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1. 11:52 AM - Garmin 430 background lighting (teamgrumman@aol.com)
2. 12:45 PM - Re: Garmin 430 background lighting (Bruce Smith)
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| Subject: | Garmin 430 background lighting |
I did a long night flight last night and the brightness of the 430s (2 of
them) was overwhelming in the darkness. I left one on and restarted the
other in the setup mode to see if I could affect the brightness. I could
affect it a little, but, really not enough to matter.
The unit needs a manual adjustment for brightness.
The unit needs a better design for replacing the battery in it also. I ha
d the battery replaced in one of them and the entire unit needs to be disa
ssembled and a new battery soldered in place. Really difficult to replace
.
Years ago, I replaced a battery in a Power Mac that looked exactly like th
e battery in the 430. I think the battery was 5 years old in that one too
. The battery was $12 and took 5 minutes to replace.
Garmin needs to hire Steve Jobs.
Question: Is there a simple, straight forward way to dim the 430 screen
at night?
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| Subject: | Re: Garmin 430 background lighting |
Gary,
I've experienced the same problem. I was able to tone down the light
by adding one of these to the screen of the Garmin 430.http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/av/gps_zscreen.html
Might help in your application too.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 15, 2010, at 2:47 PM, teamgrumman@aol.com wrote:
> I did a long night flight last night and the brightness of the 430s
> (2 of them) was overwhelming in the darkness. I left one on and
> restarted the other in the setup mode to see if I could affect the
> brightness. I could affect it a little, but, really not enough to
> matter.
>
> The unit needs a manual adjustment for brightness.
>
> The unit needs a better design for replacing the battery in it
> also. I had the battery replaced in one of them and the entire unit
> needs to be disassembled and a new battery soldered in place.
> Really difficult to replace.
>
> Years ago, I replaced a battery in a Power Mac that looked exactly
> like the battery in the 430. I think the battery was 5 years old in
> that one too. The battery was $12 and took 5 minutes to replace.
>
> Garmin needs to hire Steve Jobs.
>
> Question: Is there a simple, straight forward way to dim the 430
> screen at night?
>
>
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