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Roland MC-505 Replacement Manual

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Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide
Table of Contents
Recommended Tools....................................................................................................................... p. 2
Installation ................................................................................................................................ p.3 - 18
Opening the Case.................................................................................................................... p. 3-4
Removing the Main Board...................................................................................................... p. 5-6
Removing the LCD cover..........................................................................................................p. 7-9
Removing the old LCD ......................................................................................................... p. 10-11
Modifying for new LCD........................................................................................................p. 11-14
Installing new LCD ............................................................................................................... p. 15-16
Reinstalling the LCD cover........................................................................................................ p. 17
Adjusting the LCD contrast....................................................................................................... p. 18
Read the entire document before beginning the installation process. Take your time, take notes, and
This procedure does not require any special skills other than the ability to use a few tools, read
directions carefully, and to have some patience as well as taking your time along the way.
Be sure to unplug the machine before working on the inside, the voltages inside
have the potential to be very dangerous!
Continue at your own risk! The author of this document cannot be held responsible for any damages
caused by the information contained within this document.
Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide
Fig. 1 - Original MC-505 LCD display corrupted.
take photos whenever the need arises.
produced by: glitchscience.com
2012©
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  • Page 1 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 1 - Original MC-505 LCD display corrupted. Table of Contents Recommended Tools........................p. 2 Installation ..........................p.3 - 18 Opening the Case........................p. 3-4 Removing the Main Board...................... p. 5-6 Removing the LCD cover......................p.

  • Page 2: Recommended Tools

     Also several zip lock bags are handy for holding screws and nuts Metal Nibbler tool can be purchased on Amazon link Metal Nibbler Tool at Amazon.com All other tools can be found on Amazon as well if needed Replacement MC-505 LCD can be purchased via E-bay glitchscience items on E-bay glitchscience.com direct link to glitchscience.com...
  • Page 3 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 3 - Side Case Screw Fig. 4 - Bottom Case Screws Step 1: You will need to remove the screws from the sides and bottom of the case. Remove 1 screw from the two sides and 8 screws from the bottom.
  • Page 4 Remove the screws from the back of the case. You only need to remove the screws starting with the one directly under the 'nd' of the Roland print onto the right side. 6 screws in total. You will also need to remove the plastic nuts from the 1/4" inputs.
  • Page 5 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 6 - Inside Case Main board Fig. 7 - Ribbon Cable Connector One Side Opened produced by: glitchscience.com 2012©...
  • Page 6 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 8 - Zip Tie which needs to be cut Step 3: Now that the case is opened locate the main board. This is the circuit board with all of the ribbon cables connected to it shown in Fig. 6.
  • Page 7 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 9 - Main Board Removed Fig. 10 - LCD cover needs to be removed produced by: glitchscience.com 2012©...
  • Page 8 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 11 - Using an Exacto Knife to remove LCD cover Step 4: Now you need to remove the LCD cover from the front of the case in order to access the screws which hold in the bad LCD screen.
  • Page 9 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 12 - The LCD cover shown pried up Step 4 continued: As you can see in Fig. 12 the LCD cover has double back tape that runs across both the top and bottom edges. Once you pry up the top edge, it is just a simple matter of using your hand to slowly pull up the bottom edge.
  • Page 10 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 13 - The LCD cover removed Step 5: As you can see in Fig. 13 the LCD cover has now been removed. The LCD itself is held in by 4 mini screws. Remove these screws using a mini phillips head screwdriver, then remove the LCD.
  • Page 11 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 14 - The LCD removed. Fig. 15 - Left Tab Removed with Metal Nibbler Tool produced by: glitchscience.com 2012©...
  • Page 12 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 16 - Left Tab Removed Step 6: Once the LCD has been removed as shown in Fig. 14 we then need to modify the case so that the new LCD fits properly. The red dotted lines in Fig.
  • Page 13 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 17 - Pencil Marks roughly indicating what to remove Step 7: Once you have removed the tab on the left side you then will need to modify the right side. The red dotted lines in Fig. 14 show approximately what is recommended to removed.
  • Page 14 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 18 - Right Side Modified Fig. 19 - New LCD screwed in place back view produced by: glitchscience.com 2012©...
  • Page 15 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 20- New hole drilled for a third screw Step 8: After you have modified the case so that the new LCD fits and aligns properly, then screw the LCD in place using two screws as shown in Fig. 19.
  • Page 16 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 21- New LCD screwed in place front view Fig. 22 - Testing LCD before closing up the case produced by: glitchscience.com 2012©...
  • Page 17 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide Fig. 23 - LCD cover with new double back tape applied Step 9: Now that the new LCD is screwed in place, I suggest hooking the main board back up and doing a quick test of the LCD before closing everything up and putting the LCD cover back in place.
  • Page 18 Now that the installation is finished there is one last step and that is to set the LCD contrast. To do this power up the MC-505. Once it is fully powered up you will need to hold down the shift button and press keyboard key 10. The screen should look similar to that shown in Fig.
  • Page 19 Roland MC-505 LCD Replacement Guide This guide is not to be distributed or redistributed without explicit permission from the owner of the document. contact: glitchscience[at]gmail[dot]com with inquiries produced by: glitchscience.com 2012©...