Hi,

Arfa Daily wrote in message
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Before condemning the display or its drive electronics, check carefully in
the setup menus for a display control setting. I got caught by this some
years ago. I can't remember what model it was, but the setting was two or
three levels down in one of the system setup menus, and had the settings "
Bright " , " Dim " and " Off ".

The user accessible menus allow "BRIGHT", "DIM" and "AUTO"
(the last is DIM unless you are currently interacting with the unit).
I, of course, tried all of the above before posting... :-(

I remember querying with the manufacturer's service dept, why " Off "
would
be a valid setting, and they said that it had two reasons. The first was
so
that it wouldn't be disturbing when watching a movie in a darkened room,
and
secondly, so you could make it so that it didn't
' advertise ' itself to would-be burglars having a casual look through
your
window ... !!

If the unit is off, the display is blank (i.e. unlike a VCR that may
continue to act as a "clock"). When "ON", there are 6 or 7 bright
LEDs that would surely draw attention to the unit.

Hope this helps Geoff UK

Thanks!
--don

"Don" none@given wrote in message
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Hi,
I'm looking for pointers or a schematic of the front panel
VFD drive electronics for a Panasonic DVD-CV51.
VFD appears dead. Player works fine, otherwise
(including the other front panel buttons and LED indicators).
While the display isn't crucial to the operation of the
player, it's kind of irritating to know that it *should*
be illuminated, yet isn't! :-(
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
--don