LCD display source?

[Stephen Kormilo]

At 03:00 PM 24/04/02 -0400, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:
>Reply-To: <randrews at sbcglobal.net>
>From: "Rob Andrews" <randrews at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "'Jason Broussard'" <ijbroussard at PEI.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: LCD display source?
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:53:04 -0500
>
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>I don't think everyone is understanding correctly.  This is the RED LCD
>display shown here....http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/475/dscn0660.jpg
>they are know for fading out and not lighting up correctly.  I need to
>replace just that.

I hate to be pedantic, but....

What you want to replace is the infamous fading Trip Computer Display,
which is _not_ an LCD display, but an LED display.

Unfortunately, AFAIK, the only way to replace it is by replacing the entire
instrument panel :-(

I suspect that someday someone will figure out what the real problem is
(maybe Audi already knows?) and make repairs possible &/or more economical.

There is no reason the LED display itself should fail.  LEDs are normally
very long-lived. I suspect that the fading is caused by bad connections,
probably a ribbon cable of some sort.

Try an auto recycler for a replacement instrument cluster.


Stephen Kormilo                            Silver 2002 Audi A4 3.0QM
		     Now departed:   Silver '98.5 Audi A4 2.8QM
Instructor, Electronics Technology
Red River College
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA

email: skormilo at rrc.mb.ca
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