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- Subject: Re: Can LED segments be fixed?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.115726.62430@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 11:57:26 MDT
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- In article <silver.726114724@sfu.ca>, silver@fraser.sfu.ca (Craig Silver) writes:
- > I have an old tv converter. It's a Jerold, the one with the remote
- > that takes a 9 volt. Some of the red LED segments that make up the
- > channel display don't light up anymore. I know the converter is
- > probably not worth fixing, but I'm just curious as to whether or
- > not these things can be done at a barable cost.
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- > Craig Silver Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
- > silver@sfu.ca (Internet) Burnaby, B.C., Canada
-
- No... there is no way (at least that I am aware of) to replace just one segment
- of the display. However, since most applications use 7-segment LED displays,
- it should be very simple (and cheap too!! :-)) to simply buy a new 7-seg. and
- replace the dead one.
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