All the sudden I'm feeling better,
When I (and apparently others as I found out later) got the new electrostatic panel to relight my 2006 I received no instructions, I kept hearing the it wasn't a hard fix. Although I painstakingly pulled apart the front panel and all of the wiring, I missed the Sound Squelch and Dimmer buttons, wound up messing them up big time.
Anyway, the buttons would not go back or realign. I wound up soldering the innards of one or both to get the radio to work. I never really used either button anyway. Seems fine except that the panel is always full bright and there are 2 little, rectangular holes.
Really seems like there should be a way to drop a micro bulb or two into that part of the panel and wire to a low voltage source somewhere in the unit. This would eliminate the need to pull everything apart. Yeah, I realize the lighting may not be as even and balanced, but, if it is quick & easy and doesn't risk turning the scanner into a doorstop like mine almost was, bravo.