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>wrote:
> Y'know... Funny you should mention that, because I had that exact
> problem. You may have a bad switch (the membrane), in which case I
> think you're pretty much screwed. But one thing I did, was to take
> apart my polaris, remove the plastic ribbon cables (not the
> computer-type wire-in-cable cables, but the painted-on jobs that
> typically crack), you should have 4. You probably will also have to
> remove the screws on the pc boards in the front panel of the synth,
> and all the chrome knobs for the sliders. Then I bought a Sharpie (r)
> silver marker, and carefully repainted the traces on that cable. I
> used Sharpie because they haven't got any real dangerous solvents in
> their paint marker. There is enough aluminum in the sharpie paint to
> act as a decent trace repair. This may be your problem. If something
> goes desperately wrong you can always try acetone and a q-tip to clean
> the paint off the ribbon cable, and trim it back using a nice sharp
> pair of scissors. If your membrane switch is out, you might have to
> develop a repair of some sort (remembering that membrane switches are
> still used).
>
> ummm... THat's about all I can think of.
>
> Let me know if that helps at all. I'm still a polaris novis, but
> I'm really loving mine!
>
> Christopher
> --- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "sacateca2001" <harama@v...>
> >
> > hi knob fiddlers,
> > my old darling(100102) needs some help,
> > the left down press-knob doesn't work ,-(
> > (lower function). is there any possibility to remove
> > it, change it or even bridge it?
> > maybe someone knows any older posts about that issue,
> > any quick solution?
> >
> > regards
> > harald
> >
>