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

True enough, be careful! My XL freaked out in a big way, but the
simple procedure Aaron details worked perfectly! I am so glad the
group is still here!

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@y...> wrote:
>
> Please, please, please - don't recommend full resets to people having
> problems!  You will ERASE ALL YOUR SEQUENCES!  The diagnostics menu
> isn't documented because you're really not supposed to be in there.
> 
> For fixing odd problems like the kind you're having, first try
> reloading the factory multisetup.  This will reset everything in the
> Global menu and MIDI menu to reasonable values, solving things like not
> changing presets, messed up MIDI settings, etc.
> 
> 1 - Global menu > 1st screen: RESTORE MULTISETUP
> 2 - cursor down and scroll to: 063 Factory Setup
> 3 - press enter
> 
> If this doesn't solve your problems, the second step would be to reset
> all except seq in the diagnostics menu.  It's the third to last item. 
> Note, however, that this will ERASE ALL EDITED PRESETS!  This really
> should only be used to reset presets, as that's the only additional
> thing it does beyond restore the factory multisetup.
> 
> The ONLY time you should ever perform the second to last diagnostic
> reset is if you want to ERASE EVERYTHING from the box, INCLUDING
> FACTORY SEQUENCES.  Really this should only be done with a newly
> aquired used unit that has a lot of junk sequences and you don't want
> any factory sequences.
> 
> Sorry, not to pick on anybody here (and I know you're trying to be
> helpful mibrilane) but casually suggesting an unsuspecting user to
> delete everything from their XL-7 can cause problems.  It's like
> saying, hmm, sounds like you have a computer virus - I don't really
> remember the specifics, but I think you should type "format c:".
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> --- Mibrilane <mibrilane@c...> wrote:
> 
> > On 10/12/05 3:59 AM, "eriksatie01" <waveplayer@t...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Now I've solved the problem the upload those rob papen banks, but
> > as
> > > you know I have a new one: my sequences are corrupted and my xl-7
> > > doesn't work properly. So I will back up everything and then reset
> > > the machine. How can I reset it? I haven't found this anywhere in
> > the
> > > manual.
> > 
> > RESET is done from the diagnostics menu - hold down both cursor keys
> > (left &
> > right) while turning on the unit - it will go do diagnostics mode.
> > Then
> > scroll to the very end - the reset command is there.
> > 
> > Hope that helps. I don't have my XL at the moment to check this but I
> > believe I'm remembering it correctly...
> > 
> > --
> > Mibrilane
> 
> 
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