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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Yamaha AN1x Battery Replacement Question

2011-06-23 by Daniel Forró

And this way you can enter Test Mode:

Power Off
0 + NO + YES + Power On

Daniel Forro

On Jun 23, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Susie wrote:

> It isn't a CR2032. From memory, it's the less common CR2450.
>
> It is socketed and I can confirm it is possible to change it while  
> the unit is switched on - just be careful not to touch anything  
> other than the battery. I did it without any problems. The toughest  
> part is the insane number of screws you have to undo to take the  
> bottom off.
>
> I've heard of problems where people have swapped out the battery  
> with the unit powered down. If you do that you will have to do a  
> factory reset and a midi dump to get your presets back. I believe  
> without the factory reset you'll have problems with things like the  
> ribbon controller. I'm not sure though how you do the reset though.  
> I swapped the battery 'live' to avoid such problems.
>
> Susie

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