Topic: MR-1 repair?

[indydarkstar]

wondering if anyone has any suggestions on where to start looking to try to repair my MR-1.
The mini usb plug broke completely off of the board and I am having no luck at all finding anyone local to even look at replacing it.
thanks if anyone can help

[H₂O]

Look at the Korg Website and find an authorized service center.

http://www.korg.com/support

Call the service center and make absolutely sure they will service the MR-1 though as some service centers only work on keyboards or other Korg products - my MR-1 sat at a service center for 3 months and no work was done until I got it back and sent it to another service center.

It may be cheaper to just buy a used one though ebay (usually sell for $100-200) or get the MR-2 using the Taperssection deal ($350).

If you have files on it you need you can pull the HDD And transfer using a ZIF to IDE cable and IDE HDD controller or external enclosure.  If you are not comfortable doing this yourself there are a number of people on this site who can do this for you.

[indydarkstar]

thanks for the info.

yes I do have files on the hard drive but dont have the zif adapter to pull the data off of it.

I may attempt to salvage the thing myself (gulp) ,  just thought I would get some TS opinions first.

seems a shame to just toss the thing

[jb63]

They've become disposable.
I can't even find a way to replace my battery.

You can have my dead battery one for $100 and try to use the best parts of each.
It's a shame-- I bought 2 more to replace my first but the first one I bought is still a better deck.

I've considered trying to take it apart and replace the battery with one of the replacement ones I bought but I'm sure I would end up with 2 in the trash.