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How do you turn off the nightlight when using external power

I use the Edge 830 with the external battery option.
When riding in the dark, I don't want my screen lit up all the time as it kills my night vision (and drains the battery on long rides). Instead I prefer it to light up if I touch the screen or when a turn approaches.
When riding without the battery, this happens fine but as soon as I connect to the battery (and even if the battery is off), I no longer get the timer for the back light and it's lit up all the time.
Is there some way of overriding this or does riding with a battery mean it will just be on all the time.
Thanks

0 PeterK_55 9 months ago

After connecting to the external battery, return to the display settings screen and change the backlight options to your preferred settings.

0 corriec 9 months ago in reply to PeterK_55

That's the problem though, the settings are as I want them but connecting to the battery somehow overrides them and the automatic dimming doesn't happen

0 PeterK_55 9 months ago in reply to corriec

Yes, you’re correct about the backlight timeout being overridden when the external battery is connected, but that doesn’t bother me as I prefer 10% always on at night anyway and that has very little impact on power use. It’s more annoying that the initial plug in sends the backlight to 100%.

0 corriec 9 months ago in reply to PeterK_55

Peter, OK think I get what you're saying.
Once you connect to the external battery, you go into settings and simply set to 10% light, is that right?
I guess that's a good compromise.
Alternatively, I'll charge my battery during the day and turn off the external battery at night so I can have the option I really want

0 PeterK_55 9 months ago in reply to corriec

Yes, that's right.