I can't find the post but I have two methods to offer:
- put the front panel, the knob, and the keyboard matte into water heated up to 60° C for ~10 to 15 minutes this removes all dust and the surface is not very sticky after drying. However, the material that disintegrates is still there and it will get sticky again later. It's a short term thing that I like to include in repairs - remove the front panel's coating entirely with Isopropyl Alcohol and force - unfortunately, this will also remove the white imprints under the buttons but meh, the button icons say it all anyway the process is shown here (sorry, only available in German as of now): https://squeezebox-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3338&p=23722&hilit=beschriftung#p23706 So basically in method #2 the front panel becomes half-transparent all over but as a black keyboard matte is behind it, it is hard to notice any difference. Backlight will only shine through the buttons like it used to. If a matte varnish is applied after cleaning, the surface looks quite appealing eventually. The keyboard matte should not have its coating removed, this would leave all buttons as white circles with no icons left. In most cases, the front panel coating is more critical than the one on the buttons. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Other than that, there could be worse problems after 12 years but that depends from unit to unit. Some just die overnight and nobody can explain what went bad and how it could be prevented. So stability (or rather, confidence) could be better. The longest-lasting Squeezebox model imho is the Transporter, the construction is just way higher quality than all the others (such is the price), but even it suffers from a power supply issue sooner or later. Can be cured for a few dollars though. PN me if your Boom / Classic / Transporter display has issues! Blog: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?rinli=1&pli=1&blogID=5053304027701850753#allposts ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JoeMuc2009's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23131 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110803
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