K5synth

Hi everyone, 

I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about
reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as old
as 2004. 

First, I just noticed that Night Launch (http://nightlaunch.com/)
doesn't exist anymore. Sadly, they were the only cheap LCD backlight
source we had. Fortunately, I think I found a replacement, which is
probably the exact thing Night Launch was selling. It's called
Flatlite, it's an EL light in a roll, and can be bought by the foot at
http://luminousfilm.com/ . At about $15/ft, it's probably the cheapest
option available, considering places like Telesis sell the K5
backlight for about $35. There seem to be quite a few colors available
as well.

Now, for those that also need a new inverter, there's one available
for about $10 from DigiKey. You can read more details about Jeffrey
Nelson's experience here :
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/k5synth/message/307 
http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html

That's all!
Antoine

Hey my Backlight and Inverter still work great! (but a few of my keys 
are not so well, thank goodness for Midi.)

I recently got a K5000s - both these boards are very cool. 



--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "antdes45" <antdes45@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about
> reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as 
old
> as 2004. 
> 
> First, I just noticed that Night Launch (http://nightlaunch.com/)
> doesn't exist anymore. Sadly, they were the only cheap LCD backlight
> source we had. Fortunately, I think I found a replacement, which is
> probably the exact thing Night Launch was selling. It's called
> Flatlite, it's an EL light in a roll, and can be bought by the foot 
at
> http://luminousfilm.com/ . At about $15/ft, it's probably the 
cheapest
> option available, considering places like Telesis sell the K5
> backlight for about $35. There seem to be quite a few colors 
available

> as well.
> 
> Now, for those that also need a new inverter, there's one available
> for about $10 from DigiKey. You can read more details about Jeffrey
> Nelson's experience here :
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/k5synth/message/307 
> http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html
> 
> That's all!
> Antoine
>

Hey my Backlight and Inverter still work great! (but a few of my keys 
are not so well, thank goodness for Midi.)

I recently got a K5000s - both these boards are very cool. 



--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "antdes45" <antdes45@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about
> reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as 
old
> as 2004. 
> 
> First, I just noticed that Night Launch (http://nightlaunch.com/)
> doesn't exist anymore. Sadly, they were the only cheap LCD backlight
> source we had. Fortunately, I think I found a replacement, which is
> probably the exact thing Night Launch was selling. It's called
> Flatlite, it's an EL light in a roll, and can be bought by the foot 
at
> http://luminousfilm.com/ . At about $15/ft, it's probably the 
cheapest
> option available, considering places like Telesis sell the K5
> backlight for about $35. There seem to be quite a few colors 
available

> as well.
> 
> Now, for those that also need a new inverter, there's one available
> for about $10 from DigiKey. You can read more details about Jeffrey
> Nelson's experience here :
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/k5synth/message/307 
> http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html
> 
> That's all!
> Antoine
>

Hi Nelson, what about the brightness? I see Digikey has a similar 
inverter that is more powerful.

If you have some time, you might want to open up the keyboard and clean 
the key pads. I used rubbing alcohol lightly and it seems to make them 
work well. I think that the only other suitable product to put in there 
would be DeoxIT or FaderLube.

You've got a light, but both K5s I have got no backlight, dead 
inverters, and ver 1.0 ROMs. One has most buttons working bad, and one 
needs a little more tinkering with the keyboard pads to get all the keys 
working.

nelsonj_sce a \ufffdcrit :

> Hey my Backlight and Inverter still work great! (but a few of my keys 
> are not so well, thank goodness for Midi.)
>
> I recently got a K5000s - both these boards are very cool. 
>
>
>
> --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "antdes45" <antdes45@...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone, 
>>
>> I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about
>> reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as 
>>     
> old
>   
>> as 2004. 
>>
>> First, I just noticed that Night Launch (http://nightlaunch.com/)
>> doesn't exist anymore. Sadly, they were the only cheap LCD backlight
>> source we had. Fortunately, I think I found a replacement, which is
>> probably the exact thing Night Launch was selling. It's called
>> Flatlite, it's an EL light in a roll, and can be bought by the foot 
>>     
> at
>   
>> http://luminousfilm.com/ . At about $15/ft, it's probably the 
>>     
> cheapest
>   
>> option available, considering places like Telesis sell the K5
>> backlight for about $35. There seem to be quite a few colors 
>>     
> available
>   
>> as well.
>>
>> Now, for those that also need a new inverter, there's one available
>> for about $10 from DigiKey. You can read more details about Jeffrey
>> Nelson's experience here :
>> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/k5synth/message/307 
>> http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html
>>
>> That's all!
>> Antoine
>>

Yes I got a dead key (a white key) working again on my K5 last month, 
using the article on Klaus's site.
It stopped working altogether when I put it back the first time, but was 
OK when I gave it a second go.