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Garmin 235 Screen Brightness

Rec'd a new Garmin 235 at Christmas. A great upgrade from my 310XT. But, the screen display is very dark and I am unable to find any information re increasing screen brightness as I could on my 310XT. Also, viewing several reviews of the 235 online, all screenshots and videos of the 235 appear very bright compared with my 235.

Anyone know of some method to increase brightness apart from turn on backlight? Many thanks

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VGer517 over 4 years ago +1

I find that it is so dim! Got to be able to adjust this!

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0 timgrose over 8 years ago

Afraid there is one setting for the backlight.

It has been noted in numerous threads that the backlight on the 230/235/630 is dimmer than on some other devices but the important test is whether you can see the display when using it in the dark?

+1 VGer517 over 4 years ago

I find that it is so dim! Got to be able to adjust this!

0 VGer517 over 4 years ago in reply to timgrose

I can not see it in the dark at all! That really sucks too!

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago in reply to VGer517

VGer517 said:
Got to be able to adjust this!

There is no brightness adjustment for the 235.

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago in reply to VGer517

VGer517 said:
I can not see it in the dark at all!

That's what backlight is for.

0 1033100 over 3 years ago

One would think you could set the back light to “Always On” but I cannot get the backlight to stay on more than 5-6 seconds no matter what setting I choose.

0 tmk2 over 3 years ago in reply to 1033100

The "Always On" setting applies only when in activity. In watchface mode (or in a widget) it will always time out.