On Sun, 15 May 2005 02:37:05 GMT, "Vic Fraenckel"
wrote (with possible editing):

Has anyone ever constructed a viewing hood for using a LCD display (monitor)
in daylight? I am thinking about a full hood that would be positioned over a
screen and one would then peer into it. Sort of a truncated pyramid sort of
thingy that could easily be removed and stowed. These sort of things used to
be used on PPI radar scopes and on Oscilloscopes.

If you have done this and would be willing to share your knowledge, I would
like to hear from you. I have searched with google and could only find sites
that sold some partial hoods that do not interest me.

Any enlightenment will be appreciated.

TIA

Vic

I did it for a Garmin 168. Basically, it was three sided - top,
right, and left. I left the bottom open as I thought it wasn't
necessary. The top and left sides were extended and attached to the
top and left side of the unit with velcro. The top protruded maybe 4
inches and the sides tapered from 4 inches at the top to maybe 2
inches at the bottom. I made it out of aluminum, bent it over a form,
and painted the inside flat black and the outside white. The right
side of the hood was finished flush, given a rounded edge and covered
with electrical tape so that it wouldn't scratch. (The right side of
the unit is where the controls were located. It helped, but I ended
up replacing the unit with a Garmin 182c. The problem, of course it
the longer the hood, the more restricted the viewing angle.
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Larry
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