Hi everyone,
I am new to this group and to the Poly800 world.
I just got my first Poly800 a couple of days ago, and I've been able to have so much fun with it already that I am already under its charm.
I was able to gather a lot of precious information in this group, and I am really thankfull for that!
However, after scrolling down many group conversations, some questions still remain...
My first concern is that after opening the beast I saw that the inside was (unsurprisingly) super dusty, which I believe (I am almost certain) would explain the noisey/cracking noise I get out of it (especially when I turn the volume knob) which brings me to the first question:
Is there a good, unanimous way to do a deep cleaning of a poly 800 ? I saw, here and there, a couple of advices, ones mentioning Servisol Super 10 as the best way to clean electronic contacts, others preventing against its effects on plastic. The reason I ask is that I have little knowledge about electronics (almost inexistent to be honest) and thus how to clean electronics, and I do not want to make any mistake that could ruin the synth because of my lack of attention. I contacted the closest synth repair place around me (who appears to be located more that an hour drive away from where I live) and asked how much he would charge me for a cleaning and he told me as low as $90, which is way too much for me (especially if I have to drive 2 hours in total for it), as I am sure there are other ways to do a pretty good job by myself on that matter.
My second question concerns the batteries. I have the battery mod installed in it, but I was wondering if it was necessary to insert the 6 C batteries along with the CR battery (it was a CR2025 that was in it so I guess I'll use those ones). Reason I ask is that the CR battery in it appears to be dead as it wasn't saving the patches and I'm already tired of having to deal with that "load"/"err" combo, so I want to minimize this confrontation.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Alexis