Hey, hope all good with you? I just wanted to come on again & comment, to say how much I appreciate your fantastic, clear & very helpful tutorial. Iv been putting this off for months, as one does ( me), but I have just finished the whole process@ 5 am. Your video was invaluable. Iv watched it many times in preparation. I replaced the battery. Was badly leaking original, there was a lot of corrosion & I was worried some of the traces were damaged, but I cleaned it & cleaned it, cotton buds a plenty & 90% alcohol. I desoldered the old battery , & after cleaning, put the new one in, (exactly the same one as yours)..My Poly61 looks a bit different than yours inside. Its a non midi one, & didnt have a space above the joystick area like yours does. Also the keyboard contact strip area is one piece on mine ( a better design) & the key contacts are gold patterns, not black like yours. Mine was surprisingly clean. I think it must have been a new part, but the actual contacts were not good, they were dirty & quite brittle, like deteriorating of the rubber. I put new spagetti ( key contacts) in mine, but the old ones were probably still ok, but aging badly. I got mine from Japan about 6 months ago & it was doa. After fixing the power supply, leads etc, & a lot of messing with wav files of the preset patches I finally got it 'working', but only 1 note worked! So I dont even know this synth yet, but I used to have access to one & played it in a band decades ago. Im pleased to say that this past few hours work was 99% successful! my b below mid c is not working, but I can live with that. Its rare I use that note anyway. Hey man, all the best to you & thanks so much again, big kudos to you, may you be happy & well!
@DIRTYHERTZ
5 ай бұрын
Ah man I am so happy to hear that. Thank you for sharing and making my day :)
@emeraldphoenix9229
5 ай бұрын
@@DIRTYHERTZ Thats my pleasure , credit where credit is due. You made my day by helping me fix my P61. Rock on.
@emeraldphoenix9229
10 ай бұрын
This is an excellent tutorial, thankyou. I have watched it several times because I have this whole process to deal with ,having received a Poly 61 , that was supposed to be serviced with a new battery & in excellent condition last month, from Japan, & this was clearly not the case at all unfortunately, ie it was not working, d.o.a. I have worked on it & the power cables internal were broken, so I have that fixed, plus I managed to load the presets (via mp3 of factory data)..that took several days to get right..Now I have discovered that only 1 key is working. It is obviously the original battery, like yours & has leaked too, quite a mess around the battery. I tried to get a refund, but have been ignored by the sellar. eeebay didnt help either I would not have attempted this without such a clear & detailed video, I like your music too. Peace & blessings.
@DIRTYHERTZ
9 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful. I hope you get it up and running.
@mwmusic29
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I will be repairing one of these in the near future!
@M80-
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, very informative. Risky business to clean and repair it, I couldn't do that. Mine is coming soon, same M version. I'm really excited how it sounds.
@DIRTYHERTZ
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. Enjoy your new toy.
@johnchill
Жыл бұрын
Sorry for previous post, those files turned up in my downloads, thanks
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