On 3 Apr, 2006, at 11:00 AM, orion-request@contesting.com wrote:
Will you please remove George's name from your listings. He died on
November 8, 2005.
Thank you,
Joan shands
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> 1. [Fwd: Re: Orion display issue] (Joe Giacobello)
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> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:14:15 -0400
> From: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
> Subject: [Orion] [Fwd: Re: Orion display issue]
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> Here's the answer from TT Service:
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> Dear Joe:
>
> The internal contrast needs to be set. This control is accessible
> through a small hole on the bottom right of the front panel (looking
> from the front) with the bottom cover removed. Set the internal
> contrast
> to 50% and adjust this control for proper contrast.
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> 73,
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> WD4EBR
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Giacobello <mailto:k2xx@swva.net>
> To: John (KE5C) <mailto:ke5c@hot.rr.com>
> Cc: orion@contesting.com <mailto:orion@contesting.com> ;
> ditsnbits@tentec.com <mailto:ditsnbits@tentec.com> ;
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> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion display issue
>
> 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
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>>
>>> It's a common trait with the new 2.x FW that the contrast settings
>>> have
>>>
>>>
>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Finally, I did a master reset and after persisting at the menus for
>>> a while, I
>>>
>>>
>> 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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