DR-100MKIII screen/window question

[KurtisLugo]

Excuse the sort of a double post. I had another look look at the screen (window) of my DR-100 MK3 - previously I had noticed that the upper-right corner of the top most layer of the screen has been protruding outward ever since I bought the recorder, which has apparently caused some further dust to appear under the screen near that corner.

There's an ever-so-slight gap of air there I think - and some dust manages to get in.

I searched for some pics online and noticed that some of these seem to have that exact same corner a little bit loose, as can be seen here: https://www.bax-shop.de/tascam-dr-100-mk3-handheld-recorder#prettyPhoto

Anyone noticed this with theirs?

It's not a big deal but I plan to keep on using this for many years to come (for all we know it might be the last one like this; built like a tank and no smudgy touch screens etc) and at some point (if more dust starts appearing under there) I might want to remove the screen for cleaning under it.

I would be curious to know if the screen is glued on (=could be removed with a suction cup maybe, from the top?) or if there is a plastic clip or something holding it in place - if anyone has any experience on this, thanks in advance.

This model is supposedly quite different from the MK2 though, the structure is not the same.


Here's a pic of the aluminum body: https://tascam.com/images/products/dr-100mkiii/dr-100mkiii_w_aluminumbody_7688.jpg


And here's a Chinese teardown blog post - I can't make much sense of it but this one has a bunch of great gutshot pics which I thought may be of help to someone later on in any case, so here you go: https://post.smzdm.com/p/av7kx299/

(It kind of looks like the screen could be removed - but from the top? I don't know... From the other side, it's a whole different story :/ )

 

[BazzBass]

same thing with my DR40. I'd like to clean it

 

[LucianC]

Would love to know if anyone solved this.

I have a DR-100MKiii purchased used from eBay, and have the same issue.

The top right of mine slightly protrudes and is a little loose when pushed.

I currently only have one particle of dust on the right hand side. It’s not too distracting right now, but given it has gotten there from only a few uses (and being used with a porta brace also) I’m anticipating more will gather over time, and my nitpicky sensibility will end up irritated by this.

Does anyone know have any other suggestions? I feel I’d end up making a whole new problem with the machine if I attempted to dismantle it only to remove a single piece of dust on the screen.

 

[KurtisLugo]

Sorry to hear - if you ever do come up with a solution, please let us know here.

https://qnam.smzdm.com/201903/18/5c8fb6cc9b6ec613.jpg_e1080.jpg

Here is a picture from that teardown post I linked - I'm not sure, but it gives me the impression the outer-most part of the screen (=window) is not held in place with anything but... Glue? I don't know.

It doesn't look like it latches on to anything, but I haven't figured out a way to remove it from the top - and like yourself, I don't want to disassemble the whole thing.

I guess it's possible it could by removed with a suction cup (?) but I'm afraid to use too much force.