Guest joshuabrand Posted November 2, 2001 Share Posted November 2, 2001 My etrex has a backlight, of course. I've heard that backlights can burnout, but I don't know how likely it is to happen. Etrexes have the high quality white backlights, not the cheapo green backlights, so this may have an effect. But anyway, does anyone know how likely the backlights are to burn out, if at all? Quote Link to comment
Guest Geoffrey Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 They will degrade after a lot of use, but not burnout suddenly. Electroluminesant Displays can work for years, but they degrade overtime. I have had several devices with these displays, and the first one was on a Canon EOS 620 camera, and that one shorts out the battery now. The BackLight should work until you upgrade to a newer GPS at a later time. ------------------ http://members.aol.com/geoffr524/myhomepage/howto.html Quote Link to comment
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