Bill Sorry, I was away for the weekend
Garmin GPSMAP 740 dims automatically as daylight turns to dusk and to dark. I do nothing. There is a manual adjustment somewhere in the menus as well. I think in the settings you can turn the auto dimming feature on or off Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman via CnC-List Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 4:59 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Bill Coleman Subject: Re: Stus-List Raymarine e-Series Chartplotters/MFDs Mike, what is this auto dimming of which you speak? I have the e series, and must adjust manually. I cannot find anything in the manual about an auto dimming feature, and it is quite annoying, as when turning on in the morning after being dimmed at nite you cannot see anything on the screen, and it is a bit##$ch to get the brightness back. Bill Coleman C&C 39 Erie, PA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 8:46 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Hoyt, Mike Subject: Re: Stus-List Raymarine e-Series Chartplotters/MFDs Marek Yes I can in fact adjust the brightness but I think that turns off auto dimming. You are correct though … not when making a passage at dusk between two shoals though My Raymarine a65 was a different story. It was always bright and lit up inside of boat from Nav station after dark. Finally discovered the brightness adjustment on that as well to make it dimmer. I do have to say though that in some ways I really preferred the physical buttons on older chartplotters to the touchscreens. In particular I liked my Standard Horizon CP180 and its charts on our last boat much more than the Navionics charts and lack of buttons on both Raymarine A65 and Garmin GPSMAP 740. The benefit of the touch screen however is a bigger display which makes up for the clunky menus. Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 4:38 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Marek Dziedzic Subject: Re: Stus-List Raymarine e-Series Chartplotters/MFDs Mike, I bet you can adjust that auto-dimming feature. I have a smaller unit (420) and it allows for adjusting the screen brightness (and auto-dimming). If I recall correctly, you press the power button (I think that the long press is off, so the short press should bring you to the brightness menu, though it might be the opposite) and you can adjust the brightness using the left-right panning buttons. Try it on yours, but probably, you don’t want to do it coming into a harbour at dusk. Marek “Legato” Ottawa, ON
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