After I took some trains to a nursing home where a lot of the people had the flu I cleaned my handhelds, a little too thoroughly I guess, with disinfectant. I lost the display on two of them. It has come back on one but not on the other. I can only see the bottom line on one of the handheld displays. Above it I see a couple of faint lines. Does anyone have a solution? Or have I ruined it?
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With Luck, you may bring it back.
Get a can of electronic cleaner and a can of compressed air or CO2 at Radio Shack.
Open the remote and separate the boards.
Hold each board standing on edge on a pile of paper towels.
Spray them down liberally, hose the disinfectant out with a volume of spray cleaner.
Shake or tap lightly to remove any droplets left.
Then blow it dry with the compressed air.
THEN leave it in a warm dry place for a day just to be sure.
Put it backin the case and try it.
If all that didn't bring it back something was damaged and it will have to go to MTH for repairs.
How do I open the remote? Just pry it apart?
• Open the battery compartment door on the back of the DCS Remote and remove the batteries
• Remove the Philips head screw inside the battery compartment
• Before opening the DCS Remote's case, note that when the DCS Remote is opened, there will still be a black wire connecting the two halves of its case
• Begin to separate the two halves of the DCS Remote's case by pushing outwards from inside the battery compartment while squeezing the bottom portion of the top of the DCS Remote. This requires considerable patience, particularly when opening a DCS remote's case for the first time
• Once the bottom of the shell begins to separate, gently continue to separate the two halves of the case and open the DCS Remote like a book, taking care not to damage the wire connecting the two halves of the case
• The transceiver board is located at the top of the DCS Remote behind the LCD screen. Do not under any circumstances lift up on the transceiver board or black wire!
• Press down gently on the transceiver board to reseat it
• Place a piece of soft, nonconductive spongy material on top of the transceiver board so that it will hold the board in place when the DCS Remote is reassembled
• Carefully line up the two halves of the case and gently but firmly snap them back together
• Replace the Philips head screw, the batteries and the battery compartment door.
These are instructions from Barry B.'s DCS companion that were posted in a previous thread.
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Wow, sounds scary but I don't think I have any choice. I'll give it a try.
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