Canon EOS 6D Rear LCD Screen Replacement

Written By: Justin Thomas
  • Comments: 13
Canon EOS 6D Rear LCD Screen Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

Time Required

25 minutes

Introduction

Use this guide to replace a cracked or malfunctioning rear LCD screen on your EOS 6D.

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    • Remove the viewfinder cover by pinching the sides and sliding it upward.

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    • Open the battery door on the bottom of the camera.

    • Use your thumb to slide the small black tab on the inside of the battery door up and pull the door off the camera.

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    • Slide your fingernail or the flat end of the spudger underneath the rubber covering and gently peel it off all sides of the camera.

    Presume includes same procedure for the right hand side of the camera which is now shown as derubberised

    laylow -

    It is unnecessary to completely remove the rubber from the right side of the back panel - in the next step where you remove two screws, simply lift the top right corner for access.

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    • Open the covers to the HDMI/AV/MIC ports on the side of the camera by gently pulling outward on the bottom of the covers.

    • Rotate the covers to the side so that you can see the connection ports inside.

    • Remove the following screws:

    • Two silver 5mm Phillips #00

    • One black 6mm Phillips #00

    Phillips#0 seemed to be a more secure fit.

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    • Remove the cover to the HDMI/AV/MIC ports by gently lifting the tab on the bottom edge of the camera.

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    • Rotate your camera so the bottom side is facing you.

    • Remove the following screws:

    • One 6mm Phillips #00

    • Two 3mm Phillips #00

    Correction:

    2x 3mm Phillips #00

    1x 6mm Phillips #00 in battery compartment

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    Figure circle is not correct. Joey Fresco is right.

    Tomonori OTA -

    the 6mm phillips #00 is under the grip.  The other 2 are 3mm.

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    • Rotate your camera so the back is facing you.

    • Remove the following screws:

    • Three silver 5mm Phillips #00

    • Two black 6mm Phillips #00

    • One black 4mm Phillips #00

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    • A black ribbon wire connects the rear panel to the inside of the camera. Breaking this wire would make your rear screen and buttons non-functional.

    • Carefully use your fingers to tilt the back panel downward to about a 90 degree angle.

    • Use the flat end of the spudger to gently pry off the ribbon wire from the inside of the camera.

    The ribbon cable is connected to the camera via a plug (the gold colored PCB has a male plug on the other side of the PCB). This plug is at the end of the spudger. You need to pull that PCB boar/plug straight up from the camera (perpendicular to the camera)

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    There is a metal piece protruding from the back panel into the main body, down near the battery door. DO NOT simply bend the back panel down 90 degrees! Gently pull the entire back (including the lower right corner near the battery door) straight away from the camera about 1cm, and then lower the back panel 90 degrees.

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    • Detach the two light brown ribbon wires from the back of the LCD screen by firmly gripping each with tweezers and gently pulling straight to the left.

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    • Remove three 3mm Phillips #00 screws from the inside of the panel.

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    • Carefully peel the black tape off the upper edge of the screen (not shown).

    • Remove the screen by using the flat edge of the spudger to carefully lift the screen assembly off its silver aligning pins.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

Justin Thomas

Member since: 22/04/14

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5 comments

Thank you! Thank you!! I rescued my 6D. All your steps and details were very useful.

Few points to add:

1. I think the black screw (yellow circle) from step 7 is 3 mm.

2. Lift the light brown flap that holds the ribbon cable before removing the LCD panel.

3. When you remove the LCD panel from the metal housing, you will have to pry the two strips of adhesive that is there.

4. Be careful when tightening the screws back.

Chandana Sembakutti -

Please add to setp 8: The ribbon cable is connected to the camera via a plug (the gold colored PCB has a male plug on the other side of the PCB). This plug is at the end of the spudger. You need to pull that PCB boar/plug straight up from the camera (perpendicular to the camera)

Jim R -

Is there a guide for changing the protective screen on the back of the camera only? Like when it's scratched or cracked and the lcd works just fine?

joe smith -

Could you help me to find the reference of the lcd screen

Roger Paucton

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Could you help me to find the reference of the lcd screen ?

Roger Paucton

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