[sdiy] LCD question

[Gene Stopp]

See? You guys are great. I suspect that the collective brain of synth-DIY
can tackle any tech problem, synth or not.

- Gene



-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Weigel [mailto:sounddoctorin at imt.net]
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:11 PM
To: Harry Bissell Jr
Cc: Gene Stopp; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] LCD question


There's a company 'telix' I think in LA area that deals with backlights. 
-Bob

Harry Bissell Jr wrote:

>In the one backlight failure I had... it turned out to
>be an LED backlight so I was able to repair with SMT
>parts...
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>that NOT being your case... I would try an replace the
>backlight or display.  If not, there is a company
>called Lumitex that makes fiber-optic backlight
>panels.
>
>They are mostly OEM but maybe you could get a sample
>and adapt ???  You'd add your own light source like
>incandescent, or high brightness LED...
>
>H^) harry
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>--- Gene Stopp <gene at ixiacom.com> wrote:
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>>Hi DIY Folks,
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>>OT but a good bunch of knowledge here...
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>>I think I've seen discussions before about LCD's
>>with failed backlight, but
>>only now that I need to know do I pay attention :)
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>>Got a Digital Music MX-8 patch bay with a failed
>>backlight. It shorts out
>>the HV circuit. When I disconnect the backlight, the
>>HV circuit comes back
>>up to 120-130 VAC. I hate to toss the whole unit
>>out. I can see the
>>characters are there if I shine a light into it.
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>>Are LCD's available somewhere, like Digikey or
>>Newark? First Google search
>>does not help much. I'll do more searching, but in
>>the mean time a parallel
>>fish for info. Part number Seiko KS-92. Direct
>>replacement? Get a similar
>>one and swap out the backlight?
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>>- Gene
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