Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Thanks for the tip.
And even if buying that dead Polaris it an easy way to get a lot of spare
parts which are expensive as well.
But it would be ashame to canibalize a Polaris just for the parts.

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> From: mclilith2 [mailto:spamtemp@...]
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:06 AM
> To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [chromapolaris] Re: Polaris on eBay
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> --- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, Chris Ryan <chris@r...> wrote:
> > Looks like a good opportunity to pick up a Polaris for parts. No
> > reserve, currently US$81, ends tomorrow (November 14).
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> I wish I had spotted this sooner. I just wanted to share this bit of
> info about the symptom this keyboard has. The seller says in the eBay
> auction that when the unit is powered up, "everything lights up" and
> there is no sound. Although I can't be certain about this particular
> unit, I can definitely say that there is a trimmer adjustment on the
> power supply board, that if misadjusted, causes this very symptom.
> Every light on the keyboard will come on simultaneously if this
> trimmer is out of adjustment. The cure is usually to simply adjust the
> trimmer until the lights return to normal. Normally, this is a very
> easy thing to fix. I hope they aren't selling this unit simply because
> of this symptom, it was possibly a 2-minute repair job that requires
> no parts.
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> Then again, there could be other problems. I just want to say that I
> have seen this symptom several times, and it's often a quick fix--but
> if you bid on this keyboard, I certainly can't promise you that this
> particular keyboard is also a quick fix. If you bid on this, it's
> definitely a bit of a gamble, but at least there is some hope of a
> quick fix.
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> take care,
> McLilith
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