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Re: [Simmons Drums] MTM Loses memory in user banks after shut down.

2010-05-04 by jesper

midiizer skrev:
> The first MTM I got the LED screen did not work - thanks eBay.

Have you still got it? One of my MTMs did exactly that one day and it 
was just a dirty socket.

> Now The New one I just got will not hold any of the changes I make to 
> the user banks. For example - Rout 22 will be trig in 1 midi chl 6 and 
> trig out1 . Store it. Power off . Power on . Rout 22 will now be a 
> random midi chl and trig out. And turn it off and on again - all the 
> input and midi is different again. Seems to be generating random 
> settings on power up.
> 
> Is this just a new batt. ? Or is it a RAM issue?

Sounds like a crappy battery. I changed one a few days ago. It had been 
in there since 1985 and was literally about to burst! If you own a volt 
meter, check the battery if it's a new one. Expect +3,65 or very close 
to it. If it drops below 3 you're sure in for the trouble you mention.

> Thanks for all the help - Past and in the future. You guys are all life 
> savers.

I second that!

-- 
electronically yours, jesper

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