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Fenix 3 HR display brightness

domer1980
over 3 years ago

My Fenix 3 HR display is dark / muted. A white background gray or silver is hard to read without the light button (upper right). Watch face or app colors are irrelevant. Can I change settings to improve it? Forerunner ads’ white backgrounds pop text, numbers & colors, and make me jealous.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    It's the Sapphire crystal on your watch that makes the display low contrast and hard to read in lower light conditions.

    There is nothing you can do to improve this other than try a positive display (black letters/numbers on a white background) as opposed to a negative (white letters/numbers on a black background) which might make a difference for you.

    HTH

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I have a 3HR and 5X+, both with sapphire glass and dull displays. Outdoors they are great. Indoors the backlight is a great help and necessary when no other watch would need such assistance.

    When I bought my 6X I was not willing to continue with dull sapphire glass and chose the solar option instead. It's better, for sure, but the display technology behind the glass is not that dazzling and even with solar glass the backlight can be needed. I just leave gesture backlight enabled throughout waking hours.