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Re: [Simmons Drums] MTM LCD dose not work - another Ebay nightmare - old Batt. exploded

2010-01-20 by philip karneef

lcd on mine didn't either - try wiggling lcd's connection. there is no
backlight.

started working fine afterwards.



On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:56 PM, midiizer <midiizer@...> wrote:

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> I got a MTM on Ebay. It powers up (LED comes on) but the LCD dose not light
> up or have any kind of read out on it. Tha battery has leaked and the fuzz
> (battery acid?) has moved on to a few of the resistors that are close to it.
> Please see photo link below. I can trigger my SDS7 via a pad through the
> MTM. Is this a fix I can try to pull off? Or should I get my money back? I
> pay around $200 USD.
>
> Thanks for any help bringing this 1980's monster back to life.
>
>
> http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t15/midiizer/?action=view�t=IMG_1167.jpg
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