I have a universal remote that uses the EL(Indiglo) panels for backlighting and it allows two different lighting levels. I also camp/backpack a bit and have a light that uses the EL panels. This light comes in a few different configurations with different brightness levels. The website for the lights had statistics on the life of the units and the higher output lights did not last as long. (read - EL panels fail sooner)
So, there must be a way to do it but it will "use-up" you backlight faster.
Tom
In a message dated Mon, 11 Mar 2002 6:01:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Marco Mailand" <Newton2k1_at_mac.com> writes:
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> > Is their a way to adjust the brightness of the backlight??
> If the amplitude (see: http://slsbd.psi.ch/~mmailand/Newton.html) of the BL
> drive could be decreased the intensity would change but I don't know how the
> lifetime changes. One could probably hack the hardware and include a
> potentiometer at the right place and somehow play with the drive voltage. It
> would probably be possible to increase the brightness of a week or worn BL
> this way too, within physical limits of course :-)
> We used to increase the brightness of our old TV in the past this way and
> increased the heater voltage by adding a few more wire turns around the
> transformer core. But this was about 20 years ago...
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> Marco Mailand
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