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Radio - Spektrum DSM > DSX9/9303 2.4GHz backlit screen
 
 
Brendan78
Heliman
Location: Cronulla, NSW Australia

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone done a conversion on their DSX9/9X 2.4Ghz to the backlit screen? There is a limited addition 9X out with the backlit screen so I wouldn't imagine it would be too hard to replace the screen with a backlit one. See attached link for the limited edition radio

http://www.jrpropo.co.jp/jpn/propo/pcm9x2ltd.html

Backlit screen would be handy to have, thought i'd pose the question on one, 1) where could you get the parts 2) how would you change the screen 3) Any issues with doing that?

thanks,

Brendan
04-10-2008 04:03 AM
 
 
andres.c
Veteran
Location: Florida , Dade County 33173

do a search on the triton back screen lit mod the old triton chargers were not back light -- some one came out with a kit then great planes included the feature in the triton 2


i think if i remember the the treat showed were to get the materials

hey if you find something use full please share it here with us thanks
04-11-2008 03:14 AM
 
 
tauscnc
Veteran
Location: IL : www.cuttingedgecnc.c om

There is not, I have asked this question and experimented with it quite a bit.

I have tried to back lite my DX7 only to break it and the limited edition 9303 is not going to be avialabe here in the US...per horizon I called and asked.

So far the 12X seems to be the only option. Horizon also does not sell parts so you can't buy just that screen unless you can find it overseas, etc. and they are willing to sell it. I am sure someone here (US) has one but don't know which one. Do a search for graphical displays, there are plenty out there....just don't know which one would work.

taus
04-11-2008 07:40 PM
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Dood
Key Veteran
Location: America's Dairyland

I've 'started' on this project myself.
I didn't get very far.

Here's where I am at


Im not Mr. Lebowski, YOU'RE Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dood! So thats what you'll call me
04-11-2008 08:32 PM
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diozxlive
New Heliman
Location: Saudi

caribbean-custom-design

I bought one for my Duratrax ice charger... this thing comes in several color to choose from. its nice inside the house but outside is seems like your looking on a black screen. the contrast disappeared.

http://stores.ebay.com/Caribbean-Custom-Designs
04-12-2008 07:23 AM
 
 
Funky Trex
Veteran
Location: Westerville, OH - USA

I have seen a backlit conversion done on a 9303. It looked very cool!! He bought the piece to backlight it from ebay and powered it with an Align glo driver. When lit, it looks like a large indiglo screen and the finished mod looked stock besides a small button to turn on the backlight. I'll try to get some pics and better details the next time I see him.

There is also a user on this board, Ozydego, that has done a similar conversion on his 9303.
04-12-2008 10:11 AM
 
 
Ozydego
Key Veteran
Location: Westerville, Ohio

Yeah, I ended up having an issue with losing a line of text on the screen... still working on that one, but it came out very nice...



But Honey, I can't live with just stock.....
04-13-2008 05:43 PM
 
 
Brendan78
Heliman
Location: Cronulla, NSW Australia

How did you do that mod?? also, does anyone know where to the buy the backlit LCD screens from that limited edition 9x?? that would be the easiest mod if these can be sourced, should be a straight swap out
04-14-2008 01:10 AM
 
 
tauscnc
Veteran
Location: IL : www.cuttingedgecnc.c om

OK, We need more detail! Awesome!

taus
04-14-2008 07:10 PM
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Ozydego
Key Veteran
Location: Westerville, Ohio

I believe there is an ebay dealer who will cut EL sheets to custom order and that is where the guy got me mine... After he sold his second sheet to me, I had to pull the foil lining off the back of the LCD panel (scariest part), then attach the sheet. I used the align driver instead of the supplied one because there was a substantial whine from the original driver. Then, I found the conductive path through the switch in the radio and soldered the driver to these points. backlit screen... I did slightly mess up the LCD in the process, and one of these days I will make it look stock, send it to JR and have em fix it, so I can try again...

But Honey, I can't live with just stock.....
04-15-2008 06:34 AM
 
 
playfair
Key Veteran
Location: Rochester, NY

Kudos to the guys taking on such a project!
What could be more satisfying then risking an expensive radio just to light up a display?

I did the glow conversion to my Triton a couple years ago. It went well, now there are "dead" spots are appearing on the el panel.

I once opened up my old 8103 to see if a mod could be done, but the lcd panel was pretty sealed.

Dude, since you have it out already, do you think it's possible to "side light" the screen using smt leds? That would be much less intrusive...


The sky is our canvas
04-15-2008 02:07 PM
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tauscnc
Veteran
Location: IL : www.cuttingedgecnc.c om

I tried this on my DX7 only to break the connector. Removing the sliver backing is not hard but getting other stuff to NOT stick to the screen was hard once the backing was off. Also you have to make sure you don't get your fingerprints on it.

The DX7 could possible be lit from the side but the 9303 screen is encased in a metal case. There do seem to be 2 outputs that are unused on the side and I BET these are for the backlight. I checked another backlite screen and it looks the same, just smaller. Backlite is attached to the two smaller unused pads.

To do this on the 9303 you would have to get the metal casing off the screen, get the screen off, peel the back, put in the backlite, and than put it all back together.

taus
04-15-2008 08:53 PM
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Ozydego
Key Veteran
Location: Westerville, Ohio

Thats what I had to do.... get the metal casing off, then seperate the circuit board from the LCD, then the foil backing came off easy, and I should have left it like that, but I messed up the adhesive that held the foil on, so I had to then get the adhesive layer off... the only thing that worked was acetone, and it took forever. my lost line came from the fact that there are conductive strips embedded in rubber that transmit the signal from the circuit board to the LCD itself, and after I took them off, I cannot seem to get them to line up perfectly. sometimes I get a garbled screen, sometimes I have an extra line, and sometimes a missing line.... I can never seem to get the strips lined up prefectly, and eventually gave up with a line missing....

If I were to do it again, I would take off the foil backing, leave the adhesive in place and not remove the conductive rubber strips from the LCD... If i would have done it that way, it would have taken a lot less time and come out perfectly....

But Honey, I can't live with just stock.....
04-16-2008 05:19 AM
 
 
Dood
Key Veteran
Location: America's Dairyland

Here's what I want.

Not just a backlit screen, thats the easy part.

I want the backlight on when I power up the radio, and/or when I press any menu button.
I want an auto-off feature after about 5 seconds of inactivity.

Im not Mr. Lebowski, YOU'RE Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dood! So thats what you'll call me
04-16-2008 07:19 AM
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Brendan78
Heliman
Location: Cronulla, NSW Australia

That would be great, if anyone knew the part number or where to get the screens from the JR limted edition 9x then that would be the easiest by far
04-16-2008 12:05 PM
 
 
tauscnc
Veteran
Location: IL : www.cuttingedgecnc.c om

There has to be someone here from Japan that can try and find this out and see if we can buy these.... or where to get one.

taus
04-16-2008 04:47 PM
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tauscnc
Veteran
Location: IL : www.cuttingedgecnc.c om

Ok...So I checked out the mulitgov screen again and the same two attachment points are on it as the JR screen.



I took your pic Dood to show the same points.

What do you guys think?

taus
04-16-2008 07:16 PM
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Dood
Key Veteran
Location: America's Dairyland

If you want a high-res image of that LCD board, Click HERE
Its a zipped folder in my gallery.

Im not Mr. Lebowski, YOU'RE Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dood! So thats what you'll call me
04-16-2008 07:20 PM
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genexis
Senior Heliman
Location: SG

anybody has the model number of the lcd JR X9303 uses? Maybe it has some built it backlight but just not turned on.
04-18-2008 07:39 PM
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Dimitris76
New Heliman
Location: Borås, Sweden

Have a look here:

http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/24064a/index.html

this is one with back light that looks like it's similarly sized physically but I don't have the patience to count the pixels on my 9303.

These guys have a pretty big selection of LCDs in many communication protocols, sizes, resolutions, colors, polarized,non-polarized, etc...

It's not a bad idea to email them with some photos and exact dimentions, pixel count, and IC markings. They might have a drop in replacement LCD panel with back light to suggest..

Dimitris
04-18-2008 08:23 PM
 
 
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