backlighting

Morning all, hoping that someone can give me some guidance. I've looked at a number of posts on this, but drawing a blank as to what my problem could be ... Noticed on the way home last night that I have very little backlighting to the main dashboard dials, even though the 'pointers' seem to...

In a W202, on the gearstcik surround there are a number of wires under the facia which plug into the unit, which obviously do a number of thing, like allow control of the buttons (windows, boot open etc). Which wire(s) control the backlighting of the buttons, and can i create a parallel...