The Kawai & Teisco Analog Synths Group

--- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, "bmurch71" <bitsnrather@...> wrote:
>I recall in the manual, that if the synth is not plugged in for over
a month, there is a risk of losing the data memory.



> Hi,
> I have an sx210 that has been doing fine for a few years now.  I have
> read all the warnings about having the battery changed, but have not
> taken care of that yet.  It's been in my studio, unmoved and operating
> fine, until I took it to my rehearsal space a few weeks ago.  When I
> powered it up there, all patches but one in the first bank were
> unnamed, and seemed to have reverted to default values for all
> parameters.  The other banks have been fine.  I opened up the keyboard
> last night to check the battery, and there are no signs of corrosion.
>  I plan on changing the battery anyway, but I am not confident that
> this is the problem.  The keyboard was jostled a bit during transport
> to the rehearsal space.  Does anyone have any recommendations for
> troubleshooting this problem other than battery replacement?  Also, I
> remember reading about what kind of battery (and resistor?) to replace
> the ni-cad with somewhere, but I can't seem to find it again.  Anyone
> have any tips there?  Thanks very much for any help.
> Brian
>