[Jukebox-list] '79 Rowe- LED Readout

[JHayes2613 at aol.com]

Hi, everyone-
This isn't a huge deal but a tad annoying... there are a few "characters" 
missing in the LCD numeral read-outs on my R-83, most noticeably in the "tens" 
and "one's" (the middle of an "8" may be missing for example, making for a "U" 
and an upside down inverted "U" underneath it). I purchased a replacement LED 
unit from a guy who was parting out his '79 Rowe and tried out the new unit. 
This one was better, but still missing a couple of characters. My question here 
is: how easy is it to take a fully working single-digit read-out from one unit 
and putting it into another? In other words, can I take the "hundreds" 
readout from one unit and solder it into the "tens" of another unit? Or, how easy is 
it to repair one of the character digit-units? I'm guessing a missing 
"character" is not like a burned-out light bulb, correct? Could this be a question of 
loose/dirty connections somewhere to check before proceeding?  I have a 
friend who is willing to help me out on the project- a top-notch pinball guy and 
quite handy with a soldering gun- but he was wanting a little more direction of 
where to go before we started blindly interchanging parts here.
Again, my thanks to all of you.
-John Hayes





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