Me too, funily enough.
What I did is remove the base, then power the synth up before removing the battery & replacing it, so no patches were lost.
easy.
--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, Jelli Philippe <philippe.jelli@...> wrote:
>
> FWIW, I replaced my AN1x battery 2 days ago, and I didn't loose any of the patches
>
> (the 'battery low' message was the first reason I subscribed to this list btw)
>
> I did a memory backup with Sysex Librarian first (working great btw)
>
> but I didn't had to use it to restore the memory afterwards.
>
> better have an electrical screwdriver though, because there are 33 of those !
>
> philippe
>
> On 12 Mar 2011, at 20:23, Jerome St-Pierre wrote:
>
> > Damn, I am dumb! Sorry for polluting your mailboxes but the answer was just
> > on this thread. I think I just searched for the word "backup" and didn't
> > find anything so I posted my question here.
> >
> > Van already answered all my questions below:
> >
> > "BTW, you can remove/replace the battery without losing patches in memory,
> > by leaving the power supply plugged in and the power on while doing the
> > battery swap".
> >
> > I will try that since I don't even have a MIDI interface...
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jerome St-Pierre
> > <jeromestpierre@...>wrote:
> >
> >> Never mind. I searched some more and other users said we must make a backup
> >> before changing the battery.
> >>
> >> But I still have another stupid question. I don't understand how removing
> >> the battery could affect the patches? Aren't they saved on some kind of hard
> >> drive? Or are they really kept loaded in memory with the battery?
> >>
> >> I have no clue since I never did anything like that...
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help!
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Jerome St-Pierre <
> >> jeromestpierre@...> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I will soon change my battery and I am wondering if I should backup my
> >>> patches before proceeding? I guess not by reading this conversation but I
> >>> would just like to be sure...
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Jérôme
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:54 PM, boogie_koski <boogie@...>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Summa" <flotorian@> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just open up the bottom of the synth, it's mostly CR2450 and not the
> >>>>
> >>>> And If,.. Your new battery don't go into it's place, just go and
> >>>> exchange/buy new one from different manufacturer. Usually they match, but
> >>>> not 100%. I bought first Renata CR2450N (is that N the difference?) and no
> >>>> way to put that into the holder!
> >>>> Varta CR2450 just cliked in.
> >>>>
> >>>> Greetz, Boogie.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jérôme St-Pierre
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jérôme St-Pierre
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jérôme St-Pierre
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