Fix for too bright GPS display

Neil Gould asked, "How did you try to dim your 295?" He also said his dims
to black, and doesn't need to be brighter in daylight.

I dim my 295 by momentarily pressing the power button then repeatedly
pressing the down rocker. I never change the contrast setting (except once,
unknowingly, after which I thought my display had failed). I have my
contrast bar set about in the middle of the green bar below it. If I dim the
display to minimum then adjust the contrast to the right, I can get the
display to dim much more but I lose the gray bar below the color bars.

Where do you guys who can dim to black have your contrast set and do you see
the gray bar when you've dimmed the display way down?

Jon