ipaq 3850 screen off utility

[barny]

I'm looking for a utility (freeware preferably) that will turn the screen off on my ipaq running PocketPC 2002

- any utilities I've found to date to get over this new 'non feature' have been for different hardware (eg Casio, etc) - any suggestions?

The idea is to conserve power / prevent button presses when being used as an mp3 player,

thanks

[Dave Conger]

I'm looking for a utility (freeware preferably) that will turn the screen off on my ipaq running PocketPC 2002

- any utilities I've found to date to get over this new 'non feature' have been for different hardware (eg Casio, etc) - any suggestions?

The idea is to conserve power / prevent button presses when being used as an mp3 player,

thanks


On my 3640 I just hold down the power button for a couple seconds and the backlight on the screen turns off. With the backlight off, my battery life goes up quite a bit (over hour car ride with a PCMCIA sleeve attached and both devices had very very little battery loss). Usually then I can still kind of see the screen if I decide I need to change the song.

[Teddy]

Have you tried this?
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=2755&associateid=6

[TMAN]

You can configure Media Player to turn the screen off while it is playing. I have Media Player set to turn off the screen when I press the calendar button.

This turns the screen off, not just the backlight. If I am listening to Audible content I usually open Media Player as well so I can toggle the screen.


This works like a charm.