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TinySA Ultra screen misaligned

 

I ordered the Tinysa ultra at 19th November from Zeenko store, Aliexpress, China, and the instrument just arrived to my hands.

after turning it on, I quickly noticed that the screen is not well aligned in the case. it is almost impossible to read the entire last line at the bottom of the screen. I have attached this photo. Do I have to open and modify the alignment myself, without losing the guarantee? what are my options.

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Apart from this anomaly, I congratulate you once again for this excellent product, Erik, I already have 2 first generation tinySA.

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I opened mine up and shifted the screen. It is attached with a small ribbon and nothing to actually hold it in place. Maybe the front has a slight indent? I just moved it around and made sure the front was in proper position, buttoned it back up.

Nothing difficult.

Tim? K4SHF


On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 11:01 AM nechry <nechry@...> wrote:

I ordered the Tinysa ultra at 19th November from Zeenko store, Aliexpress, China, and the instrument just arrived to my hands.

after turning it on, I quickly noticed that the screen is not well aligned in the case. it is almost impossible to read the entire last line at the bottom of the screen. I have attached this photo. Do I have to open and modify the alignment myself, without losing the guarantee? what are my options.

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Apart from this anomaly, I congratulate you once again for this excellent product, Erik, I already have 2 first generation tinySA.
 

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 08:01 AM, nechry wrote:

. Do I have to open and modify the alignment myself, without losing the guarantee? what are my options.

Yes, please do
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For more info on the tinySA go to https://tinysa.org/wiki/
 

My screen was the same out of alignment. It cut off the top left corner and info on the display, came from R & L. I carefully opened it up, unplugged the battery and carefully pried
up the display with a plastic car dash removal tool. Slipping under the display and PWB,? and working all the way around it so not to damage the display.
It is only held in place with some double sided tape.
Then realigned it with the markings on the PWB then put it back together.
All of the displays connections are by ribbon cable on one end only.
Case is held together by 4 small screws on the back. Be sure to reconnect the battery and don't over tighten the cover screws.

This is for info only and proceed at your own risk.

Steve
 

mine did not have the double sided?tape, it was just floating.


On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 5:02 PM Steve Smith <wb9hbh@...> wrote:
My screen was the same out of alignment. It cut off the top left corner and info on the display, came from R & L. I carefully opened it up, unplugged the battery and carefully pried
up the display with a plastic car dash removal tool. Slipping under the display and PWB,? and working all the way around it so not to damage the display.
It is only held in place with some double sided tape.
Then realigned it with the markings on the PWB then put it back together.
All of the displays connections are by ribbon cable on one end only.
Case is held together by 4 small screws on the back. Be sure to reconnect the battery and don't over tighten the cover screws.

This is for info only and proceed at your own risk.

Steve

 

I received mine from R&L yesterday and immediately noticed the screen was mis-aligned with a tilt that cut off the upper left text.? What a relief it was to have this groups.io where I could learn that a) I was not the only one to have the issue and b) it is easily corrected.? And even better, after using the TinySA Ultra for a few minutes the display "fixed" itself, shifting into a straightened view.? I am assuming it must have just shifted a bit during shipping.

I already had the original TinySA, but this upgrade to the Ultra is worth every cent, and Erik deserves the equivalent of an academy award for bringing these powerful tools to the "radio table" for such a low cost.? I came very close to spending 20X the cost for an additional spectrum analyzer with a higher frequency range, had I not learned of the new Ultra version.
 

Ok, yes, that was too easy to fix. Also no double sided tape on mine either.

thank's for help
 

My 2 week old TinySA developed this issue after a few uses. Is it just me or is it caused by using the jogwheel? I noticed that when selecting an option by pressing down on the jogwheel sometimes (when it is not fully returned to center, I think) it seems to give some resistance and you have to press down harder to get a response. I am thinking the jogwheel is snagging the screen and pushing the right side down. I haven't opened mine up yet so this is still a theory.
 

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 02:18 AM, KESAHZ wrote:
I am thinking the jogwheel is snagging the screen and pushing the right side down.
The jog wheel is on the back side of the PCB and the display on the front side so they can not touch.
The PCB is fixed in position with the 4 case screws so it can not move.
It is possible the jog wheel is touching the case. Loosening the 4 case screws a bit may help.
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For more info on the tinySA go to https://tinysa.org/wiki/
 

Aha. My bad. I should have simply opened it up before commenting.

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