Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I opened up the Poly 800 and saw no sign of a button cell, unless 
it's on the trace side of a circuit board.


--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...> wrote:
> There are instructions to replace the memory backup battery (button 
cell 
> -type, requires a bit of soldering) or alternately you can keep it 
full 
> of C cells to keep your patches when the power goes out.
> 
> radiotest2002 wrote:
> > 
> > I'm new here...just some thoughts. I had both the Poly 800 and 
800 
> > MKII back in the 80s, and I've always been as fascinated with 
this 
> > synth's limitations as with its capabilities. As the Keyboard 
> > Magazine review said, corners were cut in its design, but 
creatively 
> > so and I consider it a fine synthesizer. Which is why I have just 
> > caved into temptation to relive the 800 and have gotten one on 
ebay.
> > 
> > Well it's arrived, and the front of the Poly 800 is very nice 
> > cosmetically...all lettering still intact. This is a bug plus for 
me, 
> > getting one that survived its ride to the present. 
> > 
> > Had a panic when I fired up this 800, its memory had totally 
dumped, 
> > although I was able to do programming from scratch. I would swear 
> > that my original Poly 800 had memory backup; it's a revelation to 
> > find that with this one I will have to keep battery juice 
supplied in 
> > order to retain programs. I'm thinking to maybe experiment with 
using 
> > a small 9-volt battery hooked into it to accomplish this, as all 
my 
> > use of the machine is done using wall-power. 
> > 
> > About the Poly-800's single filter architecture...I don't 
consider it 
> > a limitation as I did at first. I've come to accept it as part of 
the 
> > reality of Korg's marketing choices at the time. I like it's 
single 
> > VCF and use it with and without resonance. 
> > 
> > I think the Poly 800 would've been awesome if it had more 
waveforms, 
> > but then again I like square waves so why complain. The sawtooth 
> > simulation is close enough for me. Long live the POLY 800!
> > 
> > 
> >