The Common Issue of a Corrupted Display

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Hi. My CTX has a variable number of lines on the screen, presently only one mid-right. It has also gone gray scale which required a factory reset that fixed the color. I know I can send it in for replacement, but I imagine it will happen again in time. I've read that Minelab hasn't "fixed" the issue permanently. Love the detector, but, with the Manticore, I probably won't be using it much unless I need to document find locations, etc., for whatever reason. I'm thinking of selling it for the going rate minus $300 or so.

It's usable as is, but it could go south while hunting so confidence is low.

What would you do?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Has it ever sat in your vehicle when not in use for any length of time? I tested a few at kellyco repair center that were defective returns by leaving them in a vehicle and found high heat from being left in a hot vehicle for hours caused LCD issues like that. Not saying that happen to you, only that exposure to high hear can cause LCD leakage.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Has it ever sit in your vehicle when not in use for any length of time? I tested a few at kellyco repair center that were defective returns by leaving them in a vehicle and found high heat from being left in a hot vehicle for hours caused LCD issues like that. Not saying that happen to you, only that exposure to high hear can cause LCD leakage.

Not really ... I try to never do that. I did fly with it once to Wyoming and I thought the pressure differential may have been involved - started happening after that trip - could have been temperatures in the cargo bay or even the airport facilities as well I guess. Thank you for the insight!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Not really ... I try to never do that. I did fly with it once to Wyoming and I thought the pressure differential may have been involved - started happening after that trip - could have been temperatures in the cargo bay or even the airport facilities as well I guess. Thank you for the insight!

Usually most cargo holes have some ac, but not when sitting on runways. Very hot or very cold temp can affect LCDs.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Usually most cargo holes have some ac, but not when sitting on runways. Very hot or very cold temp can affect LCDs.

Makes sense. Thanks again!

 

[The Beep Goes On]

FYI: The repair was < $200. I was told that there are two models for the CTX in terms of display - the first, like mine, has 3 ribbon cables for the display, the newer version has one. They did say that the issue is with the LCD, not the cables. When they run out of the original, discontinued, displays one would have to also get a new circuit board to handle the new display which would add to the cost.