Mailist to discuss all issues regarding the Digitech GSP-2101 Guitar FX Processor

At 04:36 PM 4/16/2004, you wrote:
>The battery is in there for a stable voltage to run the system clock which 
>consists of a quartz crystal and associated circutry.  Plus it supplies 
>voltage to any volitile memory there may be in there (e.g. your user 
>settings).  If the battery dies you no longer have a stable system clock 
>so naturally the programming will go to crap since it relies on counting 
>ticks so to speak from the clock.

The battery doesn't have anything to do with the system clock. All the 
battery does is retain the user settings when the unit is powered off.  In 
fact, you can remove the battery completely and the gsp will still work 
just fine. The cpu clock is run from the power supply.

-B