User's Guide
Display settings
The Ranger 5 / TSC5 is equipped with a high brightness outdoor readable display. You can easily
increase the brightness of the display to increase the readability of the device in bright sunlight
conditions, or turn down the brightness to help conserve battery power when working indoors or in
dull conditions. You can also have the device automatically adjust the backlight power depending on
the ambient light conditions.
Adjusting the backlight
To quickly adjust the backlight setting:
● Swipe down from the Status Bar at the top edge of the screen to view the Quick Settings
bar.
● Slide the backlight slider left or right to adjust the brightness.
NOTE - You can also access the backlight slider by pressing Fn + 7.
To manually or automatically adjust the backlight settings:
● Open the Settings app .
● Tap Display.
● Tap the setting that you want to change.
Adaptive brightness
To automatically fit your screen's brightness to the light around you, use Adaptive brightness.
Adaptive brightness is on by default and will adjust brightness depending on the amount of light
exposed to the ambient light sensor.
You can manually adjust your brightness level while adaptive brightness is on.
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