I may have found a more permanent solution to the remote "Error" problem....it would require a mod to the serial card and the remote. As soon as I know it's a 100% workable solution, I will post back.....I'm just waiting to hear back from the technician who can do it.
He told me it's mostly the voltages and the cable. Even a slight momentary drop during power-up can be enough for the remote not to get the proper juice, and it kickc out an error. The mod adds a buffer to the circuit that keeps the voltages steady on power-up.
I hate having to power-cycle the whole deck to clear the error codes, not a good thing.
Next time it happens, try just popping the serial card with the deck still on, and then reseat it, just do that quickly/deliberatly for the card contacts, rather than slowly....a quick pop out and then pop in....
...sometimes it works to clear it other times no.
I've heard some people say they just leave the deck on for awhile and it clears....but I've never seen that work on my deck.
I've popped them many times with the power on.
When you to a calibration, you have to pop each card and insert the extender, etc....and you don't need to power-cycle the deck for each card, that would be nuts.
Yeah, it's not a bad thing to pull every connector on every PCB and all the cards, and clean the contacts.
Don't be lazy and just use the spray. You don't want deoxit all over the plastic and other stuff. Take the long road, and use a Q-tip or wipe, spray the deoxit on them and then brush-clean the contacts. You want to leave as little of the deoxit on the contacts.
If you are using the Caig D5 Deoxit....that stuff is NOT safe on everything because of the solvent, it's only 5% actual cleaner.
I use the D100, which is pure cleaner, no solvent...but it's more expensive.
A tech told me that Home Depot has a great contact cleaner that is safe on all plastics...for like $7.
I don't remember the name, but it's probably the only contact cleaner they stock.
How long have you had your MX-80?
I just got mine back in March 2012....you might have seen some of my threads about it here in the Analog forum.
I was lucky that the guy I got it from already put some time into bringing it up to spec, getting heads relapped and getting the main PS reworked and the remote too.
If yours is new to you, and you have some questions/issues, let me know...I've spent a LOT of time in the last year getting deep into my MX-80, and I've taken much of it appart and back together again...so maybe I can help with something.
The error on the deck is nothing....just hit the blue button on the display and it will clear and go back to normal.
As long as the remote is talking to the deck, you are good to go.
Just make sure the cleaner is safe on plastics.
I know this is a very old thread but did you ever come up with a permanent solution? Popping the card in and out has worked for me (thanks!) but would prefer a more permanent solution.I may have found a more permanent solution to the remote "Error" problem....it would require a mod to the serial card and the remote. As soon as I know it's a 100% workable solution, I will post back.....I'm just waiting to hear back from the technician who can do it.
He told me it's mostly the voltages and the cable. Even a slight momentary drop during power-up can be enough for the remote not to get the proper juice, and it kickc out an error. The mod adds a buffer to the circuit that keeps the voltages steady on power-up.
I hate having to power-cycle the whole deck to clear the error codes, not a good thing.
Next time it happens, try just popping the serial card with the deck still on, and then reseat it, just do that quickly/deliberatly for the card contacts, rather than slowly....a quick pop out and then pop in....
...sometimes it works to clear it other times no.
I've heard some people say they just leave the deck on for awhile and it clears....but I've never seen that work on my deck.