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Re: [xl7] Changing the LED color

2002-06-03 by Aaron Eppolito

The LEDs themselves are colored.  White LEDs are not cheap (neither are 
blue, actually).  They are very small surface mount parts, and would 
take a steady hand (and a willingness to void your warantee...)

-Aaron

erik_magrini@... wrote:

>
> Still probably not too expensive, Radio Shack (Tandy) has a lot of 
> LED's in their catalog for pretty cheap.  I swapped out the LEDs in my 
> car radio to match the interior lights after I made them all red, it 
> was easy if you've got a soldier sucker.  Are the soldiered LED's 
> colored red though, or do they rely on the lenses mounted to the case 
> to provide the light?  That'll be the real question as to how easy 
> this is to do.  If they're just white LED's, it'll be dead simple to 
> put some blue colored film or custom plexiglass plugs in there to make 
> them all blue, probably just as easy to do with the buttons too.
>
> I've got a P2500 Rom that should be here today or tomorrow, so I'll 
> poke around a bit as long as I'm in there installing that Rom.  Damn, 
> there goes my warrenty!  Fun stuff!
>
> rEalm 


>
> (the knobs just pull right off from the board right?  Nothing tricky 
> about removing them?)

yep.

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