Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

has anybody ever just thought to back up the memory onto a single diskette?

heck a single 1.44 floppy can hold about 400 tones for a cz

then you never loose them


enables user to build a library of "unique " or personal voices
and
saves the earth from useless old batteries going to the dump

i have never had  batteries in my cz
and never lost the voices in the internal memory  only
 after a month of un use that the machine dispurses of meory contents
so if u can go a month  then you can still have your patches

save money , save batteries
save time , save your nice custom voices

get a patch editor ,save tones on disk

charles



----- Original Message -----
From: "fulfil_objective" <robot@...>
To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:42 PM
Subject: [CZsynth] Re: Internal Memory Backup Battery & EZ-CZ Cartridge


> Hi Steve,
>
> Feel free to not use rechargeable batteries. Everybody can do whatever
they want. Personally, I don't like sending buckets of single-use batteries
to the waste facility, and I do like running things off batteries sometimes.
>
> Your concerns also don't really relate to the OP's question. He just wants
to make sure he doesn't lose his patches while at a gig. That could be
easily accomplished by good rechargeable batteries, the 9V mod, or a couple
of sets on single-use D batteries.
>
> As for your EZ/CZ cartridge, things like that take the barest trickle of
energy to keep the RAM from losing its data. In that use scenario, an
alkaline battery makes sense for the reasons you stated. An even better
solution for you would be to store those sounds on your PC, and not on a
cartridge. Then take those batteries out of that cartridge before storing
it! If you haven't had gear ruined by being stored with the batteries in it,
then you've dodged a bullet.
>
> The chemistry of rechargeables is getting better every year, it seems to
me. One of the big downsides of rechargeables is their initial cost. Good
ones can seem quite expensive. You have to think of rechargeables as an
investment, and even then they still seem expensive.
>
> --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
> >
> > Just a thought:
> >
> > I have not used rechargeable batteries (AA/AAA) in synth gear, however,
I do have some experience with them in other things. If my experience is
typical, I do not recommend rechargeable batteries for two reasosns: (1)
they do not last as long as conventional batteries and (2) they discharge
when not in use.
> >
> > I have had batteries in an unused EZ-CZ catridge that retained their
charge for well over 10 years. In my experience, the energy in rechargeable
batteries dissipates within weeks or months.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "fulfil_objective" <robot@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Nate,
> > >
> > > People have mentioned the 9V mod, but my vote is for a set of
rechargeable batteries. I do that with my CZ-101. It has the advantage of
keeping you on, even if you get accidentally unplugged for a second. But for
this option, you would have to have a battery charger.
> > >
> > > I believe the batteries should be D size, not C as someone else
stated.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Rotundo Sealeg <rotundosealeg@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey guys. I bet this question has been asked before... but whenever
I unplug my CZ-1000 from the wall, I run the risk of all of the internal
sounds I've programmed being erased, along with the pitch wheel resetting
itself to super and sub-sonic range, and the instrument tuning going off. Is
there a battery I can change somewhere in this synth?! Does anybody know
where it is? My band is going into a series of punk rock Christmas shows
this December, and I would love to not worry about showing up to the show
with an empty memory bank.
> > > >
> > > > Also, I have a EZ-CZ memory cartridge and it will only access two of
the memory banks now. It's like that top tiny little switch isn't doing its
job. Has this happened to anybody? Any fixes?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > >
> > > > Nate
> > > >
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