Re: Can LED segments be fixed?

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From: michael g moncur
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 04:05

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silver@fraser.sfu.ca (Craig Silver) writes:

>I have an old tv converter.  It's a Jerold, the one with the remote 
>that takes a 9 volt.  Some of the red LED segments that make up the 
>channel display don't light up anymore.  I know the converter is 
>probably not worth fixing, but I'm just curious as to whether or 
>not these things can be done at a barable cost.

No, there's no way to fix an individual segment of an LED display short of
microsurgery. 
 
On the other hand, I think those Jerrold TV converters just use two
standard 7-segment displays, and since these can be had for under a
dollar, that's undoubtedly the way to fix it.
-- 
~`~`michael moncur - mgm@world.std.com / sysop@onlybbs.via.mind.org ~`~`

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Subject: Re: Can LED segments be fixed?
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