Just bought a Korg TR76

splinters · Post by **splinters** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:08 pm

Just bought this board from its first owner and came with a Korg DSH pedal, double braced X Stand, leads and a gig bag for £200. Seemed a very good deal as its cosmetically perfect, bar one dial missing, and all the keys worked fine, nice bright screen etc.
A few hours later I have discovered the F2 switch and Select button for the realtime control section are not responsive and the INC button needs a good press so I will strip the boaed down tomorrow and clean the contacts.
I am planning on using isoprophyl 99% cleaning alcohol, is this the right stuff or will it damage the board in any way?
Also, anyone know where I can buy just one dial/knob in the UK?

Thanks in advance.

P.s I have had much newer gear but always wanted to try one of these.

voip · Post by **voip** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:33 pm

Servisol-10 switch cleaner and lubricant, or Deoxit might be better. Isopropyl alcohol probably won't do any damage, though, just that a longer lasting repair will probably be obtained using the lubricating switch cleaner.

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splinters · Post by **splinters** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:45 pm

Thanks, got all the main screws out but struggling to separate the base.
i got some contact cleaner.
This is running original OS, any idea where I can download the latest OS (1.5.1 I think)?
Nothing on UK site and US have 1.4.0.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:49 am

All good as new and switches work fine, just needs an OS uodate and a replacement knob.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:12 pm

OS upgraded, I presume 1.04 is the latest. I found a knob shipped from the US for £11 total but is there anywhere in the UK sells them?
Alternatively has anyone found a similar style 'off the shelf'?

voip · Post by **voip** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:09 pm

Could this be an alternative source for the knob?

http://syntaur.com/Items/4932.html

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splinters · Post by **splinters** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:20 pm

That's the US based one I found.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:42 pm

Anyone know what other boards use the same knob? There are knobs for the triton extreme and D1600 on ebay that look very similar. They certainly have the D connection and white strip.

voip · Post by **voip** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 3:43 pm

The Korg Radias uses the same knobs, I think.

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splinters · Post by **splinters** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 7:27 pm

Definitely looks the same. Here is the listing for the D1600 knob, looks identical but I only need one somit needs to be the same as the rest. This one is less than £10 delivered.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KORG-D-1600-d ... SwX~dWnLVu