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

In a message dated 1/7/03 5:26:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
geraldayoung@... writes:

> 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
> 

Ger:
that's it exactly bro.  my wonderful emu accessory came apart too.  cheap 
piece of shit.  i'm gonna either go without or find some other compatible 
light that ACTUALLY WORKS.   emu gave me the shaft when i tried to contact 
them.  not really cool considering i bought it thru the website.  
bastards....

plastic

p.s. how do other peeps update the OS w/a powerbook and the xl7.  any help?  
i'm looking forward to the v.2.0 and wanna get the most current update.  and 
is sound diver the preferred software.  what would be a hotass software 
recommendation for the xl-7 and a new powerbook running mac's OS X.  
connections????



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