Dim Garmin Sat Nav
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bignoise

Original Poster:

314 posts

132 months

Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Hi

Anyone had an issue with the Garmin Nav where sometimes the screen is so dim you can hardly see it?

Ive tried clicking on restore but makes no difference

Ive done a search but drawn a blank

Thanks in advance

anonymous-user

85 months

Thursday 2nd August 2018
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I had this issue with a garmin portable unit. The problem was the setting for screen brightness had randomly changed to a % instead of being on auto. Might be the same issue?

bignoise

Original Poster:

314 posts

132 months

Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Hi

cannot find any adjustment for brightness etc?

strange that sometimes it is a bright as it should be and other I can hardly see it?

It is in the correct mode ie daytime and playing with this doesn't seem to help

IanV12VSRs

2,749 posts

186 months

Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Mine goes dark when the headlights come on. A bit annoying when on automatic as you can hardly see what is on the screen. I think if you take it off auto then it will stop it happening, not sure though. Must look one day.

bignoise

Original Poster:

314 posts

132 months

Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Thanks guys for taking time to reply

I was thinking along those lines but headlight switching made no difference and too old for auto lights

What I have discovered this evening is if I turn on ign and sat nav it was bright but work I started engine it dimmed down and never recovered?


maybe a battery issue?

All in all getting a bit cheesed off with this motor what with clutch failure on journey home from picking up, AC failure, emissions light, engine system light and now this







anonymous-user

85 months

Thursday 2nd August 2018
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That does sound a bit st. Swap it for a better one smile.

dbs2000

2,756 posts

223 months

Friday 3rd August 2018
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Do the garmins have the "secret menu" that the older Volvo units have?