I like the form factor of the Vero 2, but the blue LED dries me nuts. Is there a way to disable or dim it via osmc, or am I stuck with electrical tape?
super, I need that too 
Hi Sam, Just received my shiny new Vero 2 in Melbourne Australia today. Yes would be great to have the option to dim the blue led and even let it only shown dimmed when the remote is being used.
Great work!
Can the LED be controlled by writing to some /sys files?
Iāve tried all I could find (sudo find /sys|grep led) but without luck.
Itās very annoing because the case is not fully opaque, and I canāt hide the light without covering the whole case (which will fry the CPU, I guess). In a full dark room, any LED is distracting.
If it will not be controlled with the Android version, Iāll go with LEDesectomy.
I will include this in the next update. I have recently worked on this as I understand bright LEDs do frustrate some of our customers.
Further, Iāve disabled the LED by default, so youāll see it briefly when the device is booting only. We may also use the LED to tell users when they shouldnāt pull the plug (ideally neverā¦) as OSMC is updating. @DBMandrake and I have some ideas for when to use the LED.
For now, if you really must disable the LED before the update, you can run
wget apt.osmc.tv/pool/main/v/vero2-source-3.10.101-1-osmc/vero2-image-3.10.101-1-osmc_1_armhf.deb -O kernel.deb
sudo dpkg -i kernel.deb
rm kernel.deb
sudo reboot
Sam
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The new kernel image (3.10.101) seems to work.
Thanks.
The led on my Vero 4k is always on. Can I turn that off as well?
Unfortunately not for Vero 4K.
On Vero 2, weāre not really disabling the LED. See Disable blue light - #7 by sam_nazarko.
Hi,
A small strip of Black electrical PVC tape over the led, will solve the problem.
Thanks Tom.
Ok. Will have to go for the elegant tape solution thenš Itās much too brightbfor a sleeping room and mounting on the back of the tv is not an option as the tv is waal-mounted.