Recent content by CamilliLarry

So, can I assume that, of all of the VF160s sold, not a single one has has one of those incandescent bulbs burn out? Or, that everybody sent the VF160 to Fostex for repair? I have the service manual, but there's nothing that I can find that shows how to get to the bulbs.

Has anybody tried changing the light bulbs for the VF-160 LCD display? ["How many Fostex users does it take..."] From their orange-y glow, I'd guess that they're incandescent. [Voltage? Current draw?]

My guess is that the hard disk failed. My VF-160 came with a 20GB IDE/PATA PC disk. When it died, I scrounged and found one the same size from a very old (Windows) PC. I "formatted" it on a Linux box with a common Windows-style partition table (and an empty Linux partition, I think), popped...

The disk in my VF160 failed a few weeks ago. Because of the large number of bugs in this thing, I consider it expendible, and decided to experiment. The mixer had a 20G IDE/[P]ATA drive. I happened to have another one, removed from an old Windows PC. Initially, the VF160 wouldn't format the...

Frustration I found the manual frustrating because there's no index. You can save yourself some trouble by making your own as you find pages that you might want to refer back to without having to search the whole manual. For example, I rarely use the erase function. So, when I do, I'm not...