John, if it works the same as my Vista HCx, when you turn it on,
each successive press of the power switch will increment the backlight
brighter.

Lonnie


--- In etrex@yahoogroups.com, "John" <johnfarrar@...> wrote:
>
> Hi. I got one of the above GPS for Christmas (to replace my old
> Magellan Map 330). I find I need to adjust the backlight brightness
> every time I turn the Summit on even though I have maximum brightness
> selected in the menu system. Is this the way it is or what else should
> I do? The screen is so dark when I turn the gps on that I cannot read
> the splash screen messages.
> Thanks in advance and Happy New Year to all.
> John
>