RE: VR-500 display was Re: Case resilient?
"Norman Adrian" <[email protected]> Sat, 8 Dec 2012 15:29:15 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.yaesu.vr-500 |
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--Pm6IBENZBie0uYiBZOkV3zq3cwsg1n7HR5PKfYc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have had the same display problem.=20 =20 Had the first one replaced and now the second one has failed.=20 =20 I am not sure if I will have it replaced again or not.=20 =20 It is too bad because it is a great little radio. =20 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of c= [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VR-500] VR-500 display was Re: Case resilient? =20 =20=20 Doug, What a shame, as you say this is a high-performance radio...it's not=20 very reassuring to hear my display might fail. My VR-500 has very few=20 hours on it; I'd better fire it up today to see how it's faring. Very=20 disappointing to hear this. By the way, I've also heard that the=20 flagship VR-5000 is also unreliable. Chuck Quoting Doug Alderdice <[email protected] <mailto:ka2wft%40arrl.net> >: > At 08:05 AM 12/8/2012 -0500, Paul Martin wrote: >> I've had mine for many years and it's always had batteries in it. No >> problems. It's a tough little radio. >> Paul > > Too bad the same thing can't be said about the display in the VR-500. I a= m > on the second display screen in mine and it is now completely useless, as > the original one became. Many segments in the LCD display are no longer > functioning, which happened in the original display which I had replaced = by > Vertex/Yaesu for around $120 US in early 2007. The new display lasted not > quite a year before the segments started failing and it is now worse than > the original one was when I had it replaced. My VR-500 is relegated to > monitoring a dual watch memory I have in it since there is no way I can s= ee > anything on the screen to recall memory channels etc. since the keypad is > now a little unreliable and some keys bounce but I have no way of knowing > this since I can't see anything on the screen. I really don't want to pay > another $120+ to have the display replaced yet again to probably only fai= l > again in a short period of time. > > It's a pity since it is a really nice little radio otherwise. :( > > Doug, KA2WFT > > ---------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --Pm6IBENZBie0uYiBZOkV3zq3cwsg1n7HR5PKfYc Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p>I have had the same display problem. <br> <br> Had the first one replaced and now the second one has failed. <br> <br> I am not sure if I will have it replaced again or not. <br> <br> It is too bad because it is a great little radio.<br> <br> From: <a href="mailto:VR-500%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:VR-500%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:comtron%40bluebuzz.net">[email protected]</a><br> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 12:43 PM<br> To: <a href="mailto:VR-500%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a><br> Subject: Re: [VR-500] VR-500 display was Re: Case resilient?<br> <br> Doug,<br> What a shame, as you say this is a high-performance radio...it's not <br> very reassuring to hear my display might fail. My VR-500 has very few <br> hours on it; I'd better fire it up today to see how it's faring. Very <br> disappointing to hear this. By the way, I've also heard that the <br> flagship VR-5000 is also unreliable.<br> <br> Chuck<br> <br> Quoting Doug Alderdice <<a href="mailto:ka2wft%40arrl.net">[email protected]</a> <mailto:ka2wft%40arrl.net> >:<br> <br> > At 08:05 AM 12/8/2012 -0500, Paul Martin wrote:<br> >> I've had mine for many years and it's always had batteries in it. No<br> >> problems. It's a tough little radio.<br> >> Paul<br> ><br> > Too bad the same thing can't be said about the display in the VR-500. I am<br> > on the second display screen in mine and it is now completely useless, as<br> > the original one became. Many segments in the LCD display are no longer<br> > functioning, which happened in the original display which I had replaced by<br> > Vertex/Yaesu for around $120 US in early 2007. The new display lasted not<br> > quite a year before the segments started failing and it is now worse than<br> > the original one was when I had it replaced. My VR-500 is relegated to<br> > monitoring a dual watch memory I have in it since there is no way I can see<br> > anything on the screen to recall memory channels etc. since the keypad is<br> > now a little unreliable and some keys bounce but I have no way of knowing<br> > this since I can't see anything on the screen. I really don't want to pay<br> > another $120+ to have the display replaced yet again to probably only fail<br> > again in a short period of time.<br> ><br> > It's a pity since it is a really nice little radio otherwise. :(<br> ><br> > Doug, KA2WFT<br> ><br> ><br> <br> ----------------------------------------------------------<br> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.<br> <br> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<br> <br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> <table cellspacing=4px style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA " > <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VR-500/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJvazE0bnI5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3Mjk4NwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDMzY5OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzNTUwMDQ3Njk-?act=reply&messageNum=3698">Reply via web post</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20%5BVR-500%5D%20VR-500%20display%20was%20Re%3A%20Case%20resilient%3F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;"> Reply to sender </a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; "> <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=RE%3A%20%5BVR-500%5D%20VR-500%20display%20was%20Re%3A%20Case%20resilient%3F" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD"> Reply to group </a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VR-500/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJkYjVsamg4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3Mjk4NwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzU1MDA0NzY5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD">Start a New Topic</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; padding: 7px 5px 5px; color: #2D50FD; background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #EAEAEA; " > <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VR-500/message/3688;_ylc=X3oDMTMzOXA2MXVsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3Mjk4NwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDMzY5OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNTUwMDQ3NjkEdHBjSWQDMzY4OA--" style="text-decoration: none; color: #2D50FD;">Messages in this topic</a> (11) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vital" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 10px;"> <span id="vithd" style="font-weight: bold; color: #333; text-transform: uppercase; ">Recent Activity:</span> <ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: inline;"> </ul> <div style="clear: both; padding-top: 2px; color: #1e66ae;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VR-500;_ylc=X3oDMTJkcXVwMWQ0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3Mjk4NwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEc2VjA3Z0bARzbGsDdmdocARzdGltZQMxMzU1MDA0NzY5" style="text-decoration: none;">Visit Your Group</a> </div> </div> <div id="ygrp-grfd" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; padding: 15px 0;"> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> Post message: [email protected] <BR> Subscribe: [email protected] <BR> Unsubscribe: [email protected] <BR> List owner: [email protected] <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> Ejoy the list!! <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </div> <div id="ft" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0 2px 0 0; clear: both;"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJjN3RrNzZyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3Mjk4NwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZ2ZwBHN0aW1lAzEzNTUwMDQ3Njk-" style="float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/yg/logo/us.gif" height="15" width="137" alt="Yahoo! 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