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Re: Has anyone seen this before...

Toby — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:35:12 GMT

Graham1982:
Very big long shot:

All of the three items (Cruise Liner?, Mercedes Cosworth 190 Duchatelet, Police Helicopter) have B&O derived equipment. The liner probably has a lounge fitted with B&O AV equipment, the Merc ditto and the police helicopter has some kind of acoustic noise reducing tech?

I told you it was a long shot

Sorry none of them have any B&O equipment. The Merc carried my stereo from the shop to my home but that is it sadly.

The helicopter has got some powerful speakers though so we can put announcements out like if anyone sees little Jimmy wearing a red pullover give us a call please.

Thanks for the explanation. I like it very much, right up my street subtle modding.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:10:04 GMT

Never seen them, so can't say.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

camshaft — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:07:06 GMT

Are you sure they're backlight? I thought the individual segments were illuminated.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:00:34 GMT

Frank Rizzo:

Thanks Austin ....
Just another reason to go for the MK III's......too late for me....arggggg

Thanks..

Your pentas with Orange display, you can change the backlight instead.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

Frank Rizzo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:56:35 GMT

Thanks Austin ....

Just another reason to go for the MK III's......too late for me....arggggg

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

camshaft — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:54:21 GMT

Frank Rizzo:
LOOKS AWSOME !!!
Will this work on Penta 1's and 2's for sure????
thanks Stig....good work !!

Hey Keith, it will certainly NOT work on Penta 1's and 2's. As I mentioned on my post on the first page of the thread, only the Penta 3 uses these 5x7 dot-matrix display modules. The 1's and 2's have displays with pre-formed words like "cd", whereas the penta 3 uses the dots to spell out the word "cd". To make it work you'd first have to order from a dealer the whole penta 3 display module - not just the LED display, but the decoder circuit board that plugs into it. If you look at the service manual, it's a horizontal circuit board (or 2, can't remember), that sits behind the display area, inside the tower.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

Frank Rizzo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:42:41 GMT

LOOKS AWSOME !!!

Will this work on Penta 1's and 2's for sure????

thanks Stig....good work !!

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

camshaft — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:39:15 GMT

http://www.acpsurplus.com/servlet/Detail?no=2212

Here's the actual product page for anyone who couldn't find it. Great job Stig on finding ones that are exact drop in replacements! I was surprised to see no modding was necessary.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:19:58 GMT

http://www.acpsurplus.com/servlet/StoreFront

The price is 8$..

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

Frank Rizzo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:58:54 GMT

Hey..stig.....great work..

Can you post links, etc..where to buy the displays...prices, etc??

Thanks..

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:55:51 GMT

Frank Rizzo:

Hi Stig... will these just "bolt" in Pentas.... 1's and 2's.....??? so they can all be red??

The ones with LCD display will not work with this display, but it will be possible to make the back light red. or maybe just change the light filter to a red one.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:51:09 GMT

Remember to change the filter for a red one or none.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:47:34 GMT

And then solder it.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:44:41 GMT

Mount the new display.

Re: Has anyone seen this before...

The Stig - ver. 1.7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:42:15 GMT

Then desolder the displays.