Just dropped it onto a carpeted floor and the nipple has broked off the VFD . The player works fine AFAICT - it plays OK anyway, there's just no display. I've emailed support to see what my options are, i.e. (1) Send player back to empeg towers for them to fix. (2) I take it up to Cambridge myself and they do it while I wait (that's if they're not too busy). (3) They supply me with a VFD that I can solder in myself and finally (4) I get one from a distributor or direct from Noritake-Itron (they've got 157 in stock here in the UK according to their website).

Something I've noticed is that there's a bruise on the front of the square blocky bit of the rotary encoder for the volume control where it looks as though the glass nipple has hit it and this has actually caused the nipple to break off. Maybe the VFD needs to be mounted a little further away from the board.

ooh, just got a reply from support (boy those guys are quick!!) . They won't do it while I wait, oh well. I've just emailed them back to see if they'll sell me a bare VFD for me to fit myself.



Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)