Abstract: An improved system and method for aligning a display device with a substrate member such as a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of electrical conductors thereon to provide reliable electrical contact between the display device and an electrical circuit mounted on the PCB are described. The display, which is preferably a liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of electrically conductive terminals, is mounted in a base member and biased toward one end of the base member by a spring member mounted on the opposite end of the base member. Spacer material having a pattern of conductors formed on a surface thereof is positioned adjacent to the LCD so that the conductors are in electrical contact with the LCD conductors. The base member further includes a plurality of alignment posts extending outwardly therefrom for mating with respective openings in the PCB to position the PCB with respect to the LCD.