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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I bet the rubber volume button on the
remote/control unit (probably control unit) was jammed under the =
housing,
in effect constantly holding it down.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 03, 2003 =
11:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Today's =
Puzzler--Pianomation
problem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Listees and =
Listers,
<BR><BR>I don't do too much work on pianos with disc systems in them, =
but I do
tune them occasionally, because some of the people who install them =
don't
tune. Anyway, I get to a customer's house, and she wants me to =
see if I
can add another speaker to her Pianomation 2000CD+ system so that the
accompanying music will be in stereo. If I had done my research
beforehand, I would have saved myself a bit of time and grief, because =
I found
out later that they can't play in stereo--channel 2 is used to drive =
the
player unit. <BR><BR>I turned the player on, and it wasn't making any =
sound,
so I turned the volume up a little. Unfortunately, the volume =
went all
the way up to 40--it's maximum output. Efforts with both the =
remote and
the buttons on the unit itself proved futile. As soon as I =
released
whichever button I was pushing, it would go back up to 40. I =
could get
no other display. <BR><BR>I called my friend who installs these to see =
if he
could help. We ran through a few simple tests that didn't work,
including turning it off and unplugging it to let the capacitors =
drain, then
turning it back on. I looked to make sure the window was lined =
up
correctly so that the unit could read the remote signal. <BR><BR>I =
finally
figured it out, and it was painfully simple. Can anyone =
figure
this out? <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>