Does anyone know a good place to have my Moto MTS 2000 portable repaired and about how much it would cost (ballpark figure)? I have to get my radio repaired. The radios display is almost all gone-hardly any pixels on the display left. Sending it out somewhere is an option, so if anyone knows a good radio shop that can do the work-please let me know where and how much you think I might be looking at to fix it. Thanks
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MTS 2000 missing pixel repair?
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The service bulletin and any chance to repair missing pixels on the Jedi radios expired around the end of march 2008.
There isn't any repair available outside of the depot and they may not be performing them anymore.
The display uses a special glue bonding which no outside shops were capable of repairing, the only repair that I remember was from the depot and I don't believe that they will do it anymore but you could try contacting them to see if they will do it.
Motorola really doesn't want to deal with the older radios anymore, for them it's more lucrative to have you purchase something newer.
Mike
There isn't any repair available outside of the depot and they may not be performing them anymore.
The display uses a special glue bonding which no outside shops were capable of repairing, the only repair that I remember was from the depot and I don't believe that they will do it anymore but you could try contacting them to see if they will do it.
Motorola really doesn't want to deal with the older radios anymore, for them it's more lucrative to have you purchase something newer.
Mike
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There's a place in Las Vegas called Lone Mountain Communications that says they can fix this problem & charges $29.95 to do so. They even claim if you send the whole radio, they'll throw in a free alignment. They also sell complete fronts with working displays for $60. Give them a call 702-644-1200. Post back to the board what you found out & if they fixed your radio to your satisfaction. Good luck. GARY N4KVE
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you can order the front with a display in it from any Motorola dealer. it just plugs in if you order the whole thing. the top only display models are not too bad, but the limited and full keypads with teh front display are costly. it may be cheaper to buy a "junker" and use that.
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Look on EBAY I have seen the 6 and 15 key front display boards on there from time to time. They are not too bad to swap out.
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If you don't want to spend the money for a new display, you can perform the following at your own risk:
I've had good luck with using a heat gun to "reseat" the ribbon back onto the display. I take the radio apart to expose the display and then with power applied to the radio, I sweep a heat gun back and forth until all of the pixels on the display are visible. I've done this to several Jedi radios and all are still functioning correctly.
Most, if not all of the display ribbons seem to have been exposed to extreme heat at some point, because they were lifting and bubbling up. Using the heat gun smoothed the ribbon back out.
Good luck!
If you don't want to spend the money for a new display, you can perform the following at your own risk:
I've had good luck with using a heat gun to "reseat" the ribbon back onto the display. I take the radio apart to expose the display and then with power applied to the radio, I sweep a heat gun back and forth until all of the pixels on the display are visible. I've done this to several Jedi radios and all are still functioning correctly.
Most, if not all of the display ribbons seem to have been exposed to extreme heat at some point, because they were lifting and bubbling up. Using the heat gun smoothed the ribbon back out.
Good luck!
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Just today I was able to get a perfect display/keypad assy from a trusted seller on Batlabs for $50 which included 2 DVP modules, so they are out there. GARY N4KVE
Ebay Seller does these for CHEAP! And has decent feedback
There is a guy who did mine back about 2 months ago and it still is looking GREAT!
Ebay item ID is:
130771559482
Hope this helps some of you. I know it was the best 22.00 I spent on my radio.
There is a guy who did mine back about 2 months ago and it still is looking GREAT!
Ebay item ID is:
130771559482
Hope this helps some of you. I know it was the best 22.00 I spent on my radio.
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