Big print buttons?

[alsopb]

Having played with the K3 a few days, it would be nice is there were a "big print version" of the button and below button legends.  Low light conditions give me problems too.   Glow in the dark legends?

I'm sure all will be OK after months of use when one knows where most things are.  

73 de Brian/K3KO

[N5GE]

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:30:39 -0700 (PDT), K3KO <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>Having played with the K3 a few days, it would be nice is there were a "big
>print version" of the button and below button legends.  Low light conditions
>give me problems too.   Glow in the dark legends?
>
>I'm sure all will be OK after months of use when one knows where most things
>are.  
>
>73 de Brian/K3KO


I have no trouble reading the button /panel labels in normal room lighting, but
I guess if I were to try to read them in the dark I would have trouble.

I see no reason to increase the size of the button/panel labels or make them
glow in the dark, when turning on the light would solve the problem 99.9% of the
time.

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

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Essential Liberty to
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[alsopb]

Hi Tom,

I agree with turning on the lights.

As for the big print.  Please get back to me on that when your in your 60 or 70's.
I really envy those who can actually read the characters on their cell phone keys too.

73 de Brian/K3KO

Tom Childers, N5GE wrote

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:30:39 -0700 (PDT), K3KO <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
>Having played with the K3 a few days, it would be nice is there were a "big
>print version" of the button and below button legends.  Low light conditions
>give me problems too.   Glow in the dark legends?
>
>I'm sure all will be OK after months of use when one knows where most things
>are.  
>
>73 de Brian/K3KO


I have no trouble reading the button /panel labels in normal room lighting, but
I guess if I were to try to read them in the dark I would have trouble.

I see no reason to increase the size of the button/panel labels or make them
glow in the dark, when turning on the light would solve the problem 99.9% of the
time.

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

"Those who would give up
Essential Liberty to
purchase a little Temporary
Safety deserve neither
Liberty nor Safety"

An excerpt from a letter
written in 1755 from the
Assembly to the Governor
of Pennsylvania.

Support the entire Constitution, not
just the parts you like.

http://www.n5ge.com
http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE

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[Bill W4ZV]

K3KO wrote

As for the big print.  Please get back to me on that when your in your 60 or 70's.

Go buy a $1.49 pair of reading glasses from your local Dollar store.  Mine make the K3 appear larger than life (really!).  You can "try before you buy" but I found a +1.00 or +1.25 was all I needed.

73,  Bill  W4ZV

[Simon (HB9DRV)]

As my eyes get older I do NOT like focusing on the K3, then back to a piece
of paper, then back to my PC. The colouring and close proximity of the
buttons is a real pain.

My TS-2000 is also quite rotten in this respect, maybe the best UI on any
radio I own is that if the IC-703. Clean, simple, good menu system. My
TS-480SAT is not bad either.

Simon Brown, HB9DRV

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From: "Bill W4ZV" <[hidden email]>
>
> Go buy a $1.49 pair of reading glasses from your local Dollar store.  Mine
> make the K3 appear larger than life (really!).  You can "try before you
> buy"
> but I found a +1.00 or +1.25 was all I needed.
>
 

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[K8RDD]

How about a custom fresnel lens!
Randy
K8RDD

Bill W4ZV wrote

K3KO wrote

As for the big print.  Please get back to me on that when your in your 60 or 70's.

Go buy a $1.49 pair of reading glasses from your local Dollar store.  Mine make the K3 appear larger than life (really!).  You can "try before you buy" but I found a +1.00 or +1.25 was all I needed.

73,  Bill  W4ZV

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Don't mess it up.

73, Jim KG0KP
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