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Re: [analogue-sequencer] Re: LCD going darker...help!!!

2008-04-17 by david

Hi, thanks for the reply.
My P3 is a ready built unit, with serial 1008
and I don't know what kind of LCD has it.
It's darker in the lower part,
like there's a sort of shadow.
I can still work with it,
but i'm worried that it could be turn off definitely one day.

2008/4/17, digitana2002 <digitana2002@yahoo.co.uk>:
>
>   Hi ..is this a genuine backlit lcd or one of the newer oled/pled
> versions? If its a regular backlit lcd sounds like the contrast
> control voltage may be intermittant or the lcd is genuinely on its way
> out. The contrast control coltage is just a taken from the +5V supply
> and is controlled by a small cermet trimpot on the main pcb. I would
> imagine this would either work or not but could be a flakey cermet.
> The fact that it brightens after 5-10mins could mean the lcd is on
> its way out or even the 5v supply is perhaps varying over time?
> It wouldnt be too difficult to fix either way. I dont know much at all
> about how contrast is controlled on oled/pled displays.
>
> cheers
> steve
>
>
> --- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com<analogue-sequencer%40yahoogroups.com>,
> david <mixdown77@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > I think my LCD has some problems.
> > It's going everyday darker:
> > when i turn it on i can't see all the characters,
> > and only after 5-10 minutes it becomes a little brighter.
> > What could it be?
> > It's an hardware problem or do you suggest to reinstall the software?
> > Thanks for any help...i'm really worried because I can't live without my
> > P3!!!
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>  
>


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