[ICOM] IC 756 Display

[Paul S. Serio]

Dick,
I spoke with someone in the Icom booth at  Dayton this year about the 
756 display
problem. He repeated what  has been widely  published about the display 
not being
available from the original manufacturer (Sanyo I believe) as the reason 
none were
available from Icom. He did tell me in most cases that it was not the 
actual display
that failed but a cold solder connection(s) on the attached circuit 
board. He indicated
that a competent technician could repair the board and evidently the 
competent
technicians at the Icom home office are doing just that. Maybe the US 
and European
facilities will catch up soon. Had I know all this I might have held on 
to my 756 a bit
longer. I sold it before the display failed and dropped the value. 73
Paul, N5PS

pa3duv wrote:

>After 4 years it's there again, the blue lines. It's my second display. How looow can you go......
>This e-mail reflector is full of information concerning this topic.
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>The facts in June 2004:
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>According to Icom Europe and Icom UK the displays are available on an exchange basis, delivery times approx. 6 months.
>I have to send mine in and will receive a REPAIRED one in return. Dealings in this matter with Icom Europe (Germany) are exclusively through their network of dealers. Icom UK was willing to exchange direct without a middleman earning money on this.
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>Icom America had no clue, the part was not on their list and was classified as obsolete, their advise was to purchase another HF transceiver according to the lady on extension #5.
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>Anyway, the failed displays will be send to Japan and repaired. I wonder what this repair actually does to the display and what the expected lifetime of the refurbished LCD display will be. 
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>Regards, Dick PA3DUV
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