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

Rod,

Why did you need to return your 295 for repair?

Jon

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:45:44 GMT, "Jon Woellhaf"
wrote:

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 - my 295 is the same way. It goes pretty dark - but is still
bright when flying on a pitch black night.

Mine is a very old 295, can't remember exactly when I got it, but it
was 3-4 years ago, so maybe that has something to do with it.

-Nathan

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message news:MFfZb.81462$jk2.424947@attbi_s53...
I
Rod also said he'd like his to be brighter. Mine is plenty bright when
running on external power. I wonder if a production change was made that
lowered both the maximum and minimum brightness.

I have a GPS that is too bright too. Mine will go black but when you
turn it up just a bit, its bright. I'm extra sensitive and like my
lights very, very dim when flying at night (especially in the clouds
where things reflect). My partner hasn't noticed. I assumed it was
just me. One option is to put photo filter paper over it.

Bad connection inside. Couldn't see ship's power...only internal batteries.

Rod

"Jon Woellhaf" wrote in message
news:WjvZb.88591$jk2.435208@attbi_s53...
Rod,

Why did you need to return your 295 for repair?

Jon

I find mine way too dim in daylight with my shades on. Wish there was
an easy fix for that.

Jon Woellhaf wrote:

On several flights at night, I found my Garmin GPSMAP 295's display didn't
dim enough to suite me, so I finally decided to try to fix the problem.

I went to a local professional photographer's store and bought a packet of
neutral density filter material for a few bucks. It had 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9
densities. The sheets are paper thin plastic. I cut pieces the size of my
GPS's display and found 0.9 ND worked perfectly.

Jon

I find mine way too dim in daylight with my shades on. Wish there was
an easy fix for that.

Gradient sunglasses.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I'll keep that in mind next time I get glasses. But, these are
prescription shades and only half a year old.

Jay Honeck wrote:

I find mine way too dim in daylight with my shades on. Wish there was
an easy fix for that.


Gradient sunglasses.

Paul

#1. Easy fix, take shades off )

#2. Get clip on 'shades' that will flip up with one finger when you
need to see weak screen and then flip back down.

You gotta think out of the box sometimes.

If you can't fix the display, then fix the lookee end.


Big John


On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:58:50 GMT, Paul Folbrecht
wrote:

I find mine way too dim in daylight with my shades on. Wish there was
an easy fix for that.

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I'll keep that in mind next time I get glasses. But, these are
prescription shades and only half a year old.

Mary, who is far-sighted, had prescription reading sunglasses made for
flying, with a gradient tint. The bottom half -- the prescription part --
is clear. The top half -- the sunglass part -- is non-prescription. The
split between clear and prescription is right at the top of the panel, as
you're looking through the glasses -- perfect for flying.

I also have a pair of gradient sunglasses, but I am near-sighted. The whole
lens is prescription, just clear at the bottom to make seeing the
instruments easier.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"