adjustable contrast on ngpc?
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Yup, its similar to the potentiometer thats on the GBA and GBC. I wouldn't mess with it though, as the NGPC is very well set up as standard. So its not really nessecary to alter the screen.
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you mean underneath the battery clip right? were the double A's would go,?
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I've just checked it for you, and it does work.
If you're going to have a little play with it, I'd get a CD writing pen, and make a little mark at the top position of the screw, so that you can put it back to its factory setting.
Also, be careful when adjusting it, use a watchmakers screwdriver, and only turn it half a turn each way.
You'll notice the screen seems to wash out.
I've just checked it for you, and it does work.
If you're going to have a little play with it, I'd get a CD writing pen, and make a little mark at the top position of the screw, so that you can put it back to its factory setting.
Also, be careful when adjusting it, use a watchmakers screwdriver, and only turn it half a turn each way.
You'll notice the screen seems to wash out.
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i had no idea you could change the contrast on the NGPC!
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It's not a contrast.
Its adjusts the voltage going to the screen. changing it from the factory setting can fuck up your screen bigtime.
Its adjusts the voltage going to the screen. changing it from the factory setting can fuck up your screen bigtime.
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heh ill just keep my paws off that screw then 
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Actually, strickly speaking its both. Its a potentiometer that controls the LCD screen's colour saturation by finely adjusting the voltage to it. Same as is on a GBA or GBC (On the GBC its under the battery clip like the NGPC).
Leaving it turned 'way up' could in theory shorten the life of the LCD, but having the contrast on your CRT-TV turned right up can do the same, and as I said above the more you turn it, the more the screen gets a washed out look, which looks shit, so you'd have to be mental to leave it like it anyway.
Which is why I said, if you're gonna mess with it, only a little, and put it back as it was (or very close to) They are adjusted by hand in the factory, a tiny amount either way wont do any harm, and could be considered a matter of taste. BUT ONLY A LITTLE, AND DONT FORCE THE SCREW! I advise no more than just under half a turn either way. Never put any pressure on it.
Leaving it turned 'way up' could in theory shorten the life of the LCD, but having the contrast on your CRT-TV turned right up can do the same, and as I said above the more you turn it, the more the screen gets a washed out look, which looks shit, so you'd have to be mental to leave it like it anyway.
Which is why I said, if you're gonna mess with it, only a little, and put it back as it was (or very close to) They are adjusted by hand in the factory, a tiny amount either way wont do any harm, and could be considered a matter of taste. BUT ONLY A LITTLE, AND DONT FORCE THE SCREW! I advise no more than just under half a turn either way. Never put any pressure on it.