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Default LCD backlight out in car radio

James Sweet wrote:
It's almost certainly incandescent. Replacing the bulbs isn't hard once you
get to them, but that can be really tricky. Finding exact replacements can
be tough tool.


Yeah. In my experience it'll be a #9173 bulb, 0.19V @ 8.62A, which some
single store in Secaucus has for $81.72 used. Substitutes won't. You'll
have to remove three quarters of the electronics and seven eights of the
mechanics to see the bulb and then remove the rest to replace it.

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