[Icom] Replacing the IC756 display

Fri, 02 Aug 2002 20:46:17 -0500

I have had two IC-756 radios, one very early 13XX serial #, the other very=
=20
late # 39XX. Neither one had the display problems some have mentioned.
It must be the "luck or the draw", if you have a bad one.

73 de Matt KK5DR

At 09:50 AM 8/3/02 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi Johnny,
>
>I really could not advise what action you should take about getting a
>spare LCD.
>
>However  I do know many 756 owners have not had any trouble at all,
>so you may be one of those lucky ones.
>
>Apparently there was a bad batch of LCD's received by ICOM from
>the manufacturer. Hopefully most are OK, but if those lines appear
>then that is the time to seek a replacement!
>
>73...Don VK6HK
>
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > It is very resourceful for your message.  I have bee using an IC756
> > with serial number >3,900 since early 1998. I do not suffer from the
> > problem mentioned by you but do I need to stock up a spare piece
>of
> > LCD for future repair.  Could you advise me the failure rate of IC756
> > LCD.
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Johnny Siu VR2XMC
> >
> >
> >
> >
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