Yellow Etrex with Black Screen

[+glenn95630]

I have a yellow etrex. When I turn it on, the screen goes black. The strange thing is, if I look at the screen at a flat angle, I can tell that the proper screen is up (looking for satelittes, etc.) but I can't read anything. I've been using my new eMap so I can't say that this black screen thing is occuring because of a drop or something. It is possible that the etrex got a lot of sun. Thanks, Glenn

[+M+L]

I had that happen to a display (not a GPS screen though) one time after I had left it in direct sunlight for about an hour. It returned to normal after it had cooled back down and works fine now.

[+glenn95630]

It is cool now. It has been sitting on my desk for a couple days. Still it has a black screen.

[+glenn95630]

It is cool now. It has been sitting on my desk for a couple days. Still it has a black screen.

[+park2]

Did you try adjusting the contrast?

I think you use the zoom in/out buttons at the sat screen.

[+glenn95630]

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Originally posted by park2:

Did you try adjusting the contrast?

I think you use the zoom in/out buttons at the sat screen.

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Park2 - you da man! (gender assumed)

I just adjusted the contrast and it is now fixed! I feel kind of silly. When I was out geocaching, I let my 4.5 year old daughter use my 'yellow one' while I was searching with my eMap. She must have 'adjusted' the contrast.

Thanks again! Glenn

[Eric O'Connor]

Does this mean that the old saying.... "once you go black you can never go back" isn't true?