Hi All
My wife's ex Art Teacher(a good friend of ours) rang me to tell me she has problems with her PSR 3000, she left it switched on for 2 days in error.
She lives 100 miles from us and I was unable to look at her keyboard to see for myself. She describes a pattern on the display screen with lines,it still has sound etc but obviously she cant us it in this state. Personally I think there an electronic problem somewhere.
I have advised her to get an engineer to take a look at it.

By any chance might this be a minor problem which a factory reset might rectify?

Any thoughts?

Frank

If she is seeing a thin line or two going down, or across the display, there's a possibility the display is on it's way to being dead sometime in the immediate future. If you look at the PSR-3000s display from the side you will see the tiny florescent bulbs that backlight the screen. They, like all light bulbs, have a specific life span, which, unfortunately, is not as long as we would hope. If the keyboard was purchased when the 3000 first came on the market, played extensively and the contrast was set on maximum, there's a good chance the display is on it's last leg.

To test this, mere hook up a TV or portable DVD player with an auxiliary input to the video output of the keyboard. If the lines are on the TV display as well, then the video card is the likely suspect. If the lines are not present, the display is headed south.

Replacement cost for the display can range up to $500, which is not cost effective for a keyboard of this vintage.

Hope this helps,

Gary

It certainly can't hurt to try a total reset.
DonM

Thanks Gary and Don

I will pass on the info to the lady with the faulty keyboard.

Frank

100 miles from the US? That means Canada or Cuba, unless she's lives on water. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Scott,
This forum is viewed all over the world.
I'm talking about a 100 miles from Dublin, Ireland.

Frank