SHAWN 1- PROPHET VS 1

looks like the game was a good one! i spent about 5 hours today doing the prep an install for the vs's new blue and white lcd. i basicly had to cut a rectangular hole about 1inch by 2.5 inches thru the switch pcb of the prophet vs. this allowd me to insert the new lcd thru the hole and maintain a usable depth (since it sits behind the pcb and not between the pcb and faceplate. ) . so anyway.. worst case scenario i had to put the old one back in.. well...

best case scenario happened! the hole was fairly easyt to do (DREMEL IS THE JAM). used the fiber cutting wheel and the rotary routerhead/shaver head of sorts) to clean it outand square it out. luckily there were only 2 tracs that ran accross the field that needed to be removed . they were for the old contrast trimmer that ran to the (missing an broken ) backlight inverter for the e.l. foil. (not used) so for good measurre i jumped them anyway, just to keep them out the possible equastion. so after getting all the wires to the correct holes and some serious trial and error on fit (like milimeters each direction and such) i got it in and tested. B A M! the screen lookd fantastic ! but was off center.. so .. some screwing around and such finally got it right...

so the question of the trimmer pot for contrast? since my fuse holder and 110/220 switch was smashed in shipping by the loose transformer (check the scratches on the green pcb fields on the pics) i bypassed the 110/220 switch and had a free open hole in the back. i utilzed this for the 10k trimmer pot that contrls the contrast for the display now. it works pretty nice.

the display sits a decent depth and causes no issue in switch pcb sitting to far out or anything as well. infact it could actually slide a bit more foreward... i may be able to do this with slightly smaller plastic washers eventually if im *really* motivated. by probbly not. its fine for extended and everyday use and looks good from all angles. i posted some pics of the boards and work as well.. ill get a pic of it on when i go back tomarrow.. didnt think of that.. duh.