Replacement Backlight – 47mm x 157mm
Size: 47 x 157mm (1.8 x 6.2")
Lit: 47 x 157mm
Area: 73.8cm2
Sometimes vintage hardware can be maintained for years, but the EL Panel backlight starts to dim and fades so much that it becomes unreadable.
It may have been decades since the product was manufactured so getting spares can be tricky.
Luckily we have a whole range of replacement EL Backlights available
You will find this replacement backlight is right size for the Kurzweil K2000 and Roland W-30 analogue synthesiser
It is also found in the Roland DM-80R, DM-800, and the Roland S-750 and S-770 Sampler
plus the Akai MPC60 Drum Machine and Akai ASQ10 Sequencer and E-mu Emulator IV series
These EL Backlights will have to be soldered into place, they are very robust and if it is not quite the right size you can trim it down to shape with scissors
EL Panels have been used as display backlights in consumer and professional electronic equipment for more than 30 years
They have proven to be very reliable but if the unit is still being used after more than 10,000 hours of lit display then these will start to fade
As these units are often decades old, the manufacturer has often discontinued the product
Users then discover that replacement screens for their beloved hardware are often expensive or impossible to find
Instead of replacing the entire screen, an inexpensive EL Panel back light replacement can inserted instead. There will have to be a some disassembly and soldering involved but there are usually youtube videos for the procedure for most makes and models
This and many other EL products can be found in our EL Panel And Tape ebay store