ALAN MAP 600
user’s manual
10
ESC
6 Display
settings
6.1
Rotating the main pages
You can rotate viewing of the display in order to better use the
longer side of the display. In some situations, this is very
convenient, particularly when viewing the
MAP
page. To rotate
a page, hold down the
ESC
button until the screen rotates.
Be careful not to confuse this function with the one described in the
previous paragraph: briefly pressing the button selects a page, while
holding down the button rotates the page.
6.2 Display
backlighting
If ambient lighting is not adequate for viewing the display, press
the
button to light up the display. Pressing the
button
again will deactivate the backlighting. The backlighting,
deactivated after a determined period of time, is enabled every
time any button is pressed.
The time of the period you can select in the menu
Settings
. You
can choose between 30 seconds, 3 or 10 Minutes or always. If
the backlighting turns off, you can activate it again by pressing
each button.
Backlighting speeds up battery consumption; use this feature only when
necessary.
6.3
Adjusting display contrast
You can adjust the display contrast to optimize visibility in various
lighting conditions.
1. Go to the Satellites page. This page appears after turning
on or if you go into the main menu (press two times the
button) select
Satellite
and confirm with
2. Move the Joystick to the left or right respectively to
reduce or increase the contrast. While using this function,
the display will show the contrast level.
3. Press the
button to confirm or
ESC
to exit without
saving the new contrast setting.
Another way to adjust the display contrast, is given by the
Main menu:
1. Press 2 times the
button to get the main menu.
2. Chose
LCD Level
with the Cursor and confirm with
3. Move the Joystick to the left or right respectively to
reduce or increase the contrast. While using this function,
the display will show the contrast level.
