Eric Lada writes:

I have a small handy talky radio that has a bad LCD segment. Does
anyone have any starting points / tips / pointers for repairing the
segmented LCD displays, or know how they ussually break.

Bad connections. For an LCD, probably just need to clean the Zebra stripe
elastomer pads going to the LCD panel. Else, may be bad solder connections.

The driver chip could be bad but that's a lot less likely.

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