John, thanks for your input. Well, the low contrast setting still
persists (You should pardon the expression.), but it looks like the
weird behavior of the selection (Main) knob must arise from a faulty
encoder or the like. The selection process works fine with the remote
pod's knob.
73, Joe
John (KE5C) wrote:
>Joe, Duane and the group: ditto here. This is really something that should be
>easy for TT to change - the default contrast on these old black and white's.
>After a master reset, I could not see enough on the screen even to navigate to
>the menus to change the contrast. I had to (blindly) reload 1.7something,
>write
>down the keypress sequence to get me to the contrast setting, then reload V2.
>I've forwarded this request before to TT, and I'll forward it again I guess.
>It
>wouldn't hurt for the rest of you to do the same. 73, John, KE5C
>
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>>It's a common trait with the new 2.x FW that the contrast settings have
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>changed significantly. I set mine for "white on black" and find also that
>36-40% is what I find best looking. I have not experienced the problem with
>selecting the options that you mentioned. It was difficult to see the options
>when I first load a FW level because the contrast setting is not one that is
>retained, and the default is inadequate for good viewing. Hope this helps.
>73,
>Duane, AC5AA
>
>
>
>>On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:31:45 -0500 Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net> writes:
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>>Finally, I did a master reset and after persisting at the menus for a while, I
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>was able to select the display contrast. Now, in order to have an acceptable
>display, I had to reduce the contrast to 36%. Originally, it was at 50%. The
>highlight selections are still are little erratic. I wonder if anyone else has
>had this problem and if they know the cure. 73, Joe K2XX
>
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