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cobray · Junior Member Joined: 18 Jan 2012 Posts: 60

I don't like to leave mine on for extended periods of time, so I turn it on and off 3-4 times per day. Is this considered a lot? Is it better just to turn it on when I get home from work and leave it on until bed time?
As I've mentioned in another thread, we get voltage fluctuations where I live. A friend had a power surge that went right through her power strip's surge supressor and burnt up her computer. Yes, it caught fire.
Because of this, I unplug my Kronos about two minutes after powering it off every time.

JPWC · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject:

I usually turn my kronos (along with everything else) for 3 to 8 hours a day. I generally leave everything power up until I am done in the studio.

Although, some days I may cycle the power 2 or 3 time and there is usually 2+ hours between cycles, (if I go out) but here again if I am at home, my studio is most likely powered up the entire time, shutting down only for bedtime.

While I don't un-plug my equipment I do power it down via power strips.

I have had no crashes as yet (OS 1.5).
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michelkeijzers · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:53 pm Post subject:

Mostly I power up my Kronos when I am home, then I go sit behind the computer, sometimes I play it long, sometimes short, sometimes even not. But I only turn it on once per day for 2 to 5 hours.

(Btw, never had a crash since OS1.5).
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qayqaywsx · Junior Member Joined: 15 Mar 2009 Posts: 81

For me it's the same:
I power it on once a day - maybe twice.
I leave it on until I go to bed .So around 2-5 hours like Michel.

I only had lockups on defective USB media while in disk mode and 1 reboot.
that was all before OS 1.5. Since then no more problems with this.
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JPROBERTLA · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject:

Considering how long it takers to boot up, I only turn it off when I am either done for the day and/or if I will not be using it for more that 2 hours. I don't know what mean time is for Kronos start up failures, but I would suspect that a common sense practical approach to this probably best. I would not recommend turning if off and on all day long.

Also, I know this is old school, but I am very careful to sequence my equipment power upand power down. It believe it is a good practice to turn equipment on individually and to start with the source equipment and end up with the playback equipment. Follow the signal path from beginning to end and then reverse that sequence when powering down.
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AMR · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject:

It's been always ON since 1.6 came out, like a nearly a month ago or so - no stability problems whatsoever. And until that date, it had been on for a couple months. A sleep/quick awake function would be nice though.

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Melodialworks Music · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Feb 2003 Posts: 522

The only potential issue that I would see is how long will the screen last? I don't know the answer, but I suspect a lot longer than I will own the instrument.

I wonder if the manual says anything about this issue?

AMR · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:10 pm Post subject:

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michelkeijzers · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:33 am Post subject: