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> From: Max <sndgroom@...>As long as the CPU is running, P3-1 is okay, it's just a logic level reset line.
>
> I own my Polaris since mid 90s, I remember when I bought it
> to have no idea of what it was, i only knew it was the little
> brother of the Chroma a friend had and that had impressed me
> so much. For many years it has been my favorite synth, after
> a flooding it occurred more than 15 years ago my unit
> unfortunately died . Brought to a synth repair center in
> Italy, the diagnose was that the synth had the switch panel
> failure, but the repair cost was too high as it needed a
> dedicated panel, well ok...
> It remained in the synths Hades, until yesterday, when once
> installed the new panels (thanks Paul!) the synth returned to
> a new life. Following the polarisserviceadjustmentscheckout
> instructions, I made it playable again, it now keeps the
> tuning well and it doesn't slowly transform sounds in a
> bubbling mess. The problem is that all sliders are still
> unresponsive and as soon as i touch them, data are jumping
> abruptly from a value to the other.
> While testing, I noticed that R45 doesn't seems to affect the
> master LED behavior, adjusting it the LED remains OFF. If I
> touch the MASTER slider instead, the LED turns ON and it
> turns OFF if I place the slider in the MID position (this
> looks strange to me).
> Apart this, the only problem I found in the tests is the
> voltage at P3 pin1, where I find 2.86v instead 3v.