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Thank you Dino. Well three facts that we knew . 1. We knew about the fact that Icom has issues with the digitizer on the IC-7100 2. The radio was installed to the dashboard of a car and we had an extremely hot summer 3. When we pulled a little bit the left upper corner we was able to motivated the touch to work some times. That all was pointing to what we thought.

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Thank you Robert! Even with alcohol it was still not easy to clean.

Hello Donald, there is a damage indeed, but it is caused by lifting up the digitizer a little bit. By lifting up I could reactivate the digitizer for a little moment.(changing the capacity)) I think the failure is caused by the hot summer 2018 in the middle europe(the hottest in the last two centuries), I left my IC-7100 a few days in my car at temperatures maybe over 60° Celsius.(stupid, but happened. :-( 73, Olaf

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1. Well three facts that we knew . 1. We knew about the fact that Icom has issues with the digitizer on the IC-7100 2. The radio was installed to the dashboard of a car and we had an extremely hot summer 3. When we pulled a little bit the left upper corner we was able to motivated the touch to work some times. That all was pointing to what we thought. 2. a capacitive digitizer uses a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a little distance in between. Heat could made the inner structure change and thus less sensitive for touch. That is one possible scenario but certainly not the only one.

@@TRXLab Thank you Peter. :-)

You need to contact ICOM services to by this spare part...73

I know that Icom has/ had issues with the digitizer but there is nobody else I know who has swapped the digitizer before.

seems not possible?

Hi Robert, well that is not easy to say. On one hand I would not say that Icom radios are bad radios but on the other hand we have the most funny faults with Icom radios. I mean any radio brand is failing but Icom is different. Additional to that in Europe Icoms's service strategy is a nightmare. 73

@@TRXLab Thank you. In the past, I was impressed with the quality of Icom rigs. Specifically, the IC-37A was a beautiful, ground-breaking piece of art. But that was a long time ago. I have had Kenwood HF radios for decades - a TS-440SAT - which spent some time at Kenwood repairing the "usual" problems with that radio, and my current TS-570. I have been very happy with both of those radios and still have both of them. I use the '440 when I need a portable rig, and long ago, I even used it mobile. Now I am thinking about buying a dedicated mobile rig and the IC-7100 looks impressive for that purpose. Except for the times I have seen the insides of it on your bench! I am also looking to buy a newer base station rig - and Yaesu has my attention. But I do love Kenwoods. I just feel that the TS-590 is getting a little old. Anyway, thank you for all you do. I greatly enjoy your approach and skill in working on these wonderful examples of modern technology! 73 de NT5A - Bob

LOL yeah that's it 73

Just brought one from ICOM spare parts in the UK. Parts number: 6910023901, desc: WT5036-E-1 7100 TOUCH SCREEN, costing £29.90 inc delivery. Thanks TRX Bench - great guide.

Hi James, a capacitive digitizer uses a grid of horizontal and vertical wires with a little distance in between. Heat could made the inner structure change and thus less sensitive for touch. That is one possible scenario but certainly not the only one.

For a resistive digitizer you would need to put a bit pressure to it as that is not the fact I believe it is a capacitive one.

@@TRXLab OK. Nice to know. I wonder what failed then? Did the overlay get damaged in some way so one of the conductive paths got broken?

The 7100 has a resistive touch screen. Capacitive screens don't work well with gloves on.

Please refer to the service manual there you find what you are looking for...

@@TRXLab MP20 8930086960 3393 LCD SPONGE Thanks

No, the LCD SPONGE is behind the plastic front panel and is just a cushion for the actual LCD. The touchscreen part number is 6910023900, which includes 6910023901 (the actual touchscreen glass panel) and 8930095370 (the adhesive). When I ordered from ICOM America, they sent me just the touchscreen without the adhesive, even though this video shows the adhesive pre-applied.

LOL yeah

Yes it is :-)

Icom?

@@stargazer7644 Do you have the icom contact please can you pass it to me?

Thank you Fred. Well normally it is no big deal to get back the ribbon cables if you take care on the concept. There are some where you need to unlock the socket to get the cable back in may be that was the problem?

Thanks Peter...

for not leaving fingerprints on the new display.

so it is :^)

:^)

Hm Brett not entirely sure if I got your point??? The radio came in because touch was not working so it was already proofed by the owner??

After 5 years working with this radio, you exactly know, how to handle the touch. A very short fingertip always was enough.(of course Peter got this information). Pressing a certain button for a longer time activates a second function.