy wheels, keyless entry, walnut interior trim and rear footwell illumination.
Audi's «Virtual Cockpit» was first seen in the latest Audi TT and the second - generation R8 gets it, too, so all driving information is now presented on a digital screen rather than
traditional dials.
The instrument console, too, houses
the traditional dials instead of the entirely digital instrument panel that's offered in other markets.
Volkswagen's Active Info Display — a screen which replaces
the traditional dials behind the steering wheel — is notable by its absence.
The innovative electronic dash display, replacing
the traditional dials behind the steering wheel, is the TT's biggest party trick.
Everything can be controlled by buttons and scroll wheels on the steering wheel, or
the traditional dial and shortcut buttons housed on the center console between the seats.
The dashboard is finished with aluminium trim, with the option of Audi's virtual cockpit on a 12.3 in screen in the place of
traditional dials.
You can upgrade to the # 855 Discover Pro, which features a larger 9.2 - inch screen, gesture control and a 64 GB memory, while the # 585 Active Info display replaces
the traditional dials with a 12.3 - inch configurable TFT screen.
The new console has
a traditional dial - face clock at the centre, flanked by two rotary controls for the heating and air - conditioning system, fashioned from solid, turned aluminium.
Behind the three - spoke steering wheel is a pair of
traditional dials, flanking an LCD display.
The Virtual Cockpit interface makes more use of the touchpad Audi introduced a few years ago, while reducing the size of
its traditional dial controller.