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1990s Cyrus Tuner - repair to LCD backlight


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Hi there,

 

I recently found/acquired something in the early 90s Cyrus range - a 1990 Cyrus tuner.  It is great aside from the LCD backlight which means the display is partially in the dark.

 

On hearing something rattling around I took the cover off and found an errant bulb that had broken off the back of the LCD unit as per the pics below.

 

I am wondering how this could best be repaired -  a possible option would be to retrofit some LCDs in place of the original bulbs.

 

Aside from this, the unit sounds great and there is something of a simplistic charm about an analogue tuner.  What I also need is some sort of FM aerial. Currently I am just hooking it up to the house roof aerial, which works OK but I assume a dedicated FM roof aerial would work better.

 

As you can see I am building a system based on a blend of recent/new Cyrus products (+ a Chord Qutest DAC) and also some of the legacy products from the 90s.

 

Regards

 

RG

 

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Hi Richard.

Make contact with Tim at Tuned in Audio in Sydney. He was the head tech/engineer at Crestmore who was the previous Cyrus importer before the current mob.

I've had him service and modify a few of my newer Cyrus pieces over recent years and he's very good. He works on all sorts of gear (he currently has a subwoofer of mine) and would likely be able to fix this issue quite easily.

 

[edit] just spoke with him and he has the bulbs in stock.

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