Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Display shouldn't read VRFY when you load data - only GOOD or ERR.

Check this:

- Mono cable goes from output of audio device to FROM TAPE on Poly  
800. Don't use jack reductions, it can have bad contact.

- On Poly 800: TAPE ENABLE, WRITE ENABLE. Set level as necessary - on  
Poly 800 switch, and in audio device. Press LOAD button, start to play  
audio with data.

It must work. If not, elimination method is the best to find a problem:
- try different audio device
- try different cable
- try different record
- try different level

I wouldn't use computer or MP3 digital player for playing data file -  
D/A converters can change data. Any small old cheap portable cassette  
recorder should work.

Good luck.

Daniel Forro


On Apr 8, 2016, at 12:50 AM, carl.holmberg@... [korgpolyex] wrote:

>
>
> Well the title sums it up. A couple of months ago i bought a  
> poly-800 mk1 in very good condition, it worked perfectly - but then  
> i forgot to change the batteries so it reseted into only white-noise- 
> patches. :(
>
> Now I'm tryning to transfer the original patches back into the  
> synthesizer with a WAV-file from analog.no, and it does'nt work! I  
> try adjusting the volume, but I can't find one that works. Anyone  
> here who have done this that can share their experience? With lower  
> volyme, the LED blinks, but it does not give me any message at the  
> end, still displays "VRFY". At higher volumes, I get "ERROR", the  
> higher the volume, the quicker the "ERROR". I've tried to find a  
> sweet spot in between, but there does not seem to be any. Do you use  
> a mono 3,5 mm cable or a stereo one? Do you have a wav-file that you  
> know works? And what kind of software do you use to play it (I have  
> a mac)?
>
> :(
>
> /Carl