Brightness in daylight is horrible. Why could I could not change the brightness setting so that it would remain at a level desired. Taking the unit back since the purpose is defeated if I cannot see the navigation requirements prior to the actual turn...
1411935
Brightness in day is at a max, you cannot make it any brighter. What you could do is buy a visor for your GPS to keep the excessive daylight out. A word of warning though is, watch out for the extra weight tilting the unit forward! The solution to the latter is to put a small rolled piece of paper to tilt the base back if you use the weighted base for a dash mount. You shouldn't have the tilting problem if you use the windshield mount. Unfortunately there is not a perfect GPS in the market.
657700
In all honesty, the default settings on this guy were pretty amazing. I did mess with the brightness a bit, but other then that I left it alone. I recommend you play around with the settings as the previous comment said. Everythings going to be different according to your tastes. You can also google/youtube the monitor settings as well. People usually post their settings there.
194489
If you can't see the time and date then its definitely broken. My unit is bright enough to clearly display the time & date, even during daylight hours. There is only one level of "brightness"(the default).
206157
Brightness cannot be adjusted, however you can adjust contrast by: Pressing the MENU/SHUFFLE button 5 times. You'll see "CONT:10" on the display. Adjust the contracts to your desired level by pressing the << and >> buttons. For further assistance, please email support@satechi.com.Thank you,Satechi Technical Support
2240327
I ride w/mine on "night vision" all the time. The "daylight" screen is AWFUL & washed-out by hardly any sun at all. If I had it to do all over again - I would NOT have purchased this unit. If you can see the screen - it does its job & does it well...... My Zumo 550 was SOOOOOOOOOO much better, in almost every respect.
1309217
You can go into the settings and there is a daytime and a night time setting. If you change that you can change the brightness of it, unfortunately it only has 2 settings.
725675
It only allows 2 options. Either 100% light at on time and instant darkness at off time. Or the ramp up feature, 15 minutes to reach full on and 15 to reach full off. Like a sunrise and sunset. Much more natural. But that is all you can so with it gangsta.
1820430
I found the visibility in sunlight much less of a problem with the tablet, but still not a perfect solution. If you use an attached keyboard it can also serve as a sunshade with a bit of imaginative maneuvering. Most of the "a.exe" programs worked fine for me, but not all. you might take the install file to best buy and try it on their demo. they kindly let me try a couple of similar demos.
1923491
I was able to play with the Advanced Settings in service menu, back light menu. The default is to bright, just play with it and it should correct some of the color issues,
340495
You can't adjust the brightness of the clock, at least I haven't seen a way. With one setting for brightness, that's a small price to pay for the quality of the Bluetooth capabilities, it's why I bought this clock in the first place.
1511223
As the other guy said, yes - you can *modify* the brightness range. Whether you can actually lower it from the default range may depend.
1784138
I'm not sure what type of dimming it has, but it definitely seems to be changing the brightness level on it's own, for some reason. I'd like to disable this feature, if I could figure out how. I turned off "Dynamic contrast" and "Dynamic backlight", but this didn't help.
835403
I was NOT able to use the brightness control to effect the range. In fact the brightness control seems to ONLY work with single colors and I wasnt able to brighten/dim outside of the single colors.
1406542
The darker the better actually, as the LEDs are infrared. Therefore bright lights and/or the usn will actually cause interference. However, intensity of the LEDs can be adjusted and should work in anything but direct sunlight. avoid facing sensor toward a sunlit window. Head movement is minimal, and the amount of in-game movement is adjustable. For example, if my head is in the same position and i rotate my nose 3"/15 degrees or so to the left, my head turns 120 degrees left in the sim i use it in.
520932
No. The light does not work well and the display can barely be seen in natural daylight. I can not recommend this product and would not buy it again.
1029451
If you scroll down to advanced setting and open it you will see a dynamic backlight and light sensor. If you turn these two off you will be able to adjust the brightness manually. As long as they are on you have no way to control brightness.
595834
If you look at power save options you can adjust the brightness I believe. I had similar issues, but the brightness is usually enough in power save mode that I don't have an issue with it.