Head up display

HUD is a factory fitted option on my car and it's brilliant. There are options to choose what is displayed, i normally have current speed limit, current speed and SatNav directions (If using the SatNav), and what the cruise control speed is set at (if using it).

Controls on the steering wheel allow me to bring up a list of radio stations to choose from or a list of tracks from my music on the hard disk. It displays any incoming telephone calls and i can call up the contacts in my phone to make a hands free call.

The position of the display on the screen can be adjusted as can the brightness.

There is really no need to look at the dash at all. The only problem is because i never need look at the dash i forget to keep an eye on the fuel level. It can come as a shock when the warning message comes on telling me i've only got 50 miles of fuel left. 

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Thanks Whittakerr, the ones l am after are self fit and what to know which ones are best. Some l have seen also show the fuel level are you sure yours doesn't it may be in you menu somewhere

Doset Diver yes l can use my sat nav for that and the speed, on the Ducato instrument panel l am sure you can set only one ie 30 or have l missed something

HUD available on Amazon & EBay. Fitted one to my last Ducato and it worked really well. GPS based one right down at the front near the screen. I wired mine in so it came on immediately when turning on the ignition.

I now have a 8” Android Tablet on the right side of the dash with IGO software which has a large speed display. You can also get a free app that does the same so you could use any Android Tablet that had GPS to do the same thing.

Yes I agree the speedo isn't the easiest to read, particularly when it is very bright outside. I tend to use the fixed Pioneer Satnav a lot for speed. At a quick press of the screen it changes from the map view to a large speedo, (filling much of the screen) which can show mph, or kph when over there. If using it for navigating you still get direction arrows / countdown to next change, as well as the audio instructions. Or switch back to map view, which still has a small speedo at the side. In both modes the speeds glow red if you exceed the posted limit. That of course is only as good as the mapping, so not 100% accurate.

there is a software upgrade available on the Ducato to have the dash/speedo illuminated all the while the ignition is on....same as turning lights on.

i had this done, it is better but not perfect.

i also have a tomtom positioned bottom right of the screen (A-class) and its easy to read the speed on this....along with its colour change if speed exceeded.

Not familiar with HUD, but have exactly the same problem with reading the speedo. I got a little gps speedo of eBay, about £70 I think which just clips into the vent alongside the instrument cluster. Works brilliantly, very clear, quickly ‘tunes in’ when switching ignition on, rarely if ever loses satellite signal (apart from tunnels) and easily switched between mph and kph. Probably the most useful bit of kit I’ve purchased for my MH yet.  I could use the satnav of course, but don’t always have that set up if I know roughly where I’m headed, and the gps speedo is always there.

Changing vehicle settings on illumination display made very little difference for me.

I think they are doing this when manufactured now BB. Ours certainly came with speedo lights always on. I find it OK on a cloudy day, but still difficult to read if bright and sunny. Looking at it when parked up with no lights, it is difficult to comprehend why any designer ever thought it a good idea. Perhaps they thought that white van man rarely used the speedo.😂

Agreed, it’s such a elementary requirement to know what speed you’re travelling at. It’s shocking that you can pay £50k+ for a new vehicle and not be able to do that with ease!

Internet forums are full of diy fixes for this problem which go from taping an led strip to the display with a bit of foil to dismantling the instrument binnacle to install additional lights to paying for the installation of a specialist after-market product. All of which should be completely unnecessary. As far as I can see Fiat don’t seem to acknowledge there is a problem.

My Demon Tweeks gps speedo solves the problem for me, but I shouldn’t need it.