I purchased a used BC780XLT at a ham event today. I knew the guy I was buying it from and it looked like it was in great condition. But he did tell me that the screen quit working on it. I only paid $5 for it and I figured it might be something like a screen contrast or mask screen features being used. But it does appear that all of the text / icons on it do not appear anymore. The light for the screen seems to be working fine but no text. See the picture below.
I did a factory reset using the 2, 9, and Manual key press and then turning the radio on. But no joy there either and getting any frequencies or information to show did not happen.
The radio definitely still receives fine and it seems to work fine other than the display is useless. I thought I'd get this radio as another millair radio since my old 780 I've had since way back when has worked great on military aviation frequencies for almost two decades.
I'm wondering if anybody has ever had this problem before and if there is a fix to it? I'm not going to spend $80 or whatever the cost is now to send it into Uniden for repair. I'm not even sure they would be able to repair it? I'm just wondering if there might be anything I can do or if anybody has any information that might be of help in getting the screen functional again? Maybe even a part number that I can keep a lookout for if it is an easy part to replace inside of the radio.
I haven't opened the radio up to look inside of it and I am legally blind so if the repair involved soldering and working with tiny parts, well, I wouldn't be able to do it but maybe one of my ham friends could.
What I'm really hoping for is some information that might get the LCD screen working again, but at the same time, I'm not holding my breath on that one haha.
If anyone has any info they could share or even if this has happened to you and you did find a way to fix things, I sure would appreciate any shared info. Is it difficult to replace the screen on this old radio? Thanks for any help or advice...
Brian
COMMSCAN
I did a factory reset using the 2, 9, and Manual key press and then turning the radio on. But no joy there either and getting any frequencies or information to show did not happen.
The radio definitely still receives fine and it seems to work fine other than the display is useless. I thought I'd get this radio as another millair radio since my old 780 I've had since way back when has worked great on military aviation frequencies for almost two decades.
I'm wondering if anybody has ever had this problem before and if there is a fix to it? I'm not going to spend $80 or whatever the cost is now to send it into Uniden for repair. I'm not even sure they would be able to repair it? I'm just wondering if there might be anything I can do or if anybody has any information that might be of help in getting the screen functional again? Maybe even a part number that I can keep a lookout for if it is an easy part to replace inside of the radio.
I haven't opened the radio up to look inside of it and I am legally blind so if the repair involved soldering and working with tiny parts, well, I wouldn't be able to do it but maybe one of my ham friends could.
What I'm really hoping for is some information that might get the LCD screen working again, but at the same time, I'm not holding my breath on that one haha.
If anyone has any info they could share or even if this has happened to you and you did find a way to fix things, I sure would appreciate any shared info. Is it difficult to replace the screen on this old radio? Thanks for any help or advice...
Brian
COMMSCAN