Display settings: adjusting the backlight
The Ranger 5 data collector is equipped with a high brightness outdoor readable display. You can easily
increase the brightness of the display to increase the readability of the device in bright sunlight
conditions, or turn down the brightness to help conserve battery power when working indoors or in dull
conditions. You can also set the device to automatically adjust the backlight power depending on the
ambient light conditions.
Configuring Adaptive brightness
Adaptive brightness is on by default. It uses the ambient light sensor on the device's screen (see
the Ranger 5 data collector, page 25
) to adjust your screen brightness depending on the amount of light
around you.
To adjust the backlight settings, and turn Adaptive brightness off / on:
1.
Open the
Settings
app
.
2.
Tap
Display
.
3.
Tap the setting that you want to change.
Manually adjusting the backlight brightness
1.
Swipe down from the
Status Bar
at the top edge of the screen to view the
Quick Settings
bar.
2.
Slide the backlight slider
left or right to adjust the brightness.
NOTE –
You can manually adjust your brightness level while Adaptive brightness is on.
TIP –
You can also access the backlight slider by pressing
Fn + 7
.
Display settings: screen auto-rotation
The Ranger 5 data collector is equipped with orientation sensors that can detect if your device is in
portrait or landscape orientation. The operating system can automatically adjust the display to match
your device orientation, or you can lock the orientation.
Swipe down from the top of the screen to display the
Quick Settings
bar.
l
If auto-rotate is turned off, the auto-rotate icon
is not visible;
Portrait
or
Landscape
will be
displayed instead. Tap to turn on auto-rotate
.
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If auto-rotate is turned on, the auto-rotate icon
is visible. You can:
l
Tap
to toggle auto-rotate Off.
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Lock the orientation. Orientate the device to
Portrait
or
Landscape
, then tap
to turn off
auto-rotate and lock the device in the selected orientation.
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