Posted by: Dava
Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 01:00
My wife returned home from a shopping trip over the weekend to report "There's nothing on the display of the empeg" !!
What could it be, it still plays fine and I checked displayserver to see that all is correct there too?
It is blank on home PSU and in the car.
MK2 Red S/n 949
Posted by: teemcbee
Re: Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 01:18
is the dimmer-pin connected in the car?
maybe the dimmer-setting is set to 0...
TeeMcBee
Mk2, # 080000143, 12+30 GB
Posted by: Dava
Re: Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 02:56
That's what I thought so I connected it at home to try to change the settings through displayserver. Then I remembered that you don't get the dimmer setting at home (always full). No display at home or car! Getting worried now.
MK2 Red S/n 949
Posted by: drakino
Re: Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 11:01
What about the LED, is it flashing? No matter what, the display should be visible at home under normal conditions.
I had my MK1 display fail, and when it did, the standby LED would just flash.
You may what to contact support at this point to see about getting it worked on.
Posted by: jpski
Re: Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 11:04
It may be the same problem that i had... I was a moron! Somehow the visual got set to the 'blank' visual & it took me forever to figure out that that all I had to do was set it back to info mode. I got all freaked out that my empeg was broken.
Mk2/40GB/Blue
Posted by: muzza
Re: Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 14:15
That shouldn't be the case because you should always get the info display in the car, even if the visual is set to blank. You would see something.
Could be a fault in the display itself.
Murray 06000047
Just increasing my post count
Posted by: Henno
Re: Help - No Display - 28/08/2001 14:21
IIRC: the 'antenna-up' wire is connected to the display. If that's true, it should show 12V (?) when the unit is on.
Anyone able to confirm this?
Henno
mk2 6 nr 6
Posted by: Dava
Re: Help - No Display - 29/08/2001 01:38
Well the Amps still work so I suppose it is showing 12V. Support will collect the unit today to inspect it so we should soon know what the problem is. This does mean a few days of music depletion for me though.
MK2 Red S/n 949
Posted by: Dava
Re: Help - No Display - 31/08/2001 01:31
Well, empeg have informed me that the "fill nipple" had broken off the VFD, probably due to shock.
At around £100 for the repair, I don't think she will be banging it again.
MK2 Red S/n 949
Posted by: muzza
Re: Help - No Display - 01/09/2001 18:23
mm, yes that would do it. I did exactly the same thing by dropping it from about a metre onto the from lower right corner. The fill nipple sits directly over the knob body and as the display floats a bit, harsh jarring in that direction will break it.
Murray 06000047
Just increasing my post count
Posted by: Derek
Re: Help - No Display - 02/09/2001 01:28
One advantage of having a MK1 ay - there's no knob to break off the nipple
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