Tip O The Day, Make your Batter last twice as long.

[danjreed]

Tip O The Day, Make your Battery last twice as long.

Hey all,

Found out a neat trick to make the battery life just about double,

Main Menu 1 - > change preferences - > screen 4 of 5 - > Brightness

1 - Go into the preferences for screen brightness, and lower the day time to about 50%.

2 - Change the night time to 10% or less.

The power drain for the back light drops significantly, and I find that the brightness levels are just fine for day/night time use.

On one trip I got about 2.5 hours out of the battery light with the original brightness set. I was able to extend that to 4.5 hours in night time mode.. with the brightness dropped.

 

[JimT]

Hey all,

Found out a neat trick to make the battery life just about double,

Main Menu 1 - > change preferences - > screen 4 of 5 - > Brightness

1 - Go into the preferences for screen brightness, and lower the day time to about 50%.

2 - Change the night time to 10% or less.

The power drain for the back light drops significantly, and I find that the brightness levels are just fine for day/night time use.

On one trip I got about 2.5 hours out of the battery light with the original brightness set. I was able to extend that to 4.5 hours in night time mode.. with the brightness dropped.

Thanks for the tip. As my 510 gets older I notice the battery does not last as long!!!

 

[Rick F.]

Yes, good tip. I'm going to try that.

Also, I've set my TT to turn off the display between instructions. That's got to help too.