The Kawai & Teisco Analog Synths Group

It should be a concern, open up the one you consider buying and check 
for leakage and functionality. You can replace it with another NiCD 
of the same specification (it's quite standard).

However, Iit's better to replace it with a Lithium one, AFAIK there 
should only be a resistor to be replaced with a diode in order to do 
so, but I'm still verifying it.

--- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Daborn" <darkest.yugo@n...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm due to take possesion of an SX-210 any day now and i'm 
beginning to suspect that one of the first things i should do is 
check and replace the old battery.
> I feel i have the ability to do this, but what are the 
specifications of the battery i will need to replace? For the sake of 
simplicity, i think i will swap it for another nicad. If i just 
remove it alltogether and not replace it, apart from not retaining 
memory when switched off, will there be any other effect?
> 
> Looking forward to finally getting my hands on it though!!