Hmmmmm...shifted. Don't think so. The Dipslay Engineer controls this characteristic from the factory. LCD displays viewing angle is contolled prior to the display being assembled. The two glass plates (usually each is 0.020" of an inch thick and covered in a thin layer of Indium Tin Oxide usually 5 angstroms thick) are bushed in certain directions on the sides that will face each other when assembled. The bushing of each plate is a one time affair and is done prior to the plates being etched with their particular fixed-format display alpha-numerics or what-have-you. One of the plates then has a gasket screen-printed onto it then the glass plates are put into a vacumm and sandwhiched together. Liquid Crystal (LC) is then introduced to the edge of the sandwhiched plates and the vacumm draws the liguid crystal solution in. Once full, a seal is dropped over the opening in the gasket where the LC was drawn in. Polarizers are added after that stage for either reflective dispaly (daytime in sunlight) or transmissive display characteristics.(night time viewing with a backlit source or in some cases a combination although both daylight and nighttime viewing clarity is reduced. Possibly(?) what has happened is that the seal is gone and the plates are no longer at their correct spacing. Are there any bubbles present within the dispay that you can see? LCD dispays typically don't last much than 8-10 years before they start to leak, less if they are exposed to the weather and sunlight, sweat etc. In the Commercial aircraft world, heat really has a factor in their longevity.
Pitch it an get another oh, and don't get the LCD fluid on your hands...it's a carninigen. T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Lindsay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 8:07 AM Subject: [obc] Bike computer > All this recent talk about computers reminded me of > a query I have. > Does anyone know of a repair source for the old > Avocet Altimeter 50 models? Mine still works fine > except that the display view angle seems to have > shifted. > ...Paul L. > > ------ > Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 > Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb > Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter > > ------ Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
