This follows on to a post from a few days back. I need the change the
battery in my elderly Ensoniq SD1. Now, I can put together cables and stuff
but I am not too confident about soldering around the battery. I've taken
three photos of the battery to show you what I mean
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery1.jpg
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery2.jpg
and
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery3.jpg

I got a reply from Will Miho who pointed me in the direction of the spares
(in the USA), cheers for that, but is there anyone in the UK I could get
spares from or are there any authorised Ensoniq repairers in central
Scotland.

Any help and advice appreciated


--Big Craigie
Remove yourclothes to e-mail me

"Big Craigie" writes:
This follows on to a post from a few days back. I need the change the
battery in my elderly Ensoniq SD1. Now, I can put together cables and stuff
but I am not too confident about soldering around the battery. I've taken
three photos of the battery to show you what I mean
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery1.jpg
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery2.jpg
and
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery3.jpg

I got a reply from Will Miho who pointed me in the direction of the spares
(in the USA), cheers for that, but is there anyone in the UK I could get
spares from or are there any authorised Ensoniq repairers in central
Scotland.

Don't know about UK suppliers but you should be able to get those cells
from www.batterystation.com (in the US) which will ship overseas.

Soldering the battery in should be very simple. If you're not feeling
up to it, just ask someone who's handy with electronics to do it for
you. Your local hi-fi repair shop or someplace like that should have
no trouble.

Hi,

try Sound Control Glasgow, Edinburgh or Kirkaldy. It's a fairly simple
procedure except for the fact you have to remove the circuit board
from the machine to do it. You must back up any sounds first, as you
will lose everything stored in user memory. It shouldn't take more
than an hour and the battery will be a few quid.
Ensoniq used to be covered by EMU. I'm not sure you'll find any
Ensoniq authorised repair shops though - spares availability is a
joke. Phone EMU in Edinburgh.

Gareth.

(gareth magennis) Ensoniq used to be
covered by EMU. I'm not sure you'll find any
Ensoniq authorised repair shops though - spares availability is a
joke. Phone EMU in Edinburgh.

So was Paris, at least Emu has sold some of the code to people who are
trying to keep the Paris DAWalive for a while. Ensoniq has been a pretty dead
company for a while though - but a battery is pretty easy.

There are some additional UK and Scotland synth repairs links here

http://www.synthmuseum.com/resources.html

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

Big Craigie wrote:

This follows on to a post from a few days back. I need the change the
battery in my elderly Ensoniq SD1. Now, I can put together cables and stuff
but I am not too confident about soldering around the battery. I've taken
three photos of the battery to show you what I mean
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery1.jpg
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery2.jpg
and
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery3.jpg

I got a reply from Will Miho who pointed me in the direction of the spares
(in the USA), cheers for that, but is there anyone in the UK I could get
spares from or are there any authorised Ensoniq repairers in central
Scotland.


If you can get as far as de-soldering the battery then I'd suggest
taking the battery to your nearest Maplin shop (see the phone book or
www.maplin.co.uk) who will probably have a suitable replacement.

Cheers.

James.

"James Perrett" wrote in message
...
Big Craigie wrote:

This follows on to a post from a few days back. I need the change the
battery in my elderly Ensoniq SD1. Now, I can put together cables and
stuff
but I am not too confident about soldering around the battery. I've
taken
three photos of the battery to show you what I mean
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery1.jpg
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery2.jpg
and
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery3.jpg

I got a reply from Will Miho who pointed me in the direction of the
spares
(in the USA), cheers for that, but is there anyone in the UK I could get
spares from or are there any authorised Ensoniq repairers in central
Scotland.


If you can get as far as de-soldering the battery then I'd suggest
taking the battery to your nearest Maplin shop (see the phone book or
www.maplin.co.uk) who will probably have a suitable replacement.

Cheers.

James.

I've got the Maplins catalogue but cannot see anything near to what the
Ensoniq Battery looks like. I've been onto EMU (their number in Edinburgh)
who told me to phone Dublin which I did. They gave me two suppliers who
seemingly have all the Ensoniq spares left in the UK. One of them is wanting
£15 + vat + postage which I imagine would bump the price up to around £20.
Fair enough, my machine is worth it but I am sure I could get the battery
cheaper from someone like ARD or RS components. My problems is that I do not
kno what to ask for i.e the actual specs of the battery. The unfortunate
thing is that the details are hidden and all I can find is that it is a
Lithium 3V and as far as I can see the letters BR 2/3 something. It is 3.4
cm in length. So if anyone can help me out witha product number (been on the
net all night with no success) then I'll be most gateful

--
Big Craigie
Remove yourclothes to e-mail me

ps I am not that handy with the soldering iron but a friend is and he'll put
the new one in.

Hi Craig,

you need a 3 volt Lithium battery, size 2/3AA.

RS part number 436 4803.


This is actually 3.5 volts nominally, but will be fine.



Gareth.
















"Big Craigie" wrote in message ...
"James Perrett" wrote in message
...
Big Craigie wrote:

This follows on to a post from a few days back. I need the change the
battery in my elderly Ensoniq SD1. Now, I can put together cables and
stuff
but I am not too confident about soldering around the battery. I've
taken
three photos of the battery to show you what I mean
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery1.jpg
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery2.jpg
and
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery3.jpg

I got a reply from Will Miho who pointed me in the direction of the
spares
(in the USA), cheers for that, but is there anyone in the UK I could get
spares from or are there any authorised Ensoniq repairers in central
Scotland.


If you can get as far as de-soldering the battery then I'd suggest
taking the battery to your nearest Maplin shop (see the phone book or
www.maplin.co.uk) who will probably have a suitable replacement.

Cheers.

James.

I've got the Maplins catalogue but cannot see anything near to what the
Ensoniq Battery looks like. I've been onto EMU (their number in Edinburgh)
who told me to phone Dublin which I did. They gave me two suppliers who
seemingly have all the Ensoniq spares left in the UK. One of them is wanting
£15 + vat + postage which I imagine would bump the price up to around £20.
Fair enough, my machine is worth it but I am sure I could get the battery
cheaper from someone like ARD or RS components. My problems is that I do not
kno what to ask for i.e the actual specs of the battery. The unfortunate
thing is that the details are hidden and all I can find is that it is a
Lithium 3V and as far as I can see the letters BR 2/3 something. It is 3.4
cm in length. So if anyone can help me out witha product number (been on the
net all night with no success) then I'll be most gateful

Sorry, that should be size 2/3A


Gareth.

Oh for gawds sake, where's my head today.

There are 3 volt versions available from RS.


172 5069 Tagged version
436 3513 Axial lead version


The tagged version may or may not be the same tag dimensions as the
original, it probably is.
You will definately be able to fit the Axial Lead version but you
should glue it in place with silicon sealant or similar.



Have a look at the online catalogue. http://rswww.com/ Go to Search
then Advanced Search and put "Lithium Battery" in the description box,
ticking Match All Words. 3v std MDX cells is the page you want and
here they are marked 2/3AA so I'm a bit confused, but the dimensions
are stated.



Gareth

















"Big Craigie" wrote in message ...
"James Perrett" wrote in message
...
Big Craigie wrote:

This follows on to a post from a few days back. I need the change the
battery in my elderly Ensoniq SD1. Now, I can put together cables and
stuff
but I am not too confident about soldering around the battery. I've
taken
three photos of the battery to show you what I mean
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery1.jpg
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery2.jpg
and
http://www.pottishaw.freeserve.co.uk/battery3.jpg

I got a reply from Will Miho who pointed me in the direction of the
spares
(in the USA), cheers for that, but is there anyone in the UK I could get
spares from or are there any authorised Ensoniq repairers in central
Scotland.


If you can get as far as de-soldering the battery then I'd suggest
taking the battery to your nearest Maplin shop (see the phone book or
www.maplin.co.uk) who will probably have a suitable replacement.

Cheers.

James.

I've got the Maplins catalogue but cannot see anything near to what the
Ensoniq Battery looks like. I've been onto EMU (their number in Edinburgh)
who told me to phone Dublin which I did. They gave me two suppliers who
seemingly have all the Ensoniq spares left in the UK. One of them is wanting
£15 + vat + postage which I imagine would bump the price up to around £20.
Fair enough, my machine is worth it but I am sure I could get the battery
cheaper from someone like ARD or RS components. My problems is that I do not
kno what to ask for i.e the actual specs of the battery. The unfortunate
thing is that the details are hidden and all I can find is that it is a
Lithium 3V and as far as I can see the letters BR 2/3 something. It is 3.4
cm in length. So if anyone can help me out witha product number (been on the
net all night with no success) then I'll be most gateful