Hopefully I can help someone out as I've replaced both meters over the last coupe years in the FM1000 I use nightly.
The original meters are often not working, and as I found out, don't always last if they do work. After the tuner's rebuild, and about 6 months of use, the VU meter quit. I searched for a replacement and found one that was a great fit. I bought one, installed it and bought an extra for the future if needed.
Recently the signal strength meter quit working. I searched the same brand as the VU as it was a great fit.
Both meters take a bit of alteration to get them to work in the FM1000. I didn't take any photos of the VU replacement which was done a couple years ago.
Here's what the original meters look like...
And here is the replacement...
Here is a photo of the VU I put in a couple years back. I didn't swap scales as I was fearful of damaging the new meter. Now that I've done the new signal strength scale swap I have the confidence to dig out the original VU and do the swap soon....
The original meters are often not working, and as I found out, don't always last if they do work. After the tuner's rebuild, and about 6 months of use, the VU meter quit. I searched for a replacement and found one that was a great fit. I bought one, installed it and bought an extra for the future if needed.
Recently the signal strength meter quit working. I searched the same brand as the VU as it was a great fit.
Both meters take a bit of alteration to get them to work in the FM1000. I didn't take any photos of the VU replacement which was done a couple years ago.
Here's what the original meters look like...
And here is the replacement...
Here is a photo of the VU I put in a couple years back. I didn't swap scales as I was fearful of damaging the new meter. Now that I've done the new signal strength scale swap I have the confidence to dig out the original VU and do the swap soon....
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