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I have worked on many Sony receivers with Fluorescent displays..... I
am guessing that what you are thinking is a socket is really a spacer
and the display is soldered directly to the pcb. ....

Oooooh, I'll bet you're right.

simple enough, get your solder wick out and un-solder and remove the display.

I had considered doing that. It wouldn't take me too long and there's a much
lower probability of damaging the display even if that spacer was a socket.

Thanks for the reply.

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Chuck