Hi Terry, Yes you can replace the battery yourself. The plastic rivets can be removed by pressing the center portion thru to inside the case. You will need to replace the battery with the appropriate cells from your local battery depot--they will if you look helpless do any soldering needed. At 12:40 PM 04/25/2000 PDT, you wrote: >HAve ANY of you SAT users ever changed the battery yourself? If so, did you >also replace the "capacitor"? Also, The little plastic "rivets" that hold >the SAT case together...can those be removed and re-used? I hesitate >removing them until I know. I would prefer to replace the battery myself, or >have an electronic spcialist solder a new one in place, if possible. I don't >relish the idea of spending $30 each way for next day shipping, plus $75.00 >for the basic service, and another $30.00 for the battery...not to mention >the BIGGEST negative: Being without my SAT for at least a week! If my ONLY >option is to send it to Inventronics, then so be it. But I thought I would >ask other SAT owners about this first. > >Terry Peterson >Los Angeles, CA >Associate Member, PTG > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC