retro radio

[lobie]

been looking a retro radios for the bus, previous own had cut a hole in dash to fit a cd unit. Saw a retro radio/mp3/bluetooth/handsfree phone/sd card player on Ebay £17.50. I know what you're thinking, well I fitted it this morning and was pleasantly surprised with the quality

 

[Clem]

I just had a look at eBay. Those units are really cheap now compared to a few years back. Nice to see for a change.

 

[ozziedog]

Yours looks fab, me and Joey have the same unit and have minor irritations with them. Joey has a screen so bright on his that he has to throw a rag over it for night time driving and mine is so dim that I can only see anything on the screen in the middle of the night in absolute pitch black. So a question for you bud, is there a way that you’ve found to adjust the brightness of the display? As in could you find out ? The instructions on both of ours were written in jibberish and less than concise so maybe they’ve been updated praps? But they play really well and for next to nothing as well. I fully expected it to sound like a 1965 tiny transistor radio but have been pleasantly surprised. Quite a bit of continual / residual draw on them though.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,, one of my ‘better’ purchases

 

[lobie]

Yours looks fab, me and Joey have the same unit and have minor irritations with them. Joey has a screen so bright on his that he has to throw a rag over it for night time driving and mine is so dim that I can only see anything on the screen in the middle of the night in absolute pitch black. So a question for you bud, is there a way that you’ve found to adjust the brightness of the display? As in could you find out ? The instructions on both of ours were written in jibberish and less than concise so maybe they’ve been updated praps? But they play really well and for next to nothing as well. I fully expected it to sound like a 1965 tiny transistor radio but have been pleasantly surprised. Quite a bit of continual / residual draw on them though.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,, one of my ‘better’ purchases

It seems that the back light on these is a bit hit and miss. Others have commented that it can fade after time
After all these are made very cheaply in china. The light issue can be a problem but for less than £20 I can live with it if mine does the same

 

[ozziedog]

It seems that the back light on these is a bit hit and miss. Others have commented that it can fade after time
After all these are made very cheaply in china. The light issue can be a problem but for less than £20 I can live with it if mine does the same

Yup, that’s what I was exactly saying. I was kinda hoping that you might be able to find a mode or function on there to adjust the back light as yours seems to be in bettererer shape than ours or you might have some legible instructions to maybe help me out. If not, no biggy.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,, Joey can’t wait for his to fade

 

[lobie]

Yup, that’s what I was exactly saying. I was kinda hoping that you might be able to find a mode or function on there to adjust the back light as yours seems to be in bettererer shape than ours or you might have some legible instructions to maybe help me out. If not, no biggy.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,, Joey can’t wait for his to fade

 

[lobie]

 

[ozziedog]

Wonderful, that’s more info than we had. Thanks for that, I’ll try number eight first off and see where that leads.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,, might be able to see it soon

 

[milfredo]

been looking a retro radios for the bus, previous own had cut a hole in dash to fit a cd unit. Saw a retro radio/mp3/bluetooth/handsfree phone/sd card player on Ebay £17.50. I know what you're thinking, well I fitted it this morning and was pleasantly surprised with the quality View attachment 3996View attachment 3996

I have one of these and mine must have a dud screen as I can not read the LCD screen. this looks amazing.

 

[T2 Brinky]

Yea great gor the money

As ozzy said my backlight is really bright at the moment, have to put my sunnies on to operate it. Although it was dull when i first set it up.

However no complaints from me.

 

[milfredo]

I have one of these and mine must have a dud screen as I can not read the LCD screen. this looks amazing.

I just bought another one for £15. It has a different user menu and is all blue lights on the facia. I can see this one no problem so the other was clearly a duff.

 

[ozziedog]

I just bought another one for £15. It has a different user menu and is all blue lights on the facia. I can see this one no problem so the other was clearly a duff.

THIS is possibly the way forward, as in stop being so tight and just buy another one Ozzie. Yup fifteen quid for another or spend another two years trying to figure out how to make it light up.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,I’ll get meself one for Christmas I guess

 

[milfredo]

Fix the brightness by sticking a dark patch from a large photo negative I.e a cutout of an old medical x-Ray.

 

[ozziedog]

Fix the brightness by sticking a dark patch from a large photo negative I.e a cutout of an old medical x-Ray.

Me and Joey got the opposite problems, his glows like it’s radio active and mine can only be seen in the darkness of my garage

Ozziedog,,,,,,,, but another sounds the best bet.

 

[milfredo]

Fun the brightness by sticking a dark patch from a large photo negative I.e a cutout of an old medical x-Ray.

Me and Joey got the opposite problems, his glows like it’s radio active and mine can only be seen in the darkness of my garage

Ozziedog,,,,,,,, but another sounds the best bet.

This was my old problem so I fixed it with a new one.