No Display ???

[chazcarly]

Hey Guys
Turned my BC785D on tonight and all I get is a orange display.....It is working but no display????? IDEAS?????
Matt

 

[Rt169Radio]

Try turning it off and on once,if that doesn't work then its probably broke.

 

[bkantor]

From another thread on this subject:

"There is a flex ribbon cable from the display to the main board inside, you need to remove power and pull the cover off, remove and reseat that cable a few times, should clear it right up, for a while"

Good luck!

 

[bkantor]

Another tip from the same thread:
"Oh and FYI if it keeps dying like that use a pencil eraser and gently rub the contacts on the cable to clean them and work it in and out of the jack a few times and then clean the cable again to remove anything it pulled off the jack pins. You can also use stuff like contact cleaner or de-oxit that leaves a protective film but i don't think its corrosion so much as it is coming loose over time. I have seen a lot of the 780, 785, 796 models with this problem after being used mobile, but even one at home on a desk that gets bumped a few times a day seems to suffer from it. In one extreme case i used a bit of hot melt glue to keep it in tight after cleaning."

 

[mule1075]

have to agree on the posts bkantor has quoted had the same problem with my 796d and the 1st post he quoted cleared it up.before i found the original posts on here about it i tapped the top of the radio lightly and the display would come back but it would be blank again a few days later.here is a link to the original post bkantor quoted.
http://forums.radioreference.com/uniden-scanners/212489-uniden-bc785d-cant-read-display.html

 

[Rt169Radio]

I don't even have this kind of radio,but I sure did learn a few things about it from this thread.