Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

I bought a Polysix the other day, and am extremely happy with it, and naturally would like 
it to work consistantly for a long time.
I've read up on the life-span of the factory-installed batteries and their tendancy to leak, 
and want to avoid the problem. So basically, I want to know if I've got an original battery 
and if so, how soon I should replace it.

Opening it up, I see that the battery has some japanese characters on it, followed by 
"lithium batter" and then "CR2032." I'm kinda figuring it's probably an original battery? But 
I honestly don't know... the circuit board underneath looks a bit worn, but I'm not sure if 
that's from an older battery or the one that I'm looking at now. Removing the battery, I 
can't see anything out of the ordinary about it. It's clean and in fine shape.

So... think I'm good to go or should I be thinking about replacing my battery?

No, you're in luck -- the CR2032 "coin type" battery shows that the 
original battery type has been replaced.
The coin types (when the time comes for replacement) are readily available 
in drug stores, radio shack, etc.

~GMM


At 09:51 AM 3/30/2005 +0000, you wrote:


>I bought a Polysix the other day, and am extremely happy with it, and 
>naturally would like
>it to work consistantly for a long time.
>I've read up on the life-span of the factory-installed batteries and their 
>tendancy to leak,
>and want to avoid the problem. So basically, I want to know if I've got an 
>original battery
>and if so, how soon I should replace it.
>
>Opening it up, I see that the battery has some japanese characters on it, 
>followed by
>"lithium batter" and then "CR2032." I'm kinda figuring it's probably an 
>original battery? But
>I honestly don't know... the circuit board underneath looks a bit worn, 
>but I'm not sure if
>that's from an older battery or the one that I'm looking at now. Removing 
>the battery, I
>can't see anything out of the ordinary about it. It's clean and in fine shape.
>
>So... think I'm good to go or should I be thinking about replacing my battery?
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Yeah it's the NICKEL-CADMIUM original batteries which leak
horribly (and toxically!)

Lithium ones are replacements and nice and safe and reliable

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "altairnouveau" <altairnouveau@yahoo.com>
To: <PolySix@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: [PolySix] A simple (maybe obvious) battery question


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>
> I bought a Polysix the other day, and am extremely happy with it, and 
> naturally would like
> it to work consistantly for a long time.
> I've read up on the life-span of the factory-installed batteries and their 
> tendancy to leak,
> and want to avoid the problem. So basically, I want to know if I've got an 
> original battery
> and if so, how soon I should replace it.
>
> Opening it up, I see that the battery has some japanese characters on it, 
> followed by
> "lithium batter" and then "CR2032." I'm kinda figuring it's probably an 
> original battery? But
> I honestly don't know... the circuit board underneath looks a bit worn, 
> but I'm not sure if
> that's from an older battery or the one that I'm looking at now. Removing 
> the battery, I
> can't see anything out of the ordinary about it. It's clean and in fine 
> shape.
>
> So... think I'm good to go or should I be thinking about replacing my 
> battery?
>
>
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>
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>
> PolySix "Digiest" Page: http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>

That is not the original battery (which is a good thing!)  The original 
is a blue cylinder about the size of a roll of film and says 'Varta' (the 
manufacturer) on it.  A CR2032 is a common lithium coin cell, these don't 
leak unless they get very, very hot, and then it is a thin vapor that is 
very poisonous.  This is not ever going to be a problem unless the battry 
is thrown into a fire.

  You can measure the battery voltage and see if it is near 3.0V.  If so, 
it is still good.  If it is below 2.0V, time to swap it out for a new one.

Crow
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, altairnouveau wrote:

> Opening it up, I see that the battery has some japanese characters on
> it, followed by "lithium batter" and then "CR2032." I'm kinda figuring
> it's probably an original battery? But I honestly don't know... the
> circuit board underneath looks a bit worn, but I'm not sure if that's
> from an older battery or the one that I'm looking at now. Removing the
> battery, I can't see anything out of the ordinary about it. It's clean
> and in fine shape.
> 
> So... think I'm good to go or should I be thinking about replacing my
> battery?

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Old Crow" <oldcrow@oldcrows.net>

>    That is not the original battery (which is a good thing!)  The original
> is a blue cylinder about the size of a roll of film and says 'Varta' (the
> manufacturer) on it.  

Hrmm.. I'm thinking that the couple I've seen were purple, but that was a while back.. either way.. Varta = bad.

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "Chromatest J. Pantsmaker" <chromatest@g...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Old Crow" <oldcrow@o...>
> 
> >    That is not the original battery (which is a good thing!)  The original
> > is a blue cylinder about the size of a roll of film and says 'Varta' (the
> > manufacturer) on it.  
> 
> Hrmm.. I'm thinking that the couple I've seen were purple, but that was a while back.. 
either way.. Varta = bad.

well I'm glad to know my battery's good to go... after posting my question (dunno why I 
didn't think of it earlier) I tracked down some info and pictures about the batteries and 
was reassured to see that the original looked nothing like what I've got.