atisha

not sure if this is the right place to ask I see no other section witin forum to ask this- writing this from my axim at the moment on my bed- should really be sleeping now.
my axim is a bit bright to be used as ereader; wonder if there's a way to reduce backlight further such thar it looks like sony ereader pr505. i also hoping to get a bigger screen while reading. do you know of any screen add on I can plug in for this purpose - a stowaway keyboard equivalent but this time for reading instead of for typing?

Gigi

There's a hidden contrast applet you can try enabling:

hidden Contrast applet

Backup your device first as I'm not completely sure it will work on X51s. If it doesn't, give Tweaks2k2 a try:

Tweaks2k2.com - Tweaks2K2 .NET for Pocket PC

mostlylisten

Just go into settings and there's a setting to lower brightness. Unless I've been using my Ipaq 211 too much.

Box

Mostly, Did you not notice the bit in the title, Below the minimum!

Sometmes it helps to reverse your ebook setup so that the background is black and the text is white.

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johnhu_2005

"Below the minimum"... Think about it...

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Box

What's to think about?

There are many occasions where the minimum brightness setting available on the Axim series is too bright.
As the OP said, reading in bed,
using it as a star chart,
navigation at night etc etc

There have been many posts over the years about this problem.
Some people have come up with very innovative solutions.
One that springs to mind, red plastic film as a screen protector.

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o.0

I thought minimum was the absolute lowest you can go. There is not below the minimum.

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atisha

thanks. need to reinstall resco explorer to do this. on bed now as need to get up for work tomorrow. wish I can try out now though..

Barrow

if you want to switch ereaders, try this ereader. it allows you to switch the screen from white with black letters to black screen with white letters.
it is called allreader. it also supports a lot of book format versions, quote from link below.
AllReader+ supports TXT, HTML, RTF, FB2, DOC, DOCX, ODT, SXW, ABW, ZABW, CHM, PDB/PRC (PalmDOC, zTXT mode 1) and TCR formats.
AllReader+: Powerful Reading Tool :: Windows Mobile Pocket PC :: Products

atisha

I can confirm the applet contrast thing works on axim x51v wm6 makuu version. thanks for the many good suggestions. now is there any way to get a bigger reading screen. just received my sony pr505. don't like it as really slow to scroll through my book collections. can't beat my axim..

Box

You can get a VGA out cable that will allow you to connect to a screen or projector, not very mobile though.

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