No digital readout on home thermostat. No backlight either.

IF the lcd display is fading, the only thing that you can do is send it in to be serviced.

Take a hair dryer to read out. Water will evaporate and eventually you will be able to see readout again. You may have to open up bezel to allow water vapor out or it will recondense on inside of bezel. Hope this helps.

we just had the same exact problem. they are sending a technician out to us. we were on the phone with them for 30 minutes.

Your problem can be related to either LCD backlight inverter failure or T-con board failure. Please turn on your tv, darken the room and see if you notice a dull glow on the screen. If you see a dull glow then backlight is functional and the t-con is dead. Otherwise it can be a backlight inverter failure(in some cases the backlight itself). In that case I would try replacing the backlight inverter board and hope its not the backlight as the backlight is embedded into the the panel and the only way to replace it is to replace the panel.

Hi Linda,

There are a few things that cause this:

1. When the heat is starting, it will sometimes go blank for a few minutes and then resume.
2. Most have batteries, replace them with fresh new ones, if the electricity goes out while you are away, the batteries will keep the settings.
3. Have someone check the house when it is extremely cold or hire a service to monitor. Your alarm company can usually add temperature sensors to your home, it will add a little safety net for you.

Hope this was helpful, please rate my answer.
Thanks,
Paul

The E means you have tried to put an MP3 CD into it and it didn't work.  There is a button atop the clock radio that allows you to fade the backlight.

check with a flashlight against the screen for picture, if present backlight inverter has failed.

Sounds a lot like the backlight for it is just about dead. Nothing you've done can cause this to happen, and it certainly isn't a setting on the monitor or PC.

The backlight can be bought as a part, and replaced by a technician (or yourself if you have a rough idea what you're doing). By the time you find one, buy it, ship it, fit it... it might not be worth your time for the cost of a new 21" widescreen monitor.

You'd probably recoup some loss by selling it as faulty for parts too.

Still, be 100% sure before you do it... borrow a monitor and plug it in. I bet the borrowed monitor won't behave the same way. =-]

Sounds like what happens after the POP. Mine POPPED then went very faded for 5 seconds then nothing. Upon turning back on it blinks green 4 times then back to red off.