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Antoine,

Many thanks for the speedy post - most helpful.

I own a JX-3p and have had experience with Audio Tape backup (Commodore 64 user in the 80s) - I was thrown by the power appearing to go off on the SX-240.

Well thanks to your advice I was patient and waited and - presets loaded.

Again many thanks for your help

Paul





--- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com, Antoine Deschênes <antdes45@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> it looks like you've never had to use audio tape backup before.
> 
> all the lights go out in the load operation mode, that's how the synth 
> works.
> 
> If you send valid audio data to the tape in jack (like the factory 
> presets patch in the group's files section), it will display the data 
> bank's name for a while, and eventually beep and get back to normal. It 
> takes about a minute to load the bank.
> 
> While the machine seems irresponsive, if you want to return to normal 
> operation, press TAPE ENABLE again. The display will read BREAK for a 
> second and the synth will then work normally.
> 
> Antoine
> 
> Le 2009-09-25 09:51, Paul a écrit :
> > The machine switches off completely - all lights go out and it has to be
> > switched off and on again before the lights go back on
> >
> >
> > --- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com, S S<we_are_computron@>  wrote:
> >    
> >>   The machine switches itself off when I try to load the Preset Voices
> >>      
> > - the Display reads LOAD for a few seconds and then the power cuts off.
> >    
> >> very strange as you say you are retaining patchs you save.Is it as you
> >>      
> > load the patches it turns complely off or is it just the load tape that
> > gos off?
> >    
> >> my sx240 has never turned off by itself.could be lots of unique
> >>      
> > reasons as you have said. power source?? if its just tunring compleatly
> > off.as for noise on the off.mine has a slight noise but its suttle and
> > recordable.The only strange thing i have experenced using it alot is
> > when I swich patterns and tracks way to fast then I should while jaming
> > to fast from a master soucrce  the sx240 slaved with give a glich.but i
> > think that is due to it being on ommni and not all the patterns i go
> > therw are muted as there saved.Was the nicad every replaced to your
> > knowlage?How close did you inspect  the traces and ics ? The nicad
> > damage can be suttle to extreme when it starts to outgas.
> >    
> >> --- On Fri, 9/25/09, Paul paul.marland@ wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Paul paul.marland@
> >> Subject: [kawai-teisco] Problems with my new SX-240
> >> To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com
> >> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 8:06 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello there,
> >>
> >> I joined the group as I had recently won a SX-240 off Ebay.
> >>
> >> It had a missing Patch Selector button - but otherwise looked okay.
> >>
> >> However when it arrived and after some time testing it I found the
> >>      
> > following two problems.
> >    
> >> 1. The machine switches itself off when I try to load the Preset
> >>      
> > Voices - the Display reads LOAD for a few seconds and then the power
> > cuts off.
> >    
> >> 2. There is an regular, periodic electronic "spiking" from the outputs
> >>      
> > - inaudible when the synth is played through headphones but when reverb
> > is applied it exagerates it (even when both Osc's truned off the spiking
> > is there)
> >    
> >> This obviously makes it practically useless for recording.
> >>
> >> Otherwise the machine is in a reasonable condition - It does have the
> >>      
> > original Time Bomb Battery fitted - there is no sign of corrosion
> > though.
> >    
> >> I've programmed a few voices and the memory is retaining them.
> >>
> >> I'm quite disappointed - I got a good feeling from this synth and was
> >>      
> > looking forward to playing and recording with it.
> >    
> >> Obviously there appears to have been only a few of these made so I
> >>      
> > should imagine that most emergent faults are likely to be unique.
> >    
> >> Has anyone suffered from the above?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>      
> >
> >
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