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The display of the VR-500 is its weak point. Back around 2007 I sent my
VR500 to Yaesu to have the display replaced because quite a number of
vertical lines of pixels stopped working. It cost me around $100 for
the repair and within a year the new display was as bad or worse than
the original it replaced. It has continually degraded to the point
where the radio is really no longer usable because the display is so
illegible. The receiver still works fine, but I just have no clue of
where it is receiving because the display can't be read. Sad, because
it is a nice, compact, wide band radio.
Doug.
On 5/20/2016 11:41 AM, Roy Appleton [email protected] [VR-500]
wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for the info! Do you know of any pictures available showing the
> disassembly of the radio to get to the display connector?
>
> Roy
>
> On May 20, 2016 10:30 AM, "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> [VR-500]" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> __
>
>
> Rows or columns of pixels missing could well be fixable by cleaning
> the flexi contact strip to the display - both sides of the contact
> strip and the corresponding mating surfaces on PCB and LCD. If this
> desn't fix it, then row or column driver transistors might have
> failed in the LCD driver electronics.
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<p>The display of the VR-500 is its weak point. Back around 2007 I sent my <br>
VR500 to Yaesu to have the display replaced because quite a number of <br>
vertical lines of pixels stopped working. It cost me around $100 for <br>
the repair and within a year the new display was as bad or worse than <br>
the original it replaced. It has continually degraded to the point <br>
where the radio is really no longer usable because the display is so <br>
illegible. The receiver still works fine, but I just have no clue of <br>
where it is receiving because the display can't be read. Sad, because <br>
it is a nice, compact, wide band radio.<br>
<br>
Doug.<br>
<br>
On 5/20/2016 11:41 AM, Roy Appleton [email protected] [VR-500] <br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks for the info! Do you know of any pictures available showing the<br>
> disassembly of the radio to get to the display connector?<br>
><br>
> Roy<br>
><br>
> On May 20, 2016 10:30 AM, "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]><br>
> [VR-500]" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> __<br>
><br>
><br>
> Rows or columns of pixels missing could well be fixable by cleaning<br>
> the flexi contact strip to the display - both sides of the contact<br>
> strip and the corresponding mating surfaces on PCB and LCD. If this<br>
> desn't fix it, then row or column driver transistors might have<br>
> failed in the LCD driver electronics.<br>
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