05 Control Head Bad Display... Any Remedy?

[PeterGV]

I've now had a couple of XTL5K 05 Control Heads that appear to work great, then all of a sudden, develop weird lines in the display. One has horizontal lines, the other has a strange group of vertical lines (picture a bar code in the center of the display, and that's what it looks like).

What makes the problem particularly weird is that these lines come and go: They control head works fine one night. Sits in the house overnight. Next morning, lines. Power off, power on, I get the lines. I let it sit, I power it on, I get lines. Try it a few days later... it works fine again.

Anybody heard of this before? Anything I might do to fix it, or is it simply time to find a new 05 control head??

I've tried re-seating the flexes (between head and CHIB and between whatever the two boards in the head itself are). It IS the control head, because I see the same behavior regardless of the drawer with which I use the head.

Thanks,

Peter
K1PGV

[fineshot1]

yes , i've seen(not often) this and we have been sending them back (entire radio, not just the head)
for repair.