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Recorder lights

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    keggie

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    The on and off lights on this devive are underneath and virtualy impossible to see. Placement of mirrors half covers the problem but is there a professional way yo remedy this?

    | Wed 1 Jul 2020 4:13:26 #1 |
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    Assuming you are using the 5000T, not sure if it is very different from what you are doing, but this is how I have mine:

    The box front is lifted about half an inch with a couple of small blocks. Then I have a strip of white card, about 3ins x 0.5ins, which is laid under the centre of the box front (narrow end towards me) with a small double fold to lift the front edge up into a wide "V".

    It shows the red better than the blue, but it is better than invisible.

    Cannot comment if it is the 4000T.

    | Wed 1 Jul 2020 9:28:03 #2 |
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    Thanks for your help. This helped a little but you would thing for the price of a 500 it would be better designed or at least they would have a fix

    Any thought on turning it upside down?

    | Thu 2 Jul 2020 7:56:08 #3 |
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    Perhaps that is the answer and everybody is using them the wrong way up?

    | Thu 2 Jul 2020 8:08:07 #4 |
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    A1944 - 1 day ago  » 
    but this is how I have mine:
    The box front is lifted about half an inch with a couple of small blocks. Then I have a strip of white card, about 3ins x 0.5ins, which is laid under the centre of the box front (narrow end towards me) with a small double fold to lift the front edge up into a wide "V".

    Nearly the same with mine. Up on blocks with an old flash gun diffuser blu-tac'd as half a 'V'. Shows red better than blue - but at least I can see them.

    | Thu 2 Jul 2020 12:57:26 #5 |
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    keggie - 5 hours ago  » 
    Any thought on turning it upside down?

    You'd have to prop it up to avoid jamming the on/off P+/P- Vol+/Vol- buttons. Not sure whether the top plastic surface is very strong either.

    | Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:01:07 #6 |
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    Posted In error.

    | Thu 2 Jul 2020 15:14:31 #7 |
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    I've just put a small strip of kitchen foil beneath the light. Works brilliantly (literally, it's very bright).

    | Fri 3 Jul 2020 10:39:43 #8 |
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    keggie

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    That was absolutely fantastic, works a treat. No more crawling on hands and knees to see what colour was alight

    Many, many thanks

    | Fri 3 Jul 2020 15:23:14 #9 |

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