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Subject: Re: Extremely low volume

From: Jerome St-Pierre <jeromestpierre@...>
Date: 2011-11-21

It turned out it was only the cheap voltage transformer I was using that didn't work on the DW. I got 100W instead of 50W and it worked perfectly. I don't really understand why as the DW needs only 31W but I am glad nothing is wrong with the synth...

Thanks anyway,

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Jerome St-Pierre <jeromestpierre@...> wrote:
Hi all,

Yesterday I brought back my beloved DW-8000 oversea to keep it safe after recently changing the battery with an holder and installing the turbo pack expansion. 

When I first plugged it in (using a 110V to 240V converter that works fine with another board) I couldn't hear anything when hitting the notes. I could change the patches and the display digits looked normal so I thought something went wrong with the new battery and I opened it but it looked fine. Then I reloaded my patch backup with the load procedure but while the patches were loading, the program numbers only went from 1 to 8, when I can usually see the numbers going from 1 to 64, but it still displayed the Good status after loading. I reloaded many times and it kept only going from 1 to 8. 

When testing, I can hear all the patches are loaded but the volume is now extremely low. I can hear my sounds but the volume is really weak, with headphones or the output jacks, even after changing the hi/low switch behind. 

After searching a little I found out it could be a bad amp channel but I've got no tools or replacement parts here (and no electronic knowledge either) so I was going to bring it into an electronic repair shop but I was wondering if someone here wouldn't know what could be wrong, so that I can tell the technician were to look at first. 

I can't leave this board broken and I won't sleep quiet until I get it fixed...

Any tips or suggestions would be more than welcome. 

Many thanks,

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Jérôme St-Pierre



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Jérôme St-Pierre