Enhanced podcasts and iPod display dimming

Can anyone suggest a smart way of ensuring that iPod displays always remain backlit to display the pic content of enhanced podcasts that I produce?
I'd never really thought about this, but if you start playing an enhanced podcast on your iPod (as opposed to in iTunes) the display remains backlit for only a few seconds before it dims, after which any on-screen graphics are all but invisible. Obviously a user can set their iPod to keep the backlight switched on, but it's a pain to keep changing the setting, and a bit clunky to tell people at the start of every show to turn their backlights on in order to see all the graphics and pics.
Is there anything that I can do at the authoring stage (other than producing a video podcast) that will ensure that graphics are always displayed on a backlit screen?
G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9) Using a G5 iPod. Podcasts produced with AudioDesk, GarageBand.
G5 iMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   G5 iPod, HHB DRM85 FlashMic, MOTU 828MkII, AudioDesk, Logic, GarageBand.

I used to have the setting on my iPod set to have the backlit display on during our graphically enhanced podcast too. The only problem, and the reason I switched it back, was that it causes the battery to go down a lot faster. So that is something to consider too. But as far as I know, the user has to change that setting themselves.

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