Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

that is terrible man,
You should write EMU (although I'm sure you already have) and see what they 
can do.  Although my own expierence with them has been less than helpful 
several times.  Again, that is terrible, I hope you have better luck in the 
future.


>From: "xromxx7" <bonneau-c@...>
>Reply-To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [xl7] xl7 dead !!!
>Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 03:36:53 -0000
>
>Hi all,
>I powered my xl7 on, 2 days ago, I was selecting some pattern, and
>suddenly the cursor disappeared in the lcd display !?.......turned it
>off, then on, but the machine remained stuck (all leds lit and LCD
>empty )....No need to say I tried everything (opened it up, pushed
>all the inner components, swapped ROMs, took away some ROMs,
>tightened the screws, pushed on both cursors at power on, tried to
>reach diagnotic mode, etc, etc..........) nothing, absolutely nothing
>worked !!! To add to my despair, my warranty time has expired (so
>it's all on my bucks !)  and last but not least : EMU is no longer
>distributed in France !!!! Lol, I'm rite down disgusted, sooooooo
>disapointed, as I always treated this synth with so much care,
>protecting it from everything (dust, electricity peaks....) spent so
>much time on it...but now I know it wasn't worth it, I can state for
>sure that those babies are not designed to last very long !! seems
>built like a tank, but inside it's total crap, always thought
>american-made stuff was qualitative and reliable ...I was wrong !!My
>old Roland TR-626 I bought when I was 15, still works perfectly and
>so does all my other 80's japanese gear!! My 1 year and 4 months old
>xl7 is Dead ! Dead ! Dead !!
>End of story : in the repair shop the guy told me he was used to deal
>with the xl7 and its deficient power supply, but the problem on mine
>was kinda different.....read in his eyes that he couldn't be able to
>fix it....so what am I to do now ? any idea ? EMU ? anyone ?
>
>xROM.........one foot out
>
>

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