PC2X Losing Stored Setups

[lry]

I had not used my keyboard for some time and lost my stored setups because I let the battery die. I have replaced the battery, and am no longer getting a "low battery" message when I boot up. I can store setups, but when I turn the keyboard off I lose them. Thoughts? Thank you

 

[happyrat1]

Dollar store battery?

Or name brand?

The cheapest ones are alkaline, not lithium and not worth a bucket of pig snot...

 

[lry]

It was a Duracell battery.

 

[happyrat1]

How old? Bought where? There's a lot of lookalike copycats coming from china these days?

Did you actually test it and was it lithium or not?

Lithium =10 years.

Alkaline =6 months.

 

[lry]

Sorry my bad - Energizer, date on it is 2025, and it says lithium. Though I didn't test if it was lithium. We just installed it a week or two ago and it hasn't stored settings since we installed it.

 

[happyrat1]

By any chance, did you backup your settings? You may have accidentally locked the write function globally?

 

[happyrat1]

Also any chance you installed it upside down?

 

[lry]

I didn't back up my settings. I confess I'm not up on all the terminology, but would locking the write function prohibit me from storing the sound in the first place? I can store it - just can't keep it!

 

[lry]

Upside down... that's a good question! If the battery was installed incorrectly, would I get a "low battery" warning?

 

[happyrat1]

Yep. Somewhere in your global settings menu is a write lock switch for protecting the factory voices and setups from being overwritten.

 

[lry]

Okay I can look for that thanks. I'm not trying to overwrite any factory voices or setups - these are all empty slots. But maybe that works the same way.

 

[happyrat1]

Check the menu item first.

Upside down battery could blow out the circuit unless it's diode protected.

Error messages are anyone's guess.

 

[lry]

Will do thanks!

 

[happyrat1]

Any luck?

 

[lry]

I'm sorry I never replied! I went back to check on what you said, and realized it was operator error. All good. I just don't know how to close a thread. Thanks again for your input.

 

[happyrat1]

Glad to hear it was only a PEBKAC error

You're welcome

 

[lry]

Haha and I even got to learn a new acronym!

 

[Rayblewit]

even got to learn a new acronym

Me too.
Never heard of PEBKAC.
A military term apparently!

 

[happyrat1]

Actually it's an old computer repairman's term.

"Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair...."