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Re: Power-up re-initializes wiping stored sounds??

2009-08-07 by pjkeys1975

Kinda what I thought...is it easily replaceable?

Cheers,

Pete

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
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> sounds like battery going
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: pjkeys1975 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:49 PM
>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Power-up re-initializes wiping stored sounds??
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>     Hi guys, wonder if you could help....
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>   Once left off a while My VFX seems to re-initialize on power up (un-aided) voiding any new sounds created previously or loaded in via SysEx. It doesn't say it's doing so but all ROM sounds are back in the Internal memory & it's frustrating to say the least.
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>   If (for example) I edit a sound & save then power off...the newly edited program is still there on immediate power-up....however, on power-up the following day, ROM is back in Internal memory having wiped any new creations.
> 
>   Now...am I missing something glaringly obvious here or are these signs the battery's on it's way out? (No alarm messages been seen).
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>   Cheers in advance.
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