Re: Grundig Satellit 300

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From: N_Cook
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:58

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Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.here.invalid> wrote in message
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> After operating OK since the repairs I did after dropping a curtain pole
> on this radio a month or so back, the LCD is playing up.
>
> If I perform an operation that clears the display, and enter an 8 digit,
> it looks normal enough. If I enter a second 8 digit, some of the
> segments of both digits (the same ones in each case) become fainter. If
> I enter a third 8 digit, the segments become fainter still, and so on,
> until they're pretty much invisible.
>
> This suggests an issue with one (or more) of the backplanes.
>
> The signals going in look normal enough, and in particular the backplane
> signals don't change as I enter additional digits.
>
> Any thoughts before it ends up on the tip?
>
> Sylvia.

Is there a contrast control that got broken as well?
What other LCD legends etc other than the main 8 digit display ?

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