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no buttons working on my CZ101

no buttons working on my CZ101

2018-07-24 by Brendan Cooney

My trusty CZ101, which I use all the time in my studio, seems to have taken ill. Suddenly this morning, upon powering up, none of the buttons work at all, meaning that I have stuck on Preset 1 and cannot change programs or perform any other task. Keys, pitch bend, volume and outputs all are working fine. Anyone in this group ever experience this before? Is there a fix or is it time to get a new CZ (again)?

Brendan

Re: [CZsynth] no buttons working on my CZ101

2018-07-24 by Lee Borrell

I've not experienced it - but I have worked on an AZ1 and the basic architecture of how to scan the keys is very similar. In the 101's case though it seems the CPU uses a 74154 - which sounds like it might be the source of the problem.


http://r-massive.cellarseer.com/casio-cz-101-keybutton-repair-guide/


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    My trusty CZ101, which I use all the time in my studio, seems to have taken ill. Suddenly this morning, upon powering up, none of the buttons work at all, meaning that I have stuck on Preset 1 and cannot change programs or perform any other task. Keys, pitch bend, volume and outputs all are working fine. Anyone in this group ever experience this before? Is there a fix or is it time to get a new CZ (again)?
Brendan

Re: no buttons working on my CZ101

2018-07-25 by soundprogramer@...

Did you try a hard reset in your CZ-101?
Once happens to me a very similar problem, reset it power down and on again and
every things working again.

Sometimes CZ-101 battery problem happens when is too low and CZ brain makes crazy things.

In related on CZ-101 manual.

The reset button is located under the back pannel. Is necessary a pen or pin for hold down.


Try it!


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