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> 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'm sure this isn't "recommended" but I tried 
> it once and it does work. There's only 15 volts in there...

Right, but beware of short circuits !
Be _very careful_ with the screwdriver and other metal parts (screws, 
nuts...) when doing like that...some chips could not like to get too 
high voltages on their pins (logic ICs : 5 V max.).
Cheers.
J.F.

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> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AN1x-list%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> "Summa" <flotorian@...> wrote:
> > Just open up the bottom of the synth,>
> > On 13 Nov 2010 at 16:54, max wrote:
> > > wondered is there anywhere a step by step guide to changing the
> > > internal battery?? I can't even work out how to open the case!
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> Yeah, opening the case is simply a matter of removing the screws on 
> the bottom - lots of them! No need to keep track of which goes where; 
> they're all the same. When you flip it over, rest the top on something 
> that won't damage the knobs (I use a couple of stragetically placed 
> paperback books). The battery is the silver disc, about the size of a 
> quarter; pops right out of the battery holder. Go buy one with the 
> same number, pop it in. They're most commonly used as "security 
> system" batteries these days, so hardware stores usually have them.
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> 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'm sure this isn't "recommended" but I tried 
> it once and it does work. There's only 15 volts in there... If you 
> don't wanna to this, have some way to save & restore your patches. 
> AN1xEdit is great; look for discussion of AN1xEdit on this group.
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> Van
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