Radio Buttons Backlight

[typicalsituations]

The bulbs in the radio arent 194's. They are like minature flashlight bulbs with a base and they are soildered in. There isn't a directv replacement, but the RadioShack PN I mentioned is CLOSE. I think that LED's might be TOO bright. But it would be worth a try. its a real small pad to soilder to.

[JD68]

I was using the 194 as a reference since most automotive bulbs are rated the same, as for the leds try it and see some leds have a high threshold, another thing you could try in connecting the leds in series affectively lowering the amps.

[cockblocker]

Yeah that would be very fit..extreme limited space. But boy dont you know how cool it'd look with a nice red glow! You'd have to be a master solderer.

[bartlanz]

Well, as I said, I am pretty good at this stuff, and if some one has a head unit with some burnt out bulbs, I will try. Either way, I will return the Head to you.

[typicalsituations]

Well, After looking inside of the Head Unit again, it seems like it would be fairly easy to unsoilder them. I don't know about re soldering. Even thought I've already ordered a new Head unit, I think I'll try to fix the old one with new bulbs. Too bad Radio Shack is out of stock now!