Lowrance Hook2

[papajoe222]

I've had my new Hook2 for a few weeks and decided to customize some of the settings. The pallet on my sonar page was the first and that was a simple procedure. Next, I rearranged the data display, again fairly simple, as was adjusting the font size and brightness. I made these changes with the unit in stand by mode while the boat was on the trailer, switched it off stand by and powered it off.

When I turned the unit on the first time out, the screen went dark after the boot up.  I looked closely at the screen and the information on the display was there, but the screen was so dark, I couldn't see it.  I know how to adjust the brightness and tried without success. I even switched back to factory settings. Funny thing is, when the boat is out of the water, the screen is easily seen. 

Anyone have an idea what is going on?

[kwassing]

hit the power button several times. I had this happen to me. Apparently it is a hotkey to dim the backlight.

[redmexican5081]

Are you looking at the screen through sunglasses? I’ve had a pair that made the screen unreadable, didn’t use them in the driveway but did when on the water.

[GTN-NY]

I had the same thing happen. Like kwassing said hit the power button a few times to bring it back

[papajoe222]

Thanks for the replies. I had tried pressing the power button and going to the systems pages and adjusting the brightness with no results. I ended up restoring all the default settings for each page by memorizing which buttons to push after watching a YouTube video.  For an old fart that can't remember squat, it took me a couple of tries. I should have borrowed the grandsons tablet and watched while I tried, but I got it fixed.