Darkening an LED display !!

springchicken

Hi there all you techie heads ,
Having a problem with a new alarm clock/ ipod charger we got for Christmas.
LED display is soooo annoyingly bright when lights are out and trying to sleep !!
Anyone have a solution (rather than using hubbys boxer shorts to cover it ,lol)
Dont know whether this is in the right sub forum ,feel free to move.

System

normally there is a facility to lighten/darken it. can you post details so we can look

motorguy

If there's no facility on it, then you'll have to live with it. Sometimes there is a switch underneath?

I've a great little Sony unit, but its very bright. The only thing i do is angle it away from me so i can still read it but its not pointing at me.

springchicken

Hi there,
It has a dimming switch on back of unit ,but it is still overbright at the lowest!
Thinking of putting some sort of a filter over it ?? but what ??

System

Improvise! Open your tin of Quality Street, choose a couple of chocies that are wrapped in the same coloured cellophane and sellotape over the screen. It might look rubbish in daylight but at night, it might be just right. Let us know what you decide.

espresso

springchicken wrote: »

Hi there,
It has a dimming switch on back of unit ,but it is still overbright at the lowest!
Thinking of putting some sort of a filter over it ?? but what ??

We have one with a Dim/Bright switch but even on Dim it's far too bright at night. I think that your best bet would be to find some suitable semi-translucent adhesive tape that would act as a filter.

Poppycat

I just had this problem today having fitted a psu for a pc card reader last night, the daughter was saying the bright led was keeping her awake so solution I put some insulating tape over the led, it still shines through but no where near as bright.

She also had this on a ipod/alarm clock but we could turn the brightness down on the lcd screen

Inactive

springchicken wrote: »

Hi there,
It has a dimming switch on back of unit ,but it is still overbright at the lowest!
Thinking of putting some sort of a filter over it ?? but what ??

You could drape some see through knickers over it..

ckerrd

I managed to obtain some ND filter material from a friendly TV lighting chap, which I put over my incredibly bright LED.

The suggestion of sweet wrappers is a great cheap solution.

springchicken

Hi there ,thanks for all your replys especially the see through knickers option .
Have decided to go for the quality street wrapper idea (thanks islandman -genius !) for a temporary measure.

After new year will go in search of this ND filter material TV stuff for a full time solution !!

Poppycat, wouldnt be able to see the numerals with the insulating tape but good idea for your problem .

Will let you know how the quality street idea work out tomorrow ..

Take care, Spring

Poppycat

I wondered if you could mask the screen with some thin paper/mesh and stick one end with tape only issue would be it may look less appealing