Rhodes Chroma Polaris

hi david,
many thanks, looks like i got to go
a bit deeper into the schematics of the cp,
the peeling seems to be a bit tricky,
but all in all here's enough stuff to be understood and done,
hmpf i'll see..
all the best
harald




--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, David Clarke <ac151@...> wrote:
>
> > so replying to my request, looks like no
> > one here knows an answer to the named issue,
> > it never happend before?
> > any repair address in berlin?
> 
> Harald - the 'switches' on the panel are actually just sandwiches of
plastic 
> and conductive layers.  These sandwiches are right inside the
overlay on the 
> panel.  If you want to 'get at' the switch, you'd need to peel it
off the 
> panel.
> 
> That having been said, there's really not too much to 'see' there.  If 
> you're very lucky, it might just be that the button is permanenly stuck 
> down.  If so, you might be able to use something 'sticky' to put it
back up.
> 
> It would be important to know if this is the _only_ switch which is 
> affected, or if others are also affected.  If there's more than one
switch 
> which is not behaving properly, then it is less likely the membrane
in the 
> panel itself and more likely a sick part or a bad connection on one
of the 
> plastic connections.  (While these connections looked good in the
pictures 



> you provided, it would only take a hair-line crack further down the
neck of 
> the cable to cause problems).
> 
> If the membrane switch is found to be bad, then:
> 
> 1) You could keep your eyes open for a replacement Polaris panel/switch 
> (they do come up on Ebay every now and then).
> 2) you could make connections directly to the  board yourself and add 
> your own switch (either drilling a hole in the panel where the LF
switch 
> location current is - or simply mounting it somewhere else.
> 
> David Clarke
>