what's the word on cold and the x50? can i leave it in my car all day when it's 30 degrees out?
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what's the word on cold and the x50? can i leave it in my car all day when it's 30 degrees out?
Doesn't seem to have any negative effect on my RX65, so I doubt it would be a problem for your X50.
Left it in my car all winter before, never had a problem
lol. its like 3 degrees right now and no problem so far.
It's 14 degrees F here, I leave it in it's case in my car all the time. Haven't found a loss of performance.
Cold is good for electronics usually anyways, not so good for LCD screens though.
Aren't the Bel/Escort displays VFD's? The V1 looked like it used LEDs. You can tell if it is VFD by shining a light into the display. If it shows a lot of "wires" like a VCR display, it is VFD. If it is a black screen, then it is LCD.
Most of the new cars use VFDs for various displays, followed by LEDs (like clocks, odometers, etc...)
The only OEMs to use LCDs are the ones that attach heating elements to the back to help warm it up fast in the winter, otherwise there is significant lag in the response time.
VFDs, OTOH, aren't affected! :D
X50s and RX-65s (along with all Escort and Bel models with a full text display) is a LED display, it forms a dot matrix type deal with real small LEDs while the V1 uses basically individual large LEDs to do it's thingQuote:
Originally Posted by metroplex
I don't think I've ever seen a RD use a VFD display... too bulky and fragile to use in an RD. LEDs are the most common RD displays, followed by LCD.
As for car displays, LCD is the most common type (though some, like Audi, look like LED displays, they're really backlit LCDs). I've seen VFDs used in some domestic makes (Chrysler/Jeep, GM).
But back to the original poster, RDs are designed to withstand temperature extremes, and cold shouldn't affect an X50. Extreme heat is better known for causing harm to electronics and RDs than extreme cold.
Kpatz your sig, how did you make that? It is pretty nice.
the only problem ived had is that the suction cups dont stick as much in the cold wether :roll:
I leave mine in the cold usually, tucked insie the center console, so far I have had no problems.
I did expierence a fall, b/c it seems that my suction cups lose their suctioness iafter being under load for a long period of time in the cold..
-poker
Yeah, I think about this a lot with my V1 in the cold weather... maybe I'll just use the visor mount instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by xXCriticizeXx
i never had a problem leaving it out in winter
its just when summer comes, i start gettin self cal messages.
i remember reading somewhere on this forum that electronics work best at 0* and how that was the optimal temp for them or something
if the windsheild is cold when youre puting the mount on it;ll be terrivble and probably fall off, now if its already on ther and its just real cold out, nothing happens at all, in fact I think its better then than when its hot
Not really though as you reduce the temperature resistances go down. This is typically good but it can be bad as well :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by xxbillay
actually i think it may have been you who posted what i said, i guess i just misinterpreted it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmaartAasSaabr