Thank you for posting this. My screen has been getting progressively worse over the last few months so tried your tip and it worked a treat. I also changed out the battery whilst in there so hopefully thats me for another few years, or until Santa brings me a TD50.🫢

It did not work!!!

Thanks very much , I tried it but on mine unfortunately didn’t clear up, cleaned contacts for the screen on both ends even ( opened it up even more as per another video that shows how to replace the whole screen) so I’ll have to buy a new screen and install it, appreciate the video I would never have tried without 🇨🇦

I had to disassemble the unit all the way to the LCD. Unscrew the LCD from the unit, then remove & clean ( with a contact cleaner) the 2 small ribbons attached to the LCD. That did the trick ! The display is now perfect !

Not sure how long it will last, but seems to have worked. After cleaning the contacts/insertion points on 3 of the ribbons (the small one shown in the video at 1:45, and also the ribbon to the right and the ribbon to the left), I ran the module/played for about 15 minutes; the text was slightly faded in one small area, but the screen was still perfectly readable. Much better than before. Thanks!

I wish this worked for mine 😭😭

Nice one! I watched this with the Fonz, after the vid ended i looked at him and said " whatdyareckon mate" Fonzie looked at me with two thumbs up and said " AAAAEEEEEE" So guess what that greasy spicks gonna be doin tomorrow 🤣👍🏽👍🏽

Good

Disconnect the ribbon cables in your TDW-20 at your own risk!! Although this is a good video with potentially helpful information, cleaning the top connection of the display ribbon did not work for me. I then removed 3 larger ribbons and was able to unscrew and pivot a circuit board back so I could access the bottom display connection. I cleaned it too. The whole time I’m doing this I’m noticing thin clear strips of plastic that are separating from the ribbons right at the bare conductor fingers. These strips were attached to the ribbon via adhesive that is now failing. The strips are required for the conductor fingers to properly line up with the female connector block and for a snug fit. After hours of meticulously reglueing these strips back and endless fiddling with the conductor fingers so they were straight, I now have the unit back like it was. Only now the display is totally green, before it was about 40% green. Others on this thread have had the same exact thing happen to them after messing with the bottom connector. The main point I want to make is these ribbons are not like the quality ones you see with parallel connections in computers where there is a rigid end. These are cheap flimsy crap ribbons that are not made to be disconnected and reconnected multiple times. Disconnect them at your own risk. Shame on Roland, and at one time this was their “flagship” module with a sticker price close to $2K. What would it have cost Roland to use better quality ribbons? I wrote Roland about my display problem a couple days ago. My unit was properly registered with them with the serial number right after purchase. I’m awaiting their reply.

This is an excellent video, especially since you could possibly avoid the $200+ that some vendors are charging for an alternate/new screen. However, I had even better results by cleaning the other side of the ribbon too. It’s simple to remove the main board at this point (only 6 more screws.) Then disconnect all 7 white ribbons and the white plug. Reach in and peel up the black tape holding the display side of the ribbon in place to remove. Hit both ends of the ribbon with electronic cleaner and finish with a microfiber cloth. Caution!!! I don’t recommend spraying contact cleaner on the plug on the back of the display at first. It may leak down onto the screen and leave a stain. However, if your screen is still only 50% visible after this cleaning… you do the math. Finally, be sure to hold down the kit button and roll the dial to adjust the contrast for optimal viewing. Best wishes.

I repair this, cut off 2mm of two lcd screen connectors (only lcd) and put them again into the socket, please very careful, and cut is very line. It worked.

Thank you🤘🏽🫡

Roland td12 with this problem, is the same?

I am trying to figure out if the screen is the problem. The screen stays lit but goes blank after the unit warms up. Everything keeps working but the screen is totally blank of any information. Anyone encounter that before??

Hi there, I hope your still around to help me? I have a T20 Sound Module and I'm seeing the fading screen but its not bad but annoying. I did replace the battery and reset the whole brain and sounded REALLY good but then the fading screen still was there. Is your screen still strong and no issues? I may be bold enough to do this myself, I really like my TD 20 and hate to sell it if its not repairable.

Hi there, i followed this video to resolve a flickering screen issue that was impossible to make anything out on tthe display, and after doing this its A1,my TD20 is back to working as the same day as i bought it(brand new), excellent remedy, thanks for this 10 out 10,

So, if my screen's problem is that it's nearly all BLACK (not white) after it's been on for about 30 minutes, is this the same issue/same fix?

I tried this twice, and initially, it did not work. So I took the boards out and cleaned the ribbons on the bottom, the ones connecting to the screen. It is PERFECT now, just like new!!! Thanks for the tip!

This bricked my TD-12 Unit 😫😫😫😫

Thanks heaps for the demo! The bottom half of my display was playing up, but this did the trick

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! The left side of my 20x screen went completely blank. This fix restored it to almost new.

Lcd - Display Generic TD-120 - Repair TD-20X - TD-20 and TD12 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2aTmIWMbMiAq7M

I had years of problems with my TD-12 V-drum module. I tried this and it's not working... Roland has an obvious problem they're not addressing. Very disappointed to spend thousands of dollars on a set and have it so defective. Read the room Roland! My LCD slowly degraded and now the screen is totally blank. This is not normal. It's a defective product.

thanks, used the video to take my side covers off and replace them

Thanks Jorrit. My screen was not readable anymore. So I tried your "trick" and gues........................it works. Great stuf mate. Many thanks.

Excelente!! Quité todos las conexiones de al lado también y las limpié. Demora un rato en programarse la pantalla. Manteniendo el botón Kit apretado y girando la rueda le cambias el contraste. Muchas gracias y saludos!!

This is only part of the issue. You must go all the way down to the bottom board, remove the two ribbon cables on the actual lCD module clean both cable and connectors.

Ésto funcionó excelentemente para mí con un módulo TD-12, pero no fue suficiente al principio, tuve que desarmar la tarjeta principal, la tarjeta de entradas, la de salidas y la eléctrica hasta llegar a la pantalla y limpiarla también. Todo lo limpié con líquido de limpieza antiestático, una brocha antiestática y aire comprimido. Quedó solucionado. Muchas gracias.

This is good but NOT ENOUGH. What you need to do, is to take out ALL the boards and get all the way bottom to the LCD itself. There are 2 more ribbon cables which you HAVE TO take out and clean for a good permanent fix.

Not a permanent fix sorry.

The “ribbon” has a clear piece of material on it which came off. Do I need that? Shall I glue it back on? Thank you

Worked perfect, but I had to clean the other end of the cable also.

Sir can you clean roland spd 30 display.

Thanks. Your fix worked!

My issue was that on the KIT page the upper right quadrant was stable and the other ones were flashing or off and all other pages were completely fine, so I was fearful it was another component about to fail. Gratefully the above process fixed the issue. Certainly not something I would have guessed easily. Thanks Alain!

The display on my 20 is all green. :(

is contact cleaner same as contact spray ?

For me it did not work unfortunally... might the problem in the other end (where the cable connect to the lcd)?

Excellent job! I really that!

Hi!!! Please tell me where you can find the old version of update 1.05 on roland TD -20?

I have the same problem, then I did this fix and works when turn the power on, I left it on for 10 min and everything good, then next day connect the drums and the screen good, but after playing 5 minutes the screen came bad again, any idea about this problem?

Hello there, I have a TD12 and one of the pots has a fractured solder joint. To get to it, I need to take some of the PCBs out of the unit but the connectors for the ribbon cable don't budge too easy. Is there a knack to removing them?

Thank you very much Jorrit, my screen problem is now fixed, I hope that fixe it for a long time ;-) Thanks again Alain 🍻

TQ Sir for ur tutorial.. i am big fan of V Drums