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My Green Display on the frony of my 6500 has stopped working
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Bill
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The Green Display on the front of my Flex 6500 has suddenly stopped showing anything. It has happened when I turned on the rig today after being off the air for a couple of weeks. the radio still works fine with my Maestro. Any thoughts? Bill
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What green Display?
On SmartSDR or the Radio itself? if on the Radio what Radio ?
Bret
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Like he said...a 6500.0
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It's the Green OLED Display on the front of the Flex 6500. The one that has Flex 6500 displayed on it when you start up. I programmed mine a long time ago with my callsign. I thought that I had made it clear that it was the one on the front of the 6500 but apologies if it wasn't clear.
Bill
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You did, I was just doing 3 different things at the same time and didn't read all of your description.
Sorry
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I would try a hard reset to factory reset. then import your profiles.0
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Check the intensity -use the 4-way switch to adjust. Maybe it is just turned down?0
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Will it turn down to nothing?0
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"Will it turn down to nothing?"
No, just checked.
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Sounds like a power failure to the display board, or the board itself.
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Several months ago mine gradually started getting darker. Within a month it went dark. Had to replace it. I question Flex’s choice using the blue color. BLUE OLED, which I believe it is, has the shortest life of any color, about 60% the life span of other colors.0
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I hope the OLED Flex uses is better than the ones in the FT-5000, they failed after about 2 years especially in a damp basement environment.0
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WA2SQQ, Did you replace it yourself. What kind of job was it? Thanks.0
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I did not. While I could have, you would need a decent desoldering station (which I have) and I doubt FRS would sell you the part. However, I have to say that FRS was very accommodating. I removed the display board and 2nd day shipped it to them. They replaced the display the day it was received and shipped it back to me with an overnight shipper I included. Shipped it out on Monday and I was back on the air by Friday. I think the charge was ~ $90 something which was a very fair price considering the fast service. This was prearranged, so they were looking for the package to arrive.
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I enjoy doing business with a company that will do this kind of service.
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One thing that you need to understand... each of us has different technical skills. While removing the display board was fairly easy, it's not a task that every person will feel comfortable doing. Removing it improperly can cause collateral damage which can transform a simple repair into an expensive repair. Everyone needs to fully understand and should appreciate when FRS requires the entire radio to come in.
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Very good point. I have not opened the radio yet. Can you tell us basically what was involved in removing the board? My situation is that I just purchased a pre-loved 6500 to replace my 6300. The display has a few weak spots - purely cosmetic so I'm probably not going to do anything about it. Just wanted to know my options. Flex does not address cosmetic options on pre-loved radios which I totally iunderstand. They are a great company to work with.0
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