FWIW, I replaced my AN1x battery 2 days ago, and I didn't loose any of the patches (the 'battery low' message was the first reason I subscribed to this list btw) I did a memory backup with Sysex Librarian first (working great btw) but I didn't had to use it to restore the memory afterwards. better have an electrical screwdriver though, because there are 33 of those ! philippe On 12 Mar 2011, at 20:23, Jerome St-Pierre wrote: > Damn, I am dumb! Sorry for polluting your mailboxes but the answer was just > on this thread. I think I just searched for the word "backup" and didn't > find anything so I posted my question here. > > Van already answered all my questions below: > > "BTW, you can remove/replace the battery without losing patches in memory, > by leaving the power supply plugged in and the power on while doing the > battery swap". > > I will try that since I don't even have a MIDI interface... > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Jerome St-Pierre > <jeromestpierre@...>wrote: > >> Never mind. I searched some more and other users said we must make a backup >> before changing the battery. >> >> But I still have another stupid question. I don't understand how removing >> the battery could affect the patches? Aren't they saved on some kind of hard >> drive? Or are they really kept loaded in memory with the battery? >> >> I have no clue since I never did anything like that... >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Jerome St-Pierre < >> jeromestpierre@...> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I will soon change my battery and I am wondering if I should backup my >>> patches before proceeding? I guess not by reading this conversation but I >>> would just like to be sure... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> J�r�me >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:54 PM, boogie_koski <boogie@...>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Summa" <flotorian@...> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just open up the bottom of the synth, it's mostly CR2450 and not the >>>> >>>> And If,.. Your new battery don't go into it's place, just go and >>>> exchange/buy new one from different manufacturer. Usually they match, but >>>> not 100%. I bought first Renata CR2450N (is that N the difference?) and no >>>> way to put that into the holder! >>>> Varta CR2450 just cliked in. >>>> >>>> Greetz, Boogie. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> J�r�me St-Pierre >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> J�r�me St-Pierre >> > > > > -- > J�r�me St-Pierre > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list > > The AN1x Control Synthesizer FAQ:: > http://www.geocities.com/jondl_2000/an1x_faq/an1x_faq_toc.htm > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ____________________________________ Philippe Jelli � architecte 140 chauss�e de Haecht � 1030 Bruxelles T�l & Fax : 02 503 06 57 Gsm : 0486 76 36 19 philippe.jelli@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [AN1x] internal battery replacement
2011-03-13 by Jelli Philippe