Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I had a response from the Junos group regarding a dead battery in a 106 I
just purchased. The guy said that it was a 3v lithium and they are self
charging. That makes sense because the 106 I bought hadn't been used for
quite awhile, and when I got it home and fired it up, there were no sounds in
memory. After I played with it awhile and programmed a couple sounds back
into it, I shut it off and turned it back on. My newly programmed patches
were still there! So there ya go! I guess it's use it or lose it with these
puppies. When the batteries get this old (15+ years) it *is* recommended to
replace them though. And where do we get them? Why, an old Pentium II, of
course. According to the Juno responder, a number of computers used the 3v
lithium cell. I don't know if the 106 and the Poly 800 use the identical
battery - maybe the legs are different - but it's certainly worth checking
out. I know I will...

Shayne

In message <3C563543.A4BBB041@...>, Shayne Cafferata
<scafferata@...> writes

>I had a response from the Junos group regarding a dead battery in a 106 I
>just purchased. The guy said that it was a 3v lithium and they are self
>charging.

I've posted the part number for the Poly 800s battery, which is a BR2325
cell with 2 stands and three posts. I think that he is wrong about the
battery being self-charging, to the best of my knowledge lithium
batteries are not rechargeable - but if you have the C-cells in your
Poly800 it will drain those instead of the backup. Given that C-cells
have a higher mAh rating than the 150mAh of the Lithium, the only real
benefit of the lithium cell is it's extremely long standby life - it
will drain fairly quickly if the machine is left without any other power
source for a very long period of time - the current draw to keep the RAM
alive is extremely small.

I am considering installing a battery holder with 2AA cells instead.

Richard
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>
> In message <3C563543.A4BBB041@...>, Shayne Cafferata
> <scafferata@...> writes
> >I had a response from the Junos group regarding a dead battery in a 106 I
> >just purchased. The guy said that it was a 3v lithium and they are self
> >charging.
>
> I've posted the part number for the Poly 800s battery, which is a BR2325
> cell with 2 stands and three posts. I think that he is wrong about the
> battery being self-charging, to the best of my knowledge lithium
> batteries are not rechargeable

Hmm...what would then explain the fact that my 106 is now able to hold patches in
memory? How could it have just lost the settings while in storage, even though there
was still power in the battery?
Shayne

In message <3C5858F0.FE85326D@...>, Shayne Cafferata
<scafferata@...> writes

>Hmm...what would then explain the fact that my 106 is now able to hold patches
>in
>memory? How could it have just lost the settings while in storage, even though
>there
>was still power in the battery?

Are you unplugging the 106 when it's switched off?

Richard
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