Radio light quite working

[bwwelk]

On my ga the digital screen part of the radio totally quit working .. Radio still works and cd player,,, just doesnt show time or what station your on.... Anyone have this happen in there ga???? If so what do I need to do to fix it?????

[bszopi]

Buy a new radio off ebay... It'll cost you more to fix it than it will cost to just replace the whole thing.

[bwwelk]

might just get a nother one out of a ga ... Do you have any idea what could be wrong with it Mine though .??? Could it just be a bulb ?????

[bszopi]

Light bulbs do not light up digital screens. Well, at least not in the sense you are thinking...

[bwwelk]

Well I was just thinking that a small light bulb is what made the radio station and time to show ,, a man at grandamgt.com told me that his did the same thing and his was the bulb ,,but i wanted a second opinion before i try fixing it so that is why im asking you guys ?? Well let me ask you this if a bulb doesnt light it up then what does??????????Thanks ,
Bill

[DarksideGA]

honestly youre better off just going and upgrading the deck. better sound quality, and some play mp3 cd's which is cool because u can basicly fit 10 normal cd's on 1 mp3 cd

[PCGUY112887]

It's just a light bulb behind the screen, same thing happened to mine simple fix. There is a thing a page about it somewhere...

[Juglenaut]

10 dollars plus shipping...If it is a VFD display.

Either the display or the driver...

I could figure it out either way LCD or VFD.

[gectek]

yah mine did the same thing, there are 3 bulbs behind the screen, but the problem is they are on a circuit board, so you cant just unscrew and screw the new ones in. i had an extra deck, so i just swapped out the circuit board, a little more than the average person likes to do, but i never do things the easy way.

[Juglenaut]

I am a electronic techy. I suppose you could just throw it and get new.

If you junk it send it to me, or have electronic scrap hey I am here PM me.... I will take appearently not working electonics and fix them. I dislike when people just toss electronics in the trash...I could fix it!!!

I will not pay for electronics junk however I will recycle as much as possible.

[gectek]

well the cool thing about it being on a circuit board is that you could just change the colors of the lights, if you know how to solder on them, and get the right leds for the job and everything

[Juglenaut]

You need more than just know how to solder. I you need to know more then what color. You can't just drop in a LED color and expect it to work at that current draw and show that color chose at that current spec'ed and last more than a few days.

Removing the LED requires more advanced skill than assembly and different LED made by numerous companies have different current values. If a green LED appears yellow you are over driving it almost the same for red only it appears as a bright orange.

[gectek]

yah thats why i said get the right led's for the job, srry i was just offering that opinion, you dont need to be hatin on me, just a thought

[Juglenaut]

I am not hating anything on you and I am also not justifing you.

I am adding to your thought if your hurt by that then never bring up a general conclusion to the end of a sentence.

[gectek]

oh please man, i justified myself when i put that last sentence. i dont need you to tell me if i am griping or not or whining, because u were the one that had to come and correct me with all the extra and if you come up with a witty comeback, it really wont matter because the discussion now is already off topic and i am sure that the other people on the forum, including the thread starter really doesnt care anymore