I have the idl45.. same thing started happening. To be fair I did get this 12 years ago, everything else still works fine but now the clock is failing I looked for a solution all over the internet. Generally speaking these are not repairable unless you have advanced microcircuitry repair skills. Salvador Sanzone apparently repaired his by wiring additional voltage to the driver by soldering specific spots with a resistor.
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I have the idl45.. same thing started happening. To be fair I did get this 12 years ago, everything else still works fine but now the clock is failing. I looked for a solution all over the internet. Generally speaking these are not repairable unless you have advanced microcircuitry repair skills. Salvador Sanzone apparently repaired his by wiring additional 4.2 volts to the LED driver by soldering specific spots and reducing with a resistor.
For the rest of us the only option would be to replace the display of the clock. I've taken apart the idl45 and the clock display is on its own circuit board and attaches to the main board with a cable. It would be fairly easy to replace with a couple of screwdrivers(and a bunch of screws). But I'm not willing to put too much money into this as the only way to get another working clock would be to buy another used ihome clock and take its display. The replacement clock would also be well over 10 years old as well and could fail at anytime. Kind of sad since my parents have clocks from the 90s that still work just fine.
I have the idl45.. same thing started happening. To be fair I did get this 12 years ago, everything else still works fine but now the clock is failing I looked for a solution all over the internet. Generally speaking these are not repairable unless you have advanced microcircuitry repair skills. Salvador Sanzone apparently repaired his by wiring additional voltage to the driver by soldering specific spots with a resistor.
For the rest of us the only option would be to replace the display of the clock. I've taken apart the idl45 and the clock display is on its own circuit board and attaches to the main board with a cable. It would be fairly easy to replace with a couple of screwdrivers(and a bunch of screws). But I'm not willing to put too much money into this as the only way to get another working clock would be to buy another used ihome clock and take its display. The replacement clock would also be well over 10 years old as well and could fail at anytime. Kind of sad since my parents have clocks from the 90s that still work just fine.