Yay free synths in mostly working order

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:40 am

Pal is giving me his CZ1000. Refuses to save patches. Thoughts?

micahjonhughes · Post by **micahjonhughes** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:48 am

Maybe it just needs a new internal battery.

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:22 am

micahjonhughes wrote:Maybe it just needs a new internal battery.

That was my thought, and i'll try that first. I'm picking it up tomorrow.

Tyler2000 · Post by **Tyler2000** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:13 am

It doesn't have an interanl battery does it? It just a full-key CZ-101 which I KNOW doesn't have an internal battery. Try just putting actual batteries in it. With my 101 it was fine if I kept it plugged in except when in transport. I think it has a cap. that will save it's power for a bit.

Good luck and great score!

divineaudio · Post by **divineaudio** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:26 am

Tyler2000 wrote: Try just putting actual batteries in it.

that's it exactly. i have a cz1000 and it won't save unless you load it up with 6 d cells. you'll still have all the presets, but they really suck.

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:48 am

edit: double post

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:48 am

I lied, it's a CZ1

Tyler2000 · Post by **Tyler2000** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:45 am

Wow, much cooler. Much, much cooler. Did the batteries thing work?

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:24 pm

Tyler2000 wrote:Wow, much cooler. Much, much cooler. Did the batteries thing work?

Havent looked yet. Here's the issue:

Everytime i power it on, the screen is garbled. To get it to work, i have to re-initilize every time i turn it on.

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:39 am

I fixed it. All it required of a quick resolder on the Memory Protect on/off switch.

Analogue Crazy · Post by **Analogue Crazy** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:27 am

Make sure you insert some batteries while you are running it on an adaptor. The memory is backed up on batteries. According to the manual, baterries should last about 12 months if used just for backing up the memory.

I also suggest you press the P Button before you start saving your own patches. This clears any bugs and brings back 16 more presets into the internal memory. BTW the P Button is near the battery compartment. You have to use a pen to press it.

Have fun.

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:39 am

Huh...that's weird. It's doing it again, so i fixed nothing.

However, if i have it on for awhile, save my patch, turn the synth off, and turn it back on, all is well. If i leave it off for awhile, then when i power up i need to re-initalize again.

Thoughts?

Post by **Maschinengeist** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:22 pm

I've got the service manual in our library. I'd have to look that up when time will permit.

If it's not related to the power detection, maybe it's the RAM itself. Or a voltage fluctuation somewhere.

That's it, from the top of my head

Chaorta · Post by **Chaorta** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:22 pm

Maschinengeist wrote:I've got the service manual in our library. I'd have to look that up when time will permit.

If it's not related to the power detection, maybe it's the RAM itself. Or a voltage fluctuation somewhere.

That's it, from the top of my head

Thanks man, i appreciate it.

michael stein · Post by **michael stein** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:20 pm

I picked up a CZ-1 in a similiar condition a while back. I had to replace the internal battery, (which is not fun to get to), but my problem now is that I have to re-initialize the thing everytime I turn it on if I want to read a non scrambled LCD screen.