RE: RES: LCD lines

On 14 Aug 2011 at 19:25, Gerry Rolle wrote:

> If the loss of a few "lines" was the only problem, might be able to live
> with it.
> 
> However, along with the lines, the display is growing dimmer.
> 
> I'm ordering the new software.

Not sure what new software you're referring to, but I don't think
software will help.
It seems pretty obvious that this missing LCD lines thing is a common
defect which Yaesu should have issued a recall to correct, as there
have been many people reporting the problem over the years.  And while you may only have a
"few" lines now, it can eventually grow to the extent that you won't be able to
read the display.  About 5 or 6 (or more) years ago, my 5000 started with a
couple missing lines, but it grew over a period of a year or so, to the point where nearly half
the vertical lines were gone.  I sent the thing back to Yaesu, but similar to what you described 
earlier, they said it would cost close to $400 to replace the entire front display unit.  
They claimed that my unit must have been struck by lightning even though I explained that 
it hadn't, and the problem had developed over a long period of time, little by little.  I 
wasn't about to pay close to the original cost of the receiver for a repair that might re-
occur in a couple years.
   I posted about it back then, and someone posted a reply saying
that they had fixed their missing lines by taking apart the front display
unit, and re-seating some ribbon cable or something.  Before I found time to try
the repair, I had lost the post, and I couldn't remember the location of the part that needed
to be re-seated, so I took off the front display, and re-seated the 2 ribbon cables
where it connects to the main board, but that didn't help, and it looked kind of difficult
to dig further into the display section. 
   But anyway, I think that if anyone has a 5000 which is showing a couple
missing lines, it's just the beginning and will probably get worse with time, and it's not 
worth spending any more money on a receiver that will probably get the same problem again. 
  



 


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