Rhodes Chroma Polaris

I recently received a Polaris as a gift. It had not been powerd up
in quite some time, and the batteries were dead. I think it has lost
its firmware. It makes some odd beep and bloops but the oscillators
are not functioning. Does anyone have any idea how I would go about
remedying this? I am, for all intents and purposes, a total novice
at synthesizer keyboards. Can anyone point me in the right
direction? Do I need to track down some new components or is it
fixable by flashing the bios?

eh, sorry about the username. I created this account when I was a
teenager and I thought the excessive stupidity of the username was
hillarious, or something.

I think there are detailed instructions in the service manual for a
full recalibration (which sounds like is what it needs). I wouldn't be
the one to be able to tell you how to do it, but I can tell you that
firmware should be hard coded on an eprom, hence, it wouldn't dissolve
from dead batteries. I've heard that utter battery loss resets all the
internal calibrations though. If you can manage to do it, it should be
worth it, the Polaris is a beauty at synthesis (and a monster of bad
choices for internal wiring).

Byron

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 19:48:39 -0000, fux0r666 <eater_of_stars@...> wrote:
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> I recently received a Polaris as a gift. It had not been powerd up
> in quite some time, and the batteries were dead. I think it has lost
> its firmware. It makes some odd beep and bloops but the oscillators
> are not functioning. Does anyone have any idea how I would go about
> remedying this? I am, for all intents and purposes, a total novice
> at synthesizer keyboards. Can anyone point me in the right
> direction? Do I need to track down some new components or is it
> fixable by flashing the bios?
>
> eh, sorry about the username. I created this account when I was a
> teenager and I thought the excessive stupidity of the username was
> hillarious, or something.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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That sounds promising. Chris from redrooffs sent me links to the
manuals. I'll have to print them out, brew a pot of coffee and get
down to business. Thanks all!

--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, Byron IV <earworm@g...> wrote:
> I think there are detailed instructions in the service manual for a
> full recalibration (which sounds like is what it needs). I wouldn't
be
> the one to be able to tell you how to do it, but I can tell you that
> firmware should be hard coded on an eprom, hence, it wouldn't
dissolve
> from dead batteries. I've heard that utter battery loss resets all
the
> internal calibrations though. If you can manage to do it, it should
be
> worth it, the Polaris is a beauty at synthesis (and a monster of bad
> choices for internal wiring).
>
> Byron
>
>