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Hi,

My unit is in need of a new battery, which I have.

I have not done any programming on the synth that I care to save so the
original factory pre-sets are fine.

Question is this...If I change the battery will the factory presets get lost
or will they just stay the same when powered up?

If not, is there a way to change the battery with the power hooked up and
not damage the unit or a way to (easily) re-install the factory pre-sets?

I don't use MIDI dumps, have the synth hooked-up to a cumputer, etc as I
don't know how to do them...I just use the unit when needed.

Thanks

Greg

Op 26-2-2012 16:58, Conn-Man schreef:

> Question is this...If I change the battery will the factory presets get lost
> or will they just stay the same when powered up?

My personal experience was that the internal memory got garbled a bit. 
So I did a factory reset, and everything was back to normal. So no, 
there's no way to lose the factory presets, because they're stored in 
some sort of fixed memory.

> If not, is there a way to change the battery with the power hooked up and
> not damage the unit or a way to (easily) re-install the factory pre-sets?

You can, but in your case it's not necessary. Suppose that you would 
have a bunch of your own presets, and no way to save them, then you 
could keep the power on. But then you'd be mucking about with a 
screwdriver over a powered printed circuit board, with a chance of 
causing a short-circuit.

- Peter

Hi Greg !
if you're happy with the factory presets the easier way to change the 
battery is... to change it with the synth off and perform a full system 
reset after. The factory reset , assuming that your AN1x with its brand 
new battery is off :
press and hold the 7, 8 and 9 buttons while turning ON the power -> the 
screen displays "Factory set ? (1 - 9)" -> then release the 7, 8 and 9 
buttons and choose one of the 9 options available, ex. :
3 loads the 128 voices as "out of the box"
4 loads the 128 voices sorted by type (strings, brass, solo etc...)
9 performs a full factory reset (voices, sequencer patterns, system data 
etc...), in one word all.
Other options perform a partial reset (voices 1 to 64 ou 65 to 128 only, 
system only etc..)
After a battery replacement i suggest you to choose the option 9...
Cheers.
J.F.

Conn-Man a \ufffdcrit :

> Hi,
>
> My unit is in need of a new battery, which I have.
>
> I have not done any programming on the synth that I care to save so the
> original factory pre-sets are fine.
>
> Question is this...If I change the battery will the factory presets get lost
> or will they just stay the same when powered up?
>
> If not, is there a way to change the battery with the power hooked up and
> not damage the unit or a way to (easily) re-install the factory pre-sets?
>
> I don't use MIDI dumps, have the synth hooked-up to a cumputer, etc as I
> don't know how to do them...I just use the unit when needed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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Thanks!

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Korsten 
  To: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 1:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [AN1x] Changing the Battery Question


    
  Op 26-2-2012 16:58, Conn-Man schreef:

  > Question is this...If I change the battery will the factory presets get lost
  > or will they just stay the same when powered up?

  My personal experience was that the internal memory got garbled a bit. 
  So I did a factory reset, and everything was back to normal. So no, 
  there's no way to lose the factory presets, because they're stored in 
  some sort of fixed memory.

  > If not, is there a way to change the battery with the power hooked up and
  > not damage the unit or a way to (easily) re-install the factory pre-sets?

  You can, but in your case it's not necessary. Suppose that you would 
  have a bunch of your own presets, and no way to save them, then you 
  could keep the power on. But then you'd be mucking about with a 
  screwdriver over a powered printed circuit board, with a chance of 
  causing a short-circuit.

  - Peter


  

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THANX!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff" <jf.serviere@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AN1x] Changing the Battery Question


> Hi Greg !
> if you're happy with the factory presets the easier way to change the
> battery is... to change it with the synth off and perform a full system
> reset after. The factory reset , assuming that your AN1x with its brand
> new battery is off :
> press and hold the 7, 8 and 9 buttons while turning ON the power -> the
> screen displays "Factory set ? (1 - 9)" -> then release the 7, 8 and 9
> buttons and choose one of the 9 options available, ex. :
> 3 loads the 128 voices as "out of the box"
> 4 loads the 128 voices sorted by type (strings, brass, solo etc...)
> 9 performs a full factory reset (voices, sequencer patterns, system data
> etc...), in one word all.
> Other options perform a partial reset (voices 1 to 64 ou 65 to 128 only,
> system only etc..)
> After a battery replacement i suggest you to choose the option 9...
> Cheers.
> J.F.
>
> Conn-Man a \ufffdcrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > My unit is in need of a new battery, which I have.
> >
> > I have not done any programming on the synth that I care to save so the
> > original factory pre-sets are fine.
> >
> > Question is this...If I change the battery will the factory presets get
lost
> > or will they just stay the same when powered up?
> >
> > If not, is there a way to change the battery with the power hooked up
and
> > not damage the unit or a way to (easily) re-install the factory
pre-sets?

> >
> > I don't use MIDI dumps, have the synth hooked-up to a cumputer, etc as I
> > don't know how to do them...I just use the unit when needed.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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