[TenTec] Orion 1 Display Issue

[Vance Leedy]

There's a pot located on the front panel used to set a mid-value for 
the brightness.  Mine was bad when I got my Orion 1.  Replaced it and 
all was OK.  Give TT Service a call and they can steer you to it to 
check it out.
GL,
Vance Leedy
W7IEX




At 03:19 PM 10/2/2007, you wrote:
>Last night I turned on my Orion 1 only to see that the boot up message was
>very washed out (backlight normal), and when the rig had booted I could
>barely see the "dials."  I tried to go into the menu to fiddle with the
>contrast but couldn't see it well enough to do.  Power cycling did not
>help-but I found that if I waited a minute or so there was a step change to
>a normal display.  This morning I also saw the same thing.
>
>
>
>I suspect this is a prelude to a cataclysmic display collapse, but given how
>normal the display looks once the problem has cleared, I am not convinced
>this is actually a display problem.  I wonder if anyone on the reflector has
>experienced this-or has a good idea of the problem-and can tell me what is
>going on and what to expect?  I really hate shipping the rig back to the
>mothership but I will begin my search for the carton.
>
>
>
>73
>
>Bob W2WG
>
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