9C LCD so dim
04-15-2002, 07:50 PM
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9C LCD so dim
I just bought a 9CAF and the LCD screen is really dim. All the pictures shown in ads and the box itself has this bright LCD with a nice "green" background. Who thought of gray lettering on gray background? No matter how I change the contrast feature (which the manual doesn't cover and I had to call Futaba), it's so dim. The ads make it look like JR 8103's nice bright screen. I was disappointed. Any thoughts?
04-15-2002, 08:30 PM
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9C LCD so dim
My display on my 9CA shows up very nice with green background, the background is not luminated green with a light, but it is green and the programs show up very nice. Daz...
04-15-2002, 10:04 PM
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Wow!
Are you serious? I bought one and this thing has an awful screen! There's no green anywhere. I'm not kidding, it was gray on gray. Maybe I got a bad one??? Can anyone take a picture of the screen and post? I already sent mine back.
04-16-2002, 02:25 PM
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I sent mine back yesterday to the return department since I just opened the box to look at it. I didn't mark "defective" because I wasn't sure. Looking at the picture, I'm still not sure. Thanks for all the help everyone. Maybe I'll order another one and see...
06-18-2002, 04:33 AM
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Green screen on 9CAP ???
Originally posted by amcross
Yucho,
The backdrop is definitely a greenish color and is very clear and easy to see. Please send your radio for service/inspection.
Yucho,
The backdrop is definitely a greenish color and is very clear and easy to see. Please send your radio for service/inspection.
I agree the LCD is clear and easy to see, but I wouldn't call it greenish. It is grayish, the same color as a standard LCD back. The advertisement is actually misleading, I though it had a backlight.
Do you know if there are any mod's to add a backlight? It would be cool! Though, I see almost no use under sunlight.
Other than that, this radio is great.
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06-18-2002, 10:00 AM
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Backlight=less battery life. I can see mine fine at the feild, and at home with no backlight. Daz...
But maybe for night flying it would be nice
But maybe for night flying it would be nice
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9C LCD so dim
I am not aware of any plans to backlight the display. The photos are, of course, taken under such lighting as to make the screen easily readable in the photographs.
