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ATR 500 display
I have a Filser ATR 500 that can be hard to read under some lighting
conditions. I'm not using the display backlight. I'd be grateful if any ATR 500 owner who has tried using the backlight can tell me if its worth disturbing the wiring harness to turn it on and if so, is there a further benefit in making the backlight switchable? TIA, Martin -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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At 00:04 09 December 2008, Martin Gregorie wrote:
I have a Filser ATR 500 that can be hard to read under some lighting conditions. I'm not using the display backlight. I'd be grateful if any ATR 500 owner who has tried using the backlight can tell me if its worth disturbing the wiring harness to turn it on and if so, is there a further benefit in making the backlight switchable? TIA, Martin -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | Martin, I have had an ATR 500 for the last 2 years but never had the need to consider using the back light. I have checked the manual and it is possible to wire up the back lighting to be remotely switchable and dimmed. That function is also available through the Vol/SQ control sequence as is the contrast function. IIRC I set the contrast up just lighter than the screen 'becoming dark blocks' around the numbers and it is good for all light conditions and I haven't had to touch it since. Have you lost control of the contrast or is your ATR 500 mounted in a place where it doesn't get any ambient light? Is your screen failing? I hope not! To date it has worked well. The only initial problem was setting the microphone sensitivity to match the electrect microphone. After a couple attempts it was correct. Gavin Std Cirrus, CNN now G-SCNN, #173 LSV Viersen, Keiheuvel, Belgium |
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ATR 500 display
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:30:03 +0000, Gavin Short wrote:
That function is also available through the Vol/SQ control sequence as is the contrast function. I missed that, probably because the manual entry for setting the backlight is confusing and implies that this is almost not needed. IIRC I set the contrast up just lighter than the screen 'becoming dark blocks' around the numbers and it is good for all light conditions and I haven't had to touch it since. I'll try that. Thanks. Have you lost control of the contrast or is your ATR 500 mounted in a place where it doesn't get any ambient light? Its in a shady place. Its second from right in the bottom row of four instruments in a Libelle panel and overhung by a GPS on a flexi-stalk. Is your screen failing? I hope not! No problem there. Mine is about the same age as yours and works well with a dynamic mic. Its installed position has never been great, but thats about the only place it can go. The top row is reserved for T&S, ASI and vario. Left lower row has two 80mm instruments that can't be moved and the right lower is a blank that sprouts the GPS stalk. The stalk is needed because there's no way to shoehorn a GPS II+ into my panel without throwing out something essential. This query was triggered by the recent discussion of the readability of surface satnavs vs PDAs. Next season I'll be swapping the GPS II+ for a Binatone X350 satnav running XCSoar. This needs a very minor wiring change and that reminded me that the ATR500 brightness may need increasing since it will be on a similar sightline to the bright X350 display. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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