S-900, LCD and Disk Drive

[Jeroen Proveniers]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ed [mailto:brother.j at home.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:36 AM
> To: dsolursh at georgian.net
> Cc: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: Re: S-900, LCD and Disk Drive
> 
> 
> #1)  Someone on AH just recently posted this...if it's the 
> foil that has
> died, this place in germany sells replacements of different sizes -
> http://www.midi-rakete.de/ .  If it's not the foil but a 
> circuit problem, I
> can't help you out, but a friend of mine has the service 
> manual.  I can ask
> him.

If I remember correctly (I once read this in a magazine), on the S950 you
can turn the backlight on and off by pushing the contrast knob. This is a
future not known by many people. I don't know if the S900 has the same
trick, but that's found out quickly.

JJ