Rhodes Chroma Polaris

to skyrunt 1sco@....I Am Jim Dugas.With Broke
Polaris.412-969-1011.If U Get It To play and price is reasonable.I
will Buy It.Please Call Me on this Option, Because My Computer And
Skills Are Bad..If U Get A weird Noise ,Just Leave Message And A
Number.I miss my polaris And Would LikE to play one again while i try
to find someone in pgh,pa to fix mine.Then I will Be able to Link At
least one into my Home Recording system.while i wait for a fix on my
polaris.I Am A member Of this Group,But Forget How to Login.Have A
little money From Small Inheritance,but price must be fair and
reasonable for us both.Been waiting 4 years to Find pgh Repairman.If U
choose To sell Or Part out Please call.EITHER WAY.I am Handicapped And
My music Is My Main Relaxation.If U make It work U have A sure
Sale.Thank You.JIM

On 5/25/11, Chris Ryan <chris@...> wrote:
> It's also available in hypertext, probably easier:
>
> http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polarisservicemanual
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 2011-05-25, at 10:15 AM, James <fl_799@...> wrote:
>
>> How good are you with a soldering iron and a multimeter? ;)
>>
>> I'd start by replacing the caps on the PS and taking some measurements
>> with the meter. Just do a one for one swap with the equivalent value caps
>> as is being replaced. Hopefully, the powersupply caps just dried out in
>> the attic. No need to swap in anything, just replace the caps!
>>
>> Pay special attention to the membrane panel tails (especially the left
>> side). They are prone to crack and might need an additional (easy) repair
>> to get them working again.
>>
>> Having the Polaris service manual probably 'ain't a bad idea!
>>
>> http://www.rhodeschroma.com/content/polaris/servicemanual.pdf
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>> --- On Wed, 5/25/11, skyrunr <c1sco@...> wrote:
>>
>> From: skyrunr <c1sco@...>
>> Subject: [chromapolaris] my polaris just came out of storage, looking for
>> options
>> To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 10:20 AM
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a Chroma Polaris that I purchased from a musician (My high school
>> band director) in 1988. It worked fine but was getting too heavy for him
>> to transport to his wedding gigs. It stopped turning on about 10 years ago
>> and I was not playing at the time. I ended up purchasing a Alesis QS-7 in
>> 2000.
>>
>> My mother came across my Polaris in the attic and I thought I'd see if I
>> could get it going again. I took the cover off and everything looks to be
>> in good shape. No blown fuses, batteries didn't explode (THANKFULLY!),
>> etc. I suspect the power supply is bad, I am very good at fixing
>> computers, but this circuitry is beyond my skills. I was hoping to simply
>> swap in a newer style power supply.
>>
>> I've read through some posts and like others here I don't want to go crazy
>> putting more than $2-300 to get it going. Otherwise the parts seem pretty
>> valuable. I have two EPROM cassettes that may or may not work, a couple
>> trigger pedals, and I may have the manuals somewhere. I recall not having
>> much luck flashing the ROM through a boombox back in the days, it worked
>> 1/10 times. I have midi to serial adapters and had it hooked up to a
>> computer successfully at one point.
>>
>> My gut says get it to turn on and it will work. ;)
>>
>> ANY advice or guidance would be appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Cisco
>>
>>
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