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SEQUENTIAL/DSI => Prophet => Sequential Prophet-6 => Topic started by: rmachin on December 08, 2015, 12:43:49 PM

Title: Dim the display?
Post by: rmachin on December 08, 2015, 12:43:49 PM

Anyone know of a secret way to dim the display? So far my only negative is that in low light that display lights me up in an unflattering red glow...

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: PaulSchilling on December 09, 2015, 11:47:29 AM

I haven't found a way to adjust the display brightness. But I remember during the Prophet-5 era it was common for players to make little cardboard display "hoods" that they would tape over the display.

Here is an example, Jonathan Cain's P5 in 1981:
(http://pxhst.co/avaxhome/67/dd/0037dd67_medium.jpeg)

Or you could go to some craft store and get some kind of a dark-ish colored overlay, cut it to size and tape it over the display  :D

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: rmachin on December 09, 2015, 02:37:05 PM

Not a bad idea. May even be bright enough to read through duct tape. But it's every light -- they're all very bright -- feel like Jack Horkheimer (but I'm not looking up). I could use a global setting for that.

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: dslsynth on December 09, 2015, 02:53:29 PM

People wanting to dim the display with a superior snobbish edge can start discussing what Schott glass (http://www.schott.com/advanced_optics/english/products/optical-components/optical-filters/optical-filter-glass/index.html) types to use! :o ;) 8)

Seriously, some kind of colored transparent plastic can do the dimming. Possibly even the types of transparent plastic that some use for gift wrapping. Time for experimenting!

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: LA Keys on December 09, 2015, 03:21:15 PM

Personally, I just wear sunglasses   8)

LA

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: wetfood on December 16, 2015, 03:54:31 AM

I found the display to be much to bright for my liking. these did the trick:

http://www.amazon.com/Dim-%C2%AE-light-dimming-sheets/dp/B006R0VWSG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450266673&sr=8-2&keywords=dim+it

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: rmachin on February 20, 2017, 05:50:39 PM

Just added a Sub 37 and find that the editor for that lets you dim the leds...just saying...love the p6 regardless.

Title: Re: Dim the display?
Post by: wolf-tec on December 13, 2019, 05:48:20 AM

my old sunglasses ...