---------------------------------------------------------- Avionics-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 01/15/10: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:52 AM - Garmin 430 background lighting (teamgrumman@aol.com) 2. 12:45 PM - Re: Garmin 430 background lighting (Bruce Smith) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:52:20 AM PST US Subject: Avionics-List: Garmin 430 background lighting From: teamgrumman@aol.com 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? ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:45:43 PM PST US From: Bruce Smith Subject: Re: Avionics-List: 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? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message avionics-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Avionics-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/avionics-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/avionics-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.