Rhodes Chroma Polaris

> From: F Aitken
> 
> Forgive my lack of knowledge with the internals of the 
> Polaris.  The left side of the membrane panel does not work, 
> i.e. button presses don't do anything, though the sliders on 
> that side work.  I opened the Polaris some time ago and 
> noticed the cracked ribbon cable that is the source of the 
> problem.  Is this part of the membrane panel, or is it a 
> connection between 2 circuit boards beneath the panel?  I 
> can't quite remember how it looked in there and I don't have 
> the service manual.  Anyway the buttons do function on the 
> right side, so I'm assuming the left side would work, if the 
> ribbon cable was replaced or fixed.  I would be interested in 
> a membrane panel, if it would fix my current problem. Thanks! Frank

That's the tail of the membrane panel, and that's what always fails. I think
the left panel is more likely to fail, because of the tight bend in the
tail, but I've got a bad right panel tail too.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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