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

Hi ,
Thanks for your understanding guys ! May this never happen to all of 
you !!.........On my side I was hoping for some miracle, like some 
EMU rep telling me "we know this ...you just have to press these keys 
combination at power on", or even, "just order those replacement 
parts "(so I'm not forced to send the whole machine to Scotland or 
wherever)....
But I should : 1-stop crying now,
               2-forget about EMU,
               3-concentrate on my 909 (btw fantastic machine !)

all the best  

XROM    


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Brett" <billbrett@y...> wrote:
> My XL7 was defective out of the box. The LCD was flickering.
> It sounded good but had to return it and upgraded for 2500.
> The 2500 is buggy but sounds like a Proteus. (you know what I mean)
> 
> We all feel your pain. See my other post RE: 'Don't Do This'
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "Jaco Pastorius" <Theo1911@h...> wrote:
> > 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@w...>
> > >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, soooooo 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
> > >
> > >