Re: Grundig Satellit 300

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From: Yaputya Leftlegin
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:30

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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia@not.here.invalid> wrote in message news:9p9i8dFk4bU1@mid.individual.net...
> 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.

I have always found faulty LCDs to be unrepairable. They are too flimsy
in construction, high impedance tracks etc,
If its got a clock function, you might salvage a 32kHz crystal.
Otherwise the tip.

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From: "Yaputya Leftlegin" <yaputya.leftlegin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Grundig Satellit 300
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