Kim, This means a lot to me. You are the exact type of person that I did this video for! Thanks for your kind words. Glad I could help.

Thanks, glad you like it! Still working great.

glad to be of help

Thanks, that's great to know!

Could you please give any direction in how to modify a standard $20-30 LCD for a PC3 or provide a link to the info?

Be aware, besides the electronic modifications you have to make a mechanical adapter to fit the new display into the housing. You can ransack the old display, you just need the circuitboard as mounting plate. Bore new holes for the new display and use nylon standoffs for mounting. The new one is way lower and shorter. You need to bring it close to the window. EDIT: The link to the mastering vast forum has been deleted. This is where a discussion about it was done. Search for the forum, and then use the sentence "flashing display and questionable" - exactly these words to search for the thread. My postings are from 2020 including pictures.

@@Kaffimusic Thanks, I understand it's a bit involved! Is there a good guide somewhere with all of the steps and parts needed for the entire operation?

@@ShallRemainUnknown I had to write a how to... which I did not. Well, but you can go the same steps I did: Check the pictures closely how the contacts are set, how the modification looks and the parts used. The only things not in the picture are the trimpot for brightnesscontrol (it is at the end of the grey cable) and that adapterplade made from red plastic, including standoffs to make it fit mechanically. Just slaughter you original board, you have no use for it anyway, you need to drill some holes into it while feeling merciless to mount the standoffs and the new display on top of it. The grey ribboncable goes into the old connector and with the trimpot the juice is reduced to what the LEDs need. I soldered my cable directly pin for pin to the board. You need it to be very flat and can not use anything higher than what is in the picture as pre-manufactured parts. Or it won´t fit under the adaptorplate (which is the same format as the old circuitboard) This new display needs less energy than the old one.

@@Kaffimusic Thanks very much for all the useful info, and I'm sure many PC3-family users will benefit from your LCD upgrade installation guide once you get around to it! Cheers!

Which end of the cable is the problem? At 6:36 in my video you can clearly see the display end of the cable is connected, I'm not sure about the other end. If there is no pin where you want to connect to, I wouldn't. manufacturers use that to 'key' the orientation of the ribbon. Maybe look into the schematics if you can. Best of luck.

Thanks for the reply . I can clearly see in your video a 6:36 the display end and that your "red" wire is connected. Mine appears to have broken at that point. I think I will try to pull out the bad pin and reconnect the red wire

No. I ordered the display with brightness control, that's what the two grey wires are. They are hooked to the new brightness pot. Instead of drilling into the chassis I just set it to where I liked it and left it tywrapped inside the instrument. The original contrast pot still works as always. thanks for watching.

I don't have a K8 to compare it to, so I will not guess. Hoping someone knows.

My replacement part was a direct match pin for pin. Actually I didn't check that before connecting, I just plugged it in.

Sorry, spotted the answer ("yes") on my second viewing!

Right, at 6:38 I show that you can cut these wires pretty closely and not replace them. They are not needed for the new led backlight. Thanks for watching.

a google search found this. reverb.com/item/6678440-graphic-display-upgrade-kurzweil-k2500-k2600-k2661-ksp8-rsp8-pc3-pc361

Great!! Glad to be of help.

Hi, the part I received was already mounted. I didn't have to add anything. I'm not sure I can answer properly. Do you have the new part already?

You can see the old and new parts at 6:58. They are different but the new one fits!

@@petehanratty950 Thanks Pete also for the video. It saved me time getting my Kurzweil apart. No I don't have the part as yet but it wont be mounted on the back bracket panel. I have already got a nice piece of aluminium 2mm tick and cut perfectly to size and drilled. It fits in perfectly where the old display was. When it arrives I just have to use spacers to mount it on this panel. Its not difficult.

look on ebay for luxdisplays seller, message him if you want something specific

Sadly, no, sorry. Probably a call to Kurzweil support.

@@petehanratty950 ok thanks anyway

I haven't noticed that. It's been in my kb for a couple of weeks now with daily use.

Search on eBay for "Kurzweil PC3 display" you should be able to find it. Sold by luxmuzik

I can't find this seller

@@anco370 me either, but I looked on Reverb and found this reverb.com/item/6678440-graphic-display-upgrade-kurzweil-k2500-k2600-k2661-ksp8-rsp8-pc3-pc361.