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

Hey Plasticefx

Yes, I had exactly the same problem... when the light is attached, 
the XL7 goes ape and boots/reboots every 2 seconds infinitely... 
lights flashing and speakers popping... the whole bit. 

Your guess about the light is on the money. It turns out that some of 
these lights run a little hot when the connection between the bulb 
and the socket is a little less than perfect. This causes the tiny 
wire they fished through the flex neck to become de-soldered from the 
little disk contact in the bulb socket. A little shifting here and 
there and all of a sudden the wire contacts the shell of the lamp 
assembly and POW... POW....POW...POW!

I managed to fix mine but there was not much wire to work with and I 
have no confidence in the repair... it will probably fail when I need 
it the most... of course.

Hope this helps.

Ger

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, plasticefx@a... wrote:
> hey, any xl-7 headz have their xl-7 12v  dc lamp go bonkers on em?  
i had my 
> machine on for a couple of hours, then the whole thing started 
blinking crazy 
> mad.  when i removed the lighting attachment and rebooted, all was 
cool.  
> however the light wont work and the machine still goes apeshit if 
the light 
> is attached.  bad connection w/the light? maybe get a new one or 
screw it 
> completely?  anyone relate??
> 
> mil gracias
> 
> plasticefx