willo suggested this post Darrnw Darrnw is offline
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Default Re: Fixed Radio display!
Apologies for the late reply! Not been at my comp for a few days!
Any way here goes for those who are interested PLEASE NOTE I hold no responsiblity for any damage caused by attempting this! Mine is still working perfectly I made a slight alteration from the mouse mat to masking tape but my screen as I say mine was dead but now works perfect in any conditions (heater on sunlight etc) If you've a knackered clock it may be worth trying
1 Pull the clock to pieces you should have a lcd screen attached by a ribbon to a pcb.Carefully peal away the ribbon from the board. You may notice that the connections are black on the Pcb put some lighter fluid or similar fluid on a piece of kitchen roll and clean the connections these will then go back to the original brass colour! Then gently wipe over the ribbon connector no need to go too daft cleaning this. Then get a piece of cellotape slightly larger than the ribbon and stick it to it. Next place the pcb down and line the ribbon back up with the connections lining up don't worry if it isn't pushing them together as long as they are lined up.You can turn the pcb over and hold put some tape on the other side to hold it more securely in place.
2 There should be a piece of rubber that wraps around the white plastic part of the clock make sure this is in place this is the thing that presses the ribbon to the board. Give this a wipe with the lighter fluid to make sure it is clean.
3 Get some masking tape(This was used to replace a mouse mat gasket I made but didn't hold it's shape, it compressed too much) cover the screen (side that you would see) with 7 or 8 pieces so that you have a reasonable thickness over the entire screen. Then carefully trim the tape with a craft knife so it is the same size as the complete screen.
4 Re assemble the clock.
5 You will notice you can't see the screen because of the masking tape. Again VERY Carefully,go around the edge of the screen with craft knife so that you can then peal of the tape to reveal the display.
6 Try it and all being well you have a working display if you have any blank spots remove screen and put more layers of masking tape on the screen to build up the thickness further and trim as before.
Hopefully this will help some of you and as I say It worked perfectly for me but I take no responsibilty for anybody who trys it and it doesn't work for. Maybe try it as a last resort that's what I did and I saved the price of a clock.
From this thread
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/fixed-radio-display-31255.html .I tried and made it a lot better ,a bit more time and I might have sorted it .
. Does anybody out there know how to sort it? The car's a 2000 W.
