Thread: RSX custom LCD Install

It matches ok..the lilliput is just s shade darker
but I just prefer to have a more integrated look than what i've got right now w/ my screen similar to yours..

and yea, was it hard takin the Liilput apart, i'm gonna have to venture that way this summer when i do the glassing.. Any hints?

Just curious as to what case that is that the screen is sitting on. I like it's size, it's perfect for my planned project, not too small not too big. Thanks.

Nice keyboard...forgot to ask about that. Is it wireless? Does the keys glow in the dark? what brand is it? Please give me more detail on your keyboard

Originally Posted by jusatry

what is that over the back of the screen?

any notes on easy taking apart/putting back together?

TIA

PS install looks great

Basically, what you see on the back of the screen is a piece of metal I fashioned to attach the circuit board. Just a piece of metal with some holes drilled to fasten to my factory radio cage and some other holes to run some bolts/standoffs for the LCD circuitry. Basically the LCD part is attached to the plastic faceplate and the ciruit board is attached to the metal.

As far as taking the lilliput apart, remove the four screws on back, there are four clips in the plastic housing. 2 on top, 2 on bottom, just apply pressure to the top and use something like a credit card (not a screw driver, it'll chew your casing up) to pry it apart. Take your time, and be patient, basically you don't want to rip the wiring apart when it pops open, once you get the top the bottom will come loose much easier.

after you have the casing open you'll notice 4 small tabs holding the LCD, take a screw driver and loosen the screws, turn the tabs and the LCD will come loose.

As far as the ribbon cables go, for those that haven't encountered connections like these, don't just pull them out. You'll notice on the connector a little colar this needs to be popped up, (only on the housing button panel) once you slide the colar up the cable will be very easy to pull out.

The ribbon cable on the back of the LCD has a different connector, basically it has a little plastic piece that pivots up to release the ribbon cable use a small flathead screwdriver to gentle pry this up.

Important: Both kinds of ribbon cable connectors are delicate and easy to break so know how they release before trying anything. And NEVER try to force them.

basically now your LCD is free... to get the circuit board out youll see the four small screws like you removed from the back of the case... remove those NOT the silver screws (those hold the USB control board on, if I remember correctly).

After you get the circuit board free you'll notice that the 9 pin connector can't be remove from the case... Now... Spyhunter actually cut his case to get it out... however I kind of wanted to keep that intact, don't be scared, make a wiring diagram or follow the link to the WRX site in SPYHUNTERs writeup for wiring, this is quite possibly the easiest soldering job I ever encountered. Note the wires, peel off the hot glue, de-solder pull the cable out of the housing, re-solder and hot glue them back in place (the hot glue probably isn't that important but I personally wanted to insure they'd stay in place)

now both the LCD and circuit board are free... go crazy.

BTW: Don't go crazy when you power the lilliput and nothing happens, just reseat the ribbon cables, in specific the wide one is a REAL pita to get reseated properlly... I personally had to reseat it at least 3 times to get it to come back up. It works great now though.

Originally Posted by ApoloV

It matches ok..the lilliput is just s shade darker
but I just prefer to have a more integrated look than what i've got right now w/ my screen similar to yours..

and yea, was it hard takin the Liilput apart, i'm gonna have to venture that way this summer when i do the glassing.. Any hints?

See the above post for details, but not too bad. Just take your time and remember how delicate this stuff is. The WRX site IS your best friend...

Originally Posted by imprezive one

Just curious as to what case that is that the screen is sitting on.

This one http://www.eastluna.com/hardware/det...ductID=0005628 a little pricey, still cheaper then the casetronics stuff but I really didn't feel like trying to make something on top of all the other fabrication I'm going to be doing. I have some work ahead of me in the back of the car.

Originally Posted by BrUTaL

Nice keyboard...forgot to ask about that. Is it wireless? Does the keys glow in the dark? what brand is it? Please give me more detail on your keyboard

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...128-017&depa=0

Not wireless, it is glow in the dark, usb, it has a numberpad, www.newegg.com has it without. Thats the one I use for my desktop though, I don't really plan on using one in the car.

How hard is it to take just the front case piece off. I've got my screen in, but I was thinking that I might want to break out the bondo and make it look a little nicer. Here's what it looks like now:

If it isn't too hard to take the front off I'd like to flush it out to get rid of the seam around the monitor. I didn't know if the touch screen would be connected to the front. If it isn't too hard to get the front off I'd like to try this out.
Thanks