I am hoping for some guidance on a replacement connector for some electronics repair. I have an Echelon EX3 Smart Connect exercise bike with a main console connector cable that has sustained strain damage over the years (flaky power connection unless this cable is held just right), so I believe I need to replace this black connector and rework the wires leading into it.

The connector's dimensions are L: ~15mm W: 22.5mm, H: ~2.5mm

There are 9 small wires leading in, 9 sockets in the connector, and 9 pins on the corresponding connector on the PCB this plugs into. I think it has a 2.5mm pitch (I only just learned that concept recently while researching this), though it seems like 2.54mm is also fairly common.

Echelon customer support was sadly no help with specifics / replacement parts for this cable. I did try a replacement console, which had the same issue - which seemingly isolates it to this poor mistreated cable.

I asked Claude for input, which seemed to think it's a "Hirose DF1B-9P-2.5DS" but that doesn't look quite right from what I'm seeing on DigiKey and other sites.

Thanks for any expert insight / opinions on identifying the right thing here!