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Re: Changed battery....now no sound!

2006-10-13 by peter_vh01

Hello,

The polysix was set to manual mode. I'm going to take another shot
putting it all back together again later today. Hopefully it was just
a loose connector?

Thanks for the advice,

- Peter

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, klosmon <klosmon@...> wrote:
>
> Well, one obvious thing you might have overlooked --
> 
> removing the battery wipes the program memory;  if you don't program
in (or 
> reload) patches, you'll get random (or no) sound.  Try putting the
front 
> panel into "Manual" mode & see if you can get the controls to respond.
> 
> If this doesn't work, go back & check to be sure you replaced ALL the 
> inter-board connectors.
> 
> ~G
> 
> At 05:45 PM 10/12/2006, you wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >
> >Tonight I attempted to change the battery in my korg polysix. I
> >followed the directions on the Resonant Frequency site
>
>(<http://www.hoohahrecords.com/resfreq/mods/polysix/battery.html>http://www.hoohahrecords.com/resfreq/mods/polysix/battery.html),

> >and
> >now when I turn on the synth, no sound comes out. All i hear is a bit
> >of weird static.
> >
> >The only thing I can find which I did differently from the directions,
> >was that I bought a battery with a PCB mount attatched to it, and I
> >sodered this in before I installed the diode. I hardly see how this
> >could make a difference...
> >
> >If anyone can offer me any advice, it would be MOST appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >- Peter
> >
> >
> 
> 
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>

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