Motorola DTR2430 - Dead display after replacing broken speaker - how to go from here?

[zerosix]

Hey guys,

I recently bought a pair on eBay but the seller wasn’t totally honest with me, one speaker of my 2430s was broken and the batteries were also bad. Apparently eBay couldn’t help me so I figured I would fix it myself.

I’m not new to tinkering with tech and soldering so I replaced the speaker fairly easy.

However, the display no longer works, the orange display leds light up and the radio is “functional” but no lcd display.

I tried re-seating the display flex cable but to no avail..

At second thought maybe I accidentally damaged the flex cable but I cannot see anything wrong with it, not even under my magnifying glasses.

I spend a lot of money on these radios and I sincerely hope I can bring the display back to life.

Does anyone have an idea why the display wouldn’t work?
Also, does anyone know if I can still find a new display unit or new cable for it?

I’m located in Europe by the way.

Thanks in advance!

 

[zerosix]

UPDATE: I found that I accidentally ruptured a part of the flex cable, it was opened before from what I could tell, so I should have been even more careful. i tried googling the part numbers listed on the flex cable and display assembly but found absolutely nothing. From the looks of it, Motorola has used this same display unit and cable in many different DTR Models. Does anyone have an idea how to either fix the cable (although seems impossible since it’s microscopically small) or a way to order a new display unit? Thanks in advance

 

[zerosix]

I am looking for this DTR display specifically: (see attached pictures)
from what I can read (it is very tiny and hard to distinguish) the following numbers on the unit:


LCD Display for DTR2430 (but seems Motorola used this display for many of their older DTR Radios)

34D01 HS 30506

HLM78301 BLE830 (last digit could also be: 0/8/2)

SYE88 (88 could also be 86) 2820922

6185093E

8485513E02