NASA Navtex - Bright Screen of Death?

[Tam_Hazan]

Just been to check boat and switched on all electronics as usual.

Strangely, the NASA Clipper Navtex only came on with a bright screen - no text. It stayed bright despite all button presses, and showed no enthusiasm to display anything other than the bright screen. I tried the 'all 4 buttons at once press' reset system as well, but no change.

Apart from sending it back to NASA workshop, does anyone have any idea on this problem - or has anyone encountered this phenomenon before?

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[steve28]

yes, caused by condensation inside. opened it up and warmed it up with a hairdryer as we needed it in a hurry. i would just suggest airing cupboard.

 

[NormanS]

Re Tam_Hazan
I don't have the manual here, but I had something similar happened, and it was to do with the "contrast". I had inadvertently pressed a wrong series of buttons, and like you, I thought it had died. Try the sequence of buttons for contrast.

 

[blueglass]

yes also had this when i fitted mine - thought i'd bought a dud. just adjust contrast and all should be OK

 

[Elemental]

I concur. Mine didn't work the other day for a couple of hours. When (I presume) it had warmed up, all was well.

 

[hubert]

Press all four keys together to do a software reset. Then hold down the control key and repeatably press the down key to get the picture back. It worked for me.