Screen gone funny

Posted by: fbleagh

Screen gone funny - 15/02/2006 20:20

Hi Guys,

I jumped into my car yesterday and noticed that the screen on my empeg is having issues. Bascially the screen looks like every 5th line is not lighting up. Any ideas as to what could be causing this ?
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Screen gone funny - 15/02/2006 20:40

Ah. This could either be a bad fuse on the main board or perhaps a bad VFD. It depends on how it looks. Probably good to start with a fuse check first, and then move on to the display module.
Posted by: schofiel

Re: Screen gone funny - 15/02/2006 20:49

A photograph of the screen with the filter removed would help a lot.
Posted by: fbleagh

Re: Screen gone funny - 16/02/2006 00:55

No worries, I'll post a photo when I get home.
Posted by: fbleagh

Re: Screen gone funny - 16/02/2006 08:25



Wow what a horrible thing to try and photograph at night
I hope you can see what I mean in this photo, look closely at the penguins belly, see the stripes ? Thats what I mean.
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Screen gone funny - 16/02/2006 09:31

I would guess it is a fuse, based on the photo. It is not as bad as the garbled photo I linked to in the FAQ entry earlier in this thread, but it looks like it might be the case. Please take a look at that FAQ entry for testing or replacing the fuses. If you are not comfortable doing that yourself (I know I would not be), you probably want to contact someone for repairs.
Posted by: schofiel

Re: Screen gone funny - 20/02/2006 14:57

Display fuse, I think.