Weird synth behavior.

Weird synth behavior.

[Tommy Moore]

Hey guys. Got a wierd one for you.
This isn't a speakup issue Kirk so don't think that you've got a really 
bad problem with your litetalk driver for 1.00.
A couple of days ago every  once in a while while I'm reading my synth 
will lock up on me and make this little hissing sound like it does if you 
have it reading soemthing with the volume down. Its only noticible if you 
have head phones on though.
Well when I turn the unit off and turn it back on again it makes the same 
noise but if I let it sit for a couple of minutes with the power off and 
disconnected adn plug it back in it works fine.
Anyone ever seen this before? Not really sure what to do.

Tommy

Re: Weird synth behavior.

[Kirk Wood]

It sounds to me like you have a bad power transister in the amp
section. If you have a can of compressed gas there is something you might
want to try if you can get into the case. Wait until the problem shows
up. Then turn the can upside down and spray the board being careful to 
***not*** spray yourself. If the problem goes away, you have a component 
that is going out and sensitive to heat.

Now for the caution that should have come first: be careful with the
upside down can of compressed gas. The point is to have the liquid shoot
out which will quickly evaporate cooling off whatever it contacts. This
can injur the skin and even cause some very localized frostbite. I am not
responsible if you injur yourself with the stuff.

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Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net

"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
	- President George Bush

Re: Weird synth behavior.

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi. My litetalk has the same problem.  I called Rc-systems and he 
thought it might be a temperature problem.  He told me to send it
in with a note about the problem.  I got busy with other things 
so I haven't sent it in yet.  I'm probably going to move again, so I'll
just keep using my Accent SA until after I get moved.

          Kenny

On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 09:41:06PM -0400, Tommy Moore wrote:
> Hey guys. Got a wierd one for you.
> This isn't a speakup issue Kirk so don't think that you've got a really 
> bad problem with your litetalk driver for 1.00.
> A couple of days ago every  once in a while while I'm reading my synth 
> will lock up on me and make this little hissing sound like it does if you 
> have it reading soemthing with the volume down. Its only noticible if you 
> have head phones on though.
> Well when I turn the unit off and turn it back on again it makes the same 
> noise but if I let it sit for a couple of minutes with the power off and 
> disconnected adn plug it back in it works fine.
> Anyone ever seen this before? Not really sure what to do.
> 
> Tommy
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Weird synth behavior.

[Tommy Moore]

Actually I know this isn't what they'll tell you to do but it has seemed 
to work for me.
Just banged it a little, not too hard though on the table a few times and 
it has seemed to fix it.

Tommy

Re: Weird synth behavior.

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  If you have the same problem I have, it is intermitent.  Let me
know if your fix really works.

          Kenny

On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 08:05:17PM -0500, Tommy Moore wrote:
> Actually I know this isn't what they'll tell you to do but it has seemed 
> to work for me.
> Just banged it a little, not too hard though on the table a few times and 
> it has seemed to fix it.
> 
> Tommy
> 
> 
> 
> 
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