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Re: GBC Frontlight is dim on playback

2016-06-30T22:53:32Z

tenshun wrote:

Have you installed a resistor with the frontlight connecting to the positive rail? That might prevent it from draining too much energy when hitting play.
maybe a 100k resistor might work.

I haven't tried that.

I may have a few spare but I will check...

Re: GBC Frontlight is dim on playback

2016-06-30T22:02:58Z

Have you installed a resistor with the frontlight connecting to the positive rail? That might prevent it from draining too much energy when hitting play.

maybe a 100k resistor might work.

Re: GBC Frontlight is dim on playback

2016-06-30T03:48:35Z

Ledfyr wrote:

Are you using alkaline batteries?
My frontlit gbc was dim on rechargeable (nimh). It took a while for me to figure out I had to use alkaline.
Seems like 1.5 V is needed.

That's exactly what I'm using though...

Re: GBC Frontlight is dim on playback

2016-06-29T21:55:18Z

Are you using alkaline batteries?
My frontlit gbc was dim on rechargeable (nimh). It took a while for me to figure out I had to use alkaline.
Seems like 1.5 V is needed.

Re: GBC Frontlight is dim on playback

2016-06-29T15:06:29Z

Bump

GBC Frontlight is dim on playback

2016-06-27T14:32:25Z

Hi everyone!

So I've been using my GBC for a few days now, and I've noticed that whenever I start playback on a song the frontlight gets extremely dim, and now has a much more noticeable high pitched hum. The batteries are fairly new, and this has been noticeable from putting them in.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks!
-Sam