Datamarine knot/depth

[dorourke]

Thanks to many here in the sailnet community, I've finally sailed my boat after nine munths of resurch and laybor. But now; How come we can read the Datamarine LCD instraments with our polerized sun glasses but not without them. Seriously, nothing shown unless we are wearing the sun glasses. This is strange to me, what can I do, what do I deed to do?

[jr438234606]

Just keep wearing your sunglasses.

[sailingdog]

It sounds like the polarized film on the LCD panels is either missing. That is why you can read them with the glasses on, but not without them. Without the polarized filter layer, the LCD doesn't display anything readable. Go to a local high-end photography store and ask them for polarized film. Take a sheet of it and look through it until the displays are most easily read... then cut pieces out and put them on the instruments.

[CapnHand]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

.....look through it until the displays are most easily read...

I think what he meant to write was: place the film on the display, rotate the film until the display shows up best.

[dorourke]

Sainingdog! That sounds exactally like what I was thinking to to, only I thought to past some lightly tinted sunglasses to them. I know of a couple of photography suppliers close to home. I'll let you know how it worked.

[dorourke]

Thanks CapnHand, I'm on to it!

[sailingdog]

Good enough..