Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I got it and my CZ-1 is now working on 120V. John was right, there was only a selector to turn underneath a part that had to be unscrewed.

I am glad I printed a binded copy of the service manual because it is not so clear. The dashed lines indicating each part are a little blurry. Anyhow, it was easy to identify the voltage selector on the 1-6 Power Supply schema but I had to look at the board for a good 15 minutes before to figure out. 

Right beside the power connector, it's underneath the part labeled as ESE371 that is round with 5 wires coming out of it vertically. There is only 2 screws to pull out and underneath the switch is clearly indicating 100V, 120V, 220V and 240V. 

This was well designed and it's very easy to do. I'll attached the 2 pictures I took that shows the part with the voltage selector.

Is there a FAQ section on Yahoo groups where I could post the illustrated instructions?

Cheers & have a nice one!

Jérôme

"'350ypvs@googlemail.com' 350ypvs@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :

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>Thanks so much for that info. John. When I return to the UK next year, I will check the back of my Casios to see which have voltages that can be changed with a simple turn of a screwdriver. Great to know!
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>On 31 August 2015 at 11:04, John Leimseider john.leimseider@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>On the VZ1 and several other Casios, the voltage switch is just a screwdriver operated rotary switch on the bottom. On the VZ1, it's underneath on the treble side... A few seconds to change it...
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>On Aug 31, 2015, at 8:46 AM, '350ypvs@...' 350ypvs@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>Daniel, thank you for the detailed and very useful information. It's interesting in that many modern power supplies in the form of "wall warts" - e.g. my mobile/ cell phone transformer, my digital camera transformer and the power supply for my laptop all work happily on 110v as they do on 240v, yet older electronic devices don't. 
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>I was looking at buying a few of these for when I ship over my "circus" (good description - lol!) next year:
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>http://www.ebay.com/itm/271916970396?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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>Where did you get your custom made transformers made? My other option would be be to get something similar that could the be connected to a gang socket/ multi socket that I could then use to power all my UK instruments from.
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>Cheers!
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>Chas 
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>On 31 August 2015 at 10:33, Daniel Forró danforcz@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>I have moved from Europe to Japan 12 years ago with all my circus (really lot of instruments and other gear) and had to solve similar problem. My experience is:
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>- very few machines have PSU which accepts wide range of voltages and switch automatically to any input voltage (example - Emu Systems instruments, Apple computers...)
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>- only few instruments has universal transformer and voltage selector - mainly older machines (for example some Yamaha, Roland, Korg, Casio...)
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>- very few machines have voltage selector but quite unusable for my case as it can switch only 100 or 120 Volts, or 200 or 240 (example - Yamaha active speakers MS60S)
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>- few machine have universal transformer and inside are pins enabling reconnecting to different voltage (example - Korg mixer 168RC)
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>- very few machines have universal transformer but it's necessary to solder cables to different location (for example Roland JD800)
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>- most machines were manufactured for different world zones and can't be switched to different voltage without changing transformer. I have to use  step-up transformer changing Japanese 100 Volts to European 220 Volts. I have custom made big transformer  - 5 kW - for all machines in my studio, one 2.5 kW which I use for concert gigs, and few more smaller for different tasks and reserve.
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>Let's not forget when you change the voltage, it's necessary to change also fuses! Try to find some information about this.
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>Daniel Forro
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>On Aug 31, 2015, at 11:16 PM, '350ypvs@...' 350ypvs@... [CZsynth] wrote:
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>Jerome, please post what you discover if you find a solution to your Europe to Canada CZ-1 voltage problem. I have emigrated to the USA and next year I will be shipping over my synth collection from the UK, which includes mains powered CZ-1, FZ-20M and VZ-1. I was looking at buying some 110v - 240 voltage converters, but if there's a simple switch inside the Casios that can make them run on 110v that would be much better. 
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>Cheers!
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