Thank you for your response it is well taken and I will send this to Mario at Upscale Music in Newington ct. Mario is a reputable awarded and competent service tech. I am pleased that you took the time to help me along in this attempt to revive this great piece of gear. thank you ..Michael
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On Sat, 3/12/16, Bob Grieb bobgrieb@... [oberheim] < oberheim@yahoogroups.com > wrote:

Subject: Re: [oberheim] Matrix 6
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2016, 3:06 PM


 









Michael,



A bad display will not affect the unit's ability to
"turn on" unless it is pulling

down one of the power supplies. So I would have your
service center try to establish

whether or not the synth is working aside from the display.
If it has patches in RAM,

it should make some noise even if the display is blank.



VFD displays get dim and fail with age. If you need a new
display for the Matrix 6,

you may be able to get one from Sam at Syntaur.com They
bought some old Oberheim

parts and had displays for sale very recently. Something
like $60-70 each, so better

to determine if the synth is working first, then buy one.



If you tech has a second matrix 6, he can put the two side
by side, and press the

buttons on both at the same time, using the good one's
display. That way he should

be able to do things like select the default patch, which
will get you sound even if

the RAM patches are gone. If they don't know how to do
that, you may want to take

it somewhere where they are a little more familiar with the
Matrix 6.



Bob



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On Fri, 3/11/16, Michael Piccirillo tumbaobass@...
[oberheim] < oberheim@yahoogroups.com > wrote:



Subject: [oberheim] Matrix 6

To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, March 11, 2016, 11:55 AM



hello to all members of this group

and well wishes to you. as i am a new member i must
explain

my reason for joining so here goes. I was lucky enough
to

receive a Matrix 6 for free even though it is in the
hands

of a service center for repair. I would like to help in
the

locating and purchasing of the parts needed to repair
this

synth which is in great condition other than an inability
to

turn on.at this point in the troubleshooting it seems
that

the display board or display chip (i will ask him for
the

specific part #) are the problem. What I am interested
in

for now is links or persons that may be of help in
finding

the components that will   be necessary to fix the unit.

thank you for taking a moment to read my post any advice

will be greatly appreciated......Michael





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