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Re: Can LED segments be fixed?

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From: slmdj
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 17:57
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In article <silver.726114724@sfu.ca>, 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.
> -- 
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> Craig Silver	           Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
> silver@sfu.ca (Internet)   Burnaby, B.C., Canada

No... there is no way (at least that I am aware of) to replace just one segment
of the display.  However, since most applications use 7-segment LED displays,
it should be very simple (and cheap too!! :-)) to simply buy a new 7-seg. and
replace the dead one.  

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Subject: Re: Can LED segments be fixed?
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