PX3 in sunlight

[David Orman]

How are people coping with use of the PX3 in any kind of sunlight? My
display is completely unreadable even on a cloudy day. Even trying to shade
it with my hand didn't work out. Curious what others are doing to mitigate
this when operating portable, as the PX3 is such a huge help I'd rather not
go without it!

Thank you,
David
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[David Orman]

Hoop / K9QJS pointed out there was an LCD brightness adjustment. Mine was
set at 20, I've since turned it up to 100. I'll be trying it out again
today, but I suspect it will go a long ways towards helping. Just wanted to
post a follow-up in case anybody else runs into this.

David

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, David Orman <[hidden email]> wrote:

> How are people coping with use of the PX3 in any kind of sunlight? My
> display is completely unreadable even on a cloudy day. Even trying to shade
> it with my hand didn't work out. Curious what others are doing to mitigate
> this when operating portable, as the PX3 is such a huge help I'd rather not
> go without it!
>
> Thank you,
> David
>
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[wayne burdick]

That should definitely help.

The display is transmissive (not reflective), so the contrast ratio is proportional to backlight/ambient light. Reflective displays typically have lower resolution and/or sluggish response, either of which would not have worked for the PX3. So we stuck with transmissive. And given the goal of low-power operation, the backlight can only be so bright.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Dec 13, 2014, at 9:17 AM, David Orman <[hidden email]> wrote:

> How are people coping with use of the PX3 in any kind of sunlight? My
> display is completely unreadable even on a cloudy day. Even trying to shade
> it with my hand didn't work out. Curious what others are doing to mitigate
> this when operating portable, as the PX3 is such a huge help I'd rather not
> go without it!
>
> Thank you,
> David
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