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2004-08-23 by ataboyal2001
Hey Guys,
I have a problem with a SX210 I have.It seems about every 4th or
5th note is dead.Is something wrong----would the battery I hear you
guys talk about do something like this?????Please, any help would be
appreciated----don't know anything about keyboards!! ataboyal20012004-08-23 by esasafrazz@fastmail.fm
this sounds more like a key contact problem, (maybe dirty) or a dead voice maybe ? Im certainly no expert though Whatever you do, definetly get it fixed, you have a special, underrated synth!!
On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:16 PM, ataboyal2001 wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > > I have a problem with a SX210 I have.It seems about every 4th or > 5th note is dead.Is something wrong----would the battery I hear you > guys talk about do something like this?????Please, any help would be > appreciated----don't know anything about keyboards!! ataboyal2001 > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > <l.gif> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > >
2004-08-24 by Alan Johnston
Thanks for the advice!I think I might take it to someone who knows what they are doing!!I've had this thing under my bed for about 10 years!!LOL ataboyal esasafrazz@... wrote:this sounds more like a key contact problem, (maybe dirty) or a dead voice maybe ? Im certainly no expert though Whatever you do, definetly get it fixed, you have a special, underrated synth!! On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:16 PM, ataboyal2001 wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > > I have a problem with a SX210 I have.It seems about every 4th or > 5th note is dead.Is something wrong----would the battery I hear you > guys talk about do something like this?????Please, any help would be > appreciated----don't know anything about keyboards!! ataboyal2001 > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > \ufffd To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > \ufffd To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > \ufffd Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
2004-09-02 by gil_we
I suspect that the battery has leaked inside. If this is the case the fix is not simple at all, and I'd suggest that you try to contact one of the guys doing synth board repairs and recovery such as Oldcrow (look on google). This assumption is due to the age of the unit. However, following your description, it might be a dead chip in the voice section (oscillator or EG of one particular voice). I had a particulat voice problem happenning TWICE, on each once I found the exact same chip dead on two different voice EG sections. It was a 4xxx chip which is known to have life span of about 15 years or so. If you know some electronic diagnostics and repair I can give you some direction of how to try to determine the bad chip. But first of all open it up and look at the battery (white, on the middle, processor board). If it is good and has not leaked REPLACE IT NOW !!! because it is going to every second. Any electronic technician can do this very easily. If the battery's OK so you're good. You just have to determine the bad chip, which I'm almost sure is laying on the circuit of the bad voice oscillator or EG section. This synth definately worths fixing. I just got an Emu sampler to which I'm going to sample every analog unit I have as it seems they are all going to die in a few years... These 4xxx chips are all going to die soon I assume, not taking about other components of course as capacitor for example. I don't give them too many years from now. --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, Alan Johnston <ataboyal2001@y...> wrote: > Thanks for the advice!I think I might take it to someone who knows what they are doing!!I've had this thing under my bed for about 10 years!!LOL ataboyal > > esasafrazz@f... wrote:this sounds more like a key contact problem, (maybe dirty) or a dead > voice maybe ? > Im certainly no expert though > > Whatever you do, definetly get it fixed, you have a special, underrated > synth!! > > On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:16 PM, ataboyal2001 wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > I have a problem with a SX210 I have.It seems about every 4th or > > 5th note is dead.Is something wrong----would the battery I hear you > > guys talk about do something like this?????Please, any help would be > > appreciated----don't know anything about keyboards!! ataboyal2001
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2004-09-11 by Alan Johnston
Thanks gil_wil, Hopefully it isn't the battery and I don't know anything about electronics so I'm gonna take it to someone does and I will get that battery replaced because I'm sure it hasn't been. Thanks Again AJ gil_we <gil_we@...> wrote: I suspect that the battery has leaked inside. If this is the case the fix is not simple at all, and I'd suggest that you try to contact one of the guys doing synth board repairs and recovery such as Oldcrow (look on google). This assumption is due to the age of the unit. However, following your description, it might be a dead voice or EG chip on the voice board. EG chips are standard chips and are much available but the voice chips are rare but may be available at ebay. If you know some electronic diagnostics and repair I can give you some direction of how to try to determine the bad chip. But first of all open it up and look at the battery (white, on the middle, processor board). If it is good and has not leaked REPLACE IT NOW !!! because it is going to every second. Any electrinc technician can do this very easily. If the battery's OK so you're good. You just have to determine the bad chip, which I'm almost sure is laying on the circuit of the bad voice oscillator or EG section. This synth definately worths fixing. I just got an Emu sampler to which I'm going to sample every analog unit I have as it seems they are all going to die in a few years... The 4xxx chips are known to live for about 15 years, and considering the ones in the SX210 and other vintage synths are about 25 years old, I don't give them too many years from now. --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, Alan Johnston <ataboyal2001@y...> wrote: > Thanks for the advice!I think I might take it to someone who knows what they are doing!!I've had this thing under my bed for about 10 years!!LOL ataboyal > > esasafrazz@f... wrote:this sounds more like a key contact problem, (maybe dirty) or a dead > voice maybe ? > Im certainly no expert though > > Whatever you do, definetly get it fixed, you have a special, underrated > synth!! > > On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:16 PM, ataboyal2001 wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > I have a problem with a SX210 I have.It seems about every 4th or > > 5th note is dead.Is something wrong----would the battery I hear you > > guys talk about do something like this?????Please, any help would be > > appreciated----don't know anything about keyboards!! ataboyal2001 > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > \ufffd To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > > > \ufffd To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > \ufffd Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service. > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!
2004-09-11 by esasafrazz@fastmail.fm
Upon trying to play my 210 the other night , I had a loud hum/noise in one channel and slight in the other channel. Anyone have a clue ? I miss it already. James
2004-09-13 by gil_we
Check out the cables --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, esasafrazz@f... wrote: > > Upon trying to play my 210 the other night , I had a loud hum/noise in
> one channel and slight in the other channel. > Anyone have a clue ? I miss it already. > James
2004-09-15 by gil_we
From your description I tend to assume it's not the battery but a defective IC in the problematic oscillator. --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, Alan Johnston <ataboyal2001@y...> wrote: > Thanks gil_wil, > > Hopefully it isn't the battery and I don't know anything about electronics so I'm gonna take it to someone does and I will get that battery replaced because I'm sure it hasn't been. Thanks Again AJ > > gil_we <gil_we@y...> wrote: > I suspect that the battery has leaked inside. If this is the case the > fix is not simple at all, and I'd suggest that you try to contact one > of the guys doing synth board repairs and recovery such as Oldcrow > (look on google). This assumption is due to the age of the unit. > > However, following your description, it might be a dead voice or > EG chip on the voice board. EG chips are standard chips and are much > available but the voice chips are rare but may be available at ebay. > > If you know some electronic diagnostics and repair I can give you > some direction of how to try to determine the bad chip. But first of > all open it up and look at the battery (white, on the middle, > processor board). If it is good and has not leaked REPLACE IT NOW !!! > because it is going to every second. Any electrinc technician can do > this very easily. If the battery's OK so you're good. You just have > to determine the bad chip, which I'm almost sure is laying on the > circuit of the bad voice oscillator or EG section. > > This synth definately worths fixing. I just got an Emu > sampler to which I'm going to sample every analog unit I have as it > seems they are all going to die in a few years... The 4xxx chips are > known to live for about 15 years, and considering the ones in the > SX210 and other vintage synths are about 25 years old, I don't give > them too many years from now. > > > > > --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, Alan Johnston <ataboyal2001@y...> > wrote: > > Thanks for the advice!I think I might take it to someone who knows > what they are doing!!I've had this thing under my bed for about 10 > years!!LOL ataboyal > > > > esasafrazz@f... wrote:this sounds more like a key contact problem, > (maybe dirty) or a dead > > voice maybe ? > > Im certainly no expert though > > > > Whatever you do, definetly get it fixed, you have a special, > underrated > > synth!! > > > > On Aug 23, 2004, at 7:16 PM, ataboyal2001 wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > > > > I have a problem with a SX210 I have.It seems about every 4th > or > > > 5th note is dead.Is something wrong----would the battery I hear > you > > > guys talk about do something like this?????Please, any help would > be > > > appreciated----don't know anything about keyboards!! > ataboyal2001 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > > Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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2004-09-15 by esasafrazz@fastmail.fm
cables work fine on JX-10
On Sep 13, 2004, at 10:43 AM, gil_we wrote: > Check out the cables > > > --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, esasafrazz@f... wrote: > > > > Upon trying to play my 210 the other night , I had a loud hum/noise > in > > one channel and slight in the other channel. > > Anyone have a clue ? I miss it already. > > James > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > <l.gif> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > >
2004-09-15 by gil_we
Is there any contact problem on the DB switch ? --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, esasafrazz@f... wrote: > cables work fine on JX-10 > > On Sep 13, 2004, at 10:43 AM, gil_we wrote: > > > Check out the cables > > > > > > --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, esasafrazz@f... wrote: > > > > > > Upon trying to play my 210 the other night , I had a loud hum/noise > > in > > > one channel and slight in the other channel. > > > Anyone have a clue ? I miss it already. > > > James > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > > <l.gif> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
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2004-09-15 by esasafrazz@fastmail.fm
Good news, it stopped doing it last night : )
On Sep 15, 2004, at 6:34 AM, gil_we wrote: > Is there any contact problem on the DB switch ? > > > --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, esasafrazz@f... wrote: > > cables work fine on JX-10 > > > > On Sep 13, 2004, at 10:43 AM, gil_we wrote: > > > > > Check out the cables > > > > > > > > > --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, esasafrazz@f... wrote: > > > > > > > > Upon trying to play my 210 the other night , I had a loud > hum/noise > > > in > > > > one channel and slight in the other channel. > > > > Anyone have a clue ? I miss it already. > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > > > <l.gif> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > > > > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > Terms of > > > Service. > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > <122603_LREC_bkup_BR_Ashanti.jpg> > <l.gif> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kawai_sx210/ > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > kawai_sx210-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > >