[ICOM] 746PRO Backlight

[Markku Tanninen]

Hi all

No its not corrected in the IC-746Pro.
I have one where this baclight driver transistor is dead.

I repair it so that i change different transistor and insert to the metal 
box what is surroundig backlight power supply.
I make modification instructions to mods.dk, it can found here: 
http://www.mods.dk/view.php?ArticleId=3305

73 de Mark OH3FP



> Hi Reed,
>
> I understand that this issue was corrected in the IC-746Pro.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
>
> I have read post on the groups.yahoo thread of the 746 (non PRO) that the
> backlight on the display does fail over a period of time because a driver
> transistor getting too hot with brightness setting at below 50%.
>
> I was wondering if this is a problem in the 746 PRO also?
>
> Thanks,
> Reed  W4JZ