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Disappointedly the backlight arrived broken even though it had been very well packed by the supplier.  The package had been tampered with - obvious slit marks on 2 sides and a yellow sticker with a number and barcode.  Could this be customs?  So we've bought a new plotter, by luck thanks to the delay of waiting for the parcel, at a sale price.  Now all we have to do is adapt a different shaped plotter into the original hole, and link up the new transducer. The joys!

[Navman chartplotter screen v v dark]

So we've already compromised the Nitrogen water proofing!  Interesting to know.  And our replacement backlight might not work....and then it'll be just a learning exercise...

 

We've ordered the tube from ccflwarehouse.com   They are made in the US and supposedly good quality.  Relatively cheap - the biggest cost being the postage but we're keeping that lower by having it posted to a US address and then on posted to us. Also saw a UK site.  

[Navman chartplotter screen v v dark]

Thanks All, sounds like it could be a number of technical things:  backlights, drivers, diodes and I've read on the internet, inverters.  We've taken it apart and have taken a punt and assumed it's the CCFL backlight so will order one from the US. Surprisingly found one the right size and L shape!

 

Only thing is 3 ?plasticy sheets the size of the screen slipped out from behind the mechanism and we're not sure what order they should be in the re-assemble....Anyone know what those are for/and order?

 

Cheers.

[Navman chartplotter screen v v dark]

After several months on the hard stand I tried using our Navman 6500 after launching and can barely see the screen it's so dark.  I've fiddled around with the settings - straining to see the screen.

 

Either I'm doing something wrong - I hope - or I have to 'Bring Out Another Thousand' to get a new Navman equivalent.

 

Once on, I've pushed the start button twice quickly.  This brings up the 'Backlight' set at '15' - using the arrow keys I can't increase it, but if I try decreasing it the screen is totally blacked out.  So presumably this is the maximum setting? The 'Night' mode check box is unticked.  I then checked the 'Palette' set up which was set to 'Sunlight'  and being hopeful switched it to 'Normal' but it made no apparent difference.  Is there something else I can do??