K5synth

So make it the late hour, make it postsoldering stress syndrome,
whatever you like - this is about a TG77 and ended up put in here by
me by accident. Mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa! Anyhow, the K5m
backlight I put in today was not as much a cinch as the TG77, but got
done. The instructions at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/backlights-uk/page5.htm claim to describe
the method for a K5m, but that's wrong, though some of the pix are
useful. Better pix at http://www.kfuenf.org/en/techhelp.html. Getting
at the LCD assembly is the trick, but once you get inside, you will
discover a number of flat cables that need removing - mark them for
re-assembly! A couple more caveats: in those instructions they write
"(11) When the wires are loose, use a long nosed pliers to slide the
old backlight out. You will need to bend GENTLY upwards to clear the
two solder connections." On the kfuenf site he adds a piece of tape to
protect the backlight from those solder points. I say mark where those
two solder connections go, then just unsolder them, put them back
afterwards, makes the whole thing much easier. Once you get to the
kfuenf site's re-wiring pix, look out for breaking off the newly
tinned copper strips before installing your wires, and particularly
after getting the wires attached, since curving them back onto their
rightful places is a bit fiddly. Anyhow, sorry about the wrong post.
This backlight replacement (for the K5m; elso for the TG77 in case
anyone's interested) costed about $40, and it took under an hour. Much
faster for the TG.
exdc