"I am one person who does not like the automatic switching and would rather have a manual switch for this purpose. "
It is only about three button presses to change it from Day Colors, Night Colors, or Auto. On page 2 of the Garmin GPSMAP 740 Manual: *Adjusting the Color Mode* 1. From the Home screen, select Configure > System >Beeper/Display > Display. *TIP: Press and release (the power button) from any screen to open the Display screen.* 2 Select Color Mode. 3. Select Day Colors, Night Colors, or Auto. The Auto setting automatically changes the color scheme based on sunrise and sunset times. http://static.garmin.com/pumac/GPSMAP_700_Series_OM_EN.pdf On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 09:29, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Yes Garmin GPSMAP 740 does the same. It often does this just as we are > navigating tricky areas and suddenly the dimness makes it very difficult to > read. Switching the light blue to dark blue also causes difficulty. I am > one person who does not like the automatic switching and would rather have > a manual switch for this purpose. > > > > Mike > > Persistence > > Halifax > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken > Heaton via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2018 6:54 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Ken Heaton > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List inexpensive chartplotter > > > > My Garmin plotters have two different colour schemes AND two different > display brightness settings, one colour and brightness for day, and the > other for night. It switches automatically between these settings at sun > set / sunrise. > > Ken H. > > On Monday, 22 October 2018, schiller via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Fred, > > > > I was with Glenn on our first race with the Raymarine Axiom 9. We were > fine until full darkness when the screen brightness overwhelmed Glenn to > the point that he became disoriented. We literally turned circles in front > of a freighter until we could get the brightness down and regained our > night vision. It seemed like we were doing fine until, suddenly, we were > unable to compensate for the brightness. We were used to my Garmin 276C > (that we had used for the previous couple of years) that automatically goes > into night mode at sundown. The GPS knows when local sundown is, it's not > that difficult to program a night mode. > > > > Neil Schiller > > 1983 C&C 35-3, #028, "Grace" > > Whitehall, Michigan > > WLYC > > Crew member for Wind and Spirits > > > > On 10/22/2018 5:25 PM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote: > > > > Glenn — you can turn down the brightness using the power button; this > works well for nighttime use. But yes, you’re correct, they don’t have a > specific night color scheme. > > I don’t think the Lighthouse charts are going to be as good in Canadian > waters as the Navionics+ North America charts. > > — Fred > > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > > > On Oct 22, 2018, at 4:19 PM, Glenn Gambel via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Fred, > > Just wondered if I am correct that Raymarine Axiom 9, which I have with > Navionics+, still does not have a night mode similar to Garmin? When I > discovered that, I contacted their support guy (Charles, Chuck) and he > indicated they did not have a night mode. He started a ticket on that > request to determine if one could be added. What in the world were they > thinking. > > Secondly, I could swap out Navionics+ for the Raymarine charts, but > wonder what you think of both? I will be traveling up into Canadian waters > (Lake Huron, Georgian Bay) this summer and wonder if there is a difference > in what one sees on the charts? > > Thank you, > > Glenn Gambel, 1981 C&C 36 > > Wind N Spirits > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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