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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: DAVE H on 15 August 2007, 16:57:42

Title: CLOCK AND RADIO DIGITAL DISPLAY
Post by: DAVE H on 15 August 2007, 16:57:42

I have a 1994 2,5 V6l The digital diplay for clock/radio/date and temp very faint with letters missing can it be repaired, garage quote was more than the car was worth

Title: Re: CLOCK AND RADIO DIGITAL DISPLAY
Post by: RonaldMcBurger on 15 August 2007, 17:26:21

They cannot easily be fixed. A GOOD useed one is easy to change. First thing is to find out if you have a single plug (newer ones) or two plug (older ones) type. If the former, I have a perfect working unit I am about to list on fleabay.

Title: Re: CLOCK AND RADIO DIGITAL DISPLAY
Post by: TheBoy on 15 August 2007, 18:09:16

94 will be 2 plug type...  ...with radio info line above fuel computer line

Title: Re: CLOCK AND RADIO DIGITAL DISPLAY
Post by: unicus on 15 August 2007, 21:40:53

They can be fixed - I've recently done mine (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1185809896) - and if yours has the same problem as mine, which I'd suspect from the design, it'll be the ribbon cable connection to the circuit board. It's not an easy job but as I said it can be fixed - here's a quick run down of what I did.

Firstly look at what Lordmpl said about removal in the above thread. Then clean the ribbon and circuit board contacts (I used brasso) so when they are pressed together there is a good metal to metal contact, that's what was wrong with mine, there was no contact with some of them and bad contact with others. I didn't stick it back on in the way it was originally (not sure what they used) instead I lined the contacts up by holding it up to the light then using a bit of insulation tape I held it in place while I put it back together, then the light box thing held it in place. I did put a length of tape along the ribbon to make it thicker and hopefully give a bit more pressure on the contacts, but I don't know if that was necessary but mine works perfectly now.

If the ribbon to LCD contacts are bad I doubt anything can be done.

Title: Re: CLOCK AND RADIO DIGITAL DISPLAY
Post by: TheBoy on 15 August 2007, 21:47:07

in my experience, its usually ribbon to screen connections that causes the issues...

Title: Re: CLOCK AND RADIO DIGITAL DISPLAY
Post by: LFF64 on 15 August 2007, 22:03:44

Just a thought its not just blown bulbs for the backlighting I had one go on mine a while back and lost half the display  ;) I know that it wont sort out the missing pixels but may be one problem.