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GeoExplorer 6000 Series User Guide 119
Troubleshooting 8
Backlight issues
Touch screen issues
Storage card issues
Problem Cause Solution
The backlight does not
come on when you tap
the screen or press a
button.
The backlight is not set to
turn on in the Backlight
control.
Tap / Settings / System / Backlight to view the Backlight
control, and make sure that:
•the Turn on backlight when a button is pressed or the
screen is tapped check box is selected.
the brightness is not set to Dark in the Brightness tab.
The screen is blank or
hard to see.
The backlight is off. Tap the screen or press a button.
The backlight level needs
to be adjusted.
Tap / Settings / System / Backlight to view the Backlight
control and then adjust the slider in the Brightness tab.
Problem Cause Solution
The touch screen does not
respond to finger or stylus
taps.
The touch screen is
incorrectly aligned.
Realign the screen (see page 50).
The touch screen is locked. To unlock the touch screen, slide the
Unlock icon.
The handheld has locked
up.
Reset the handheld (see Resetting the handheld, page 33).
The screen is blank. The handheld is turned
off.
Press the
Power button to turn on the handheld.
The battery is flat. Recharge or swap the battery (see page 27 or page 29).
The handheld has locked
up.
Reset the handheld (see Resetting the handheld, page 33).
The screen is hard to see. The backlight level needs
to be adjusted.
Open the Backlight control and then adjust the backlight
level (see Backlight, page 51).
The backlight is off. Tap the screen to turn on the backlight.
You are unable to see
parts of an application
windows when the screen
is in landscape orientation.
Some applications are designed for portrait orientation
only. To view the entire application window, change the
screen display to portrait. See Screen, page 50
The selected display theme
does not have enough
contrast.
Select the High-Contrast display theme. Tap / Settings /
Personal / Home, select the High-Contrast theme and then
tap
OK.
Problem Cause Solution
The handheld does not
recognize a storage card.
The handheld does not
support SDIO (SD
input/output) cards.
Use an SD or SDHC card.
Files on the storage card
are not visible or are not
able to be opened.
Files have been encrypted
on another device and have
a .menc file extension.
Remove encryption from the files (see Encrypting files on
storage cards, page 36).