20 Most Recent Roland FANTOMG8 Questions & Answers

Somehow you have activated the mode to download a new operating system into the unit. It likely is expecting the new SW to be presented form source such as MIDI, USB, or stick.

Get it out of that mode before something gets clobbered. DO a Factory reset which will consists of holding certain buttons and turning power on. Find this procedure in your user manual.

The only thing to try is a "factory reset" procedure. If this doesn't work, then it has to go to a repair shop.

Press UTILITY, press F6 (MENU) twice to select Factory, then ENTER. Press F6 (EXECUTE). Use the dial to turn Memory Protect OFF if necessary, press ENTER, then press F6 (EXECUTE) Guide: https://www.rolandus.com/assets/press_media_resources/Factory_Reset.pdf

Two things come to mind: 1. These synths have mute and output control settings. Verify they are correct as even a factory reset might not set them to default. 2. The next thing is that the volume control itself is damaged which requires internal investigation. Was this working and was there an accident with it... dropping manhandling, or accident with power or cables? There could be a cable that has fallen off between the main board and where the audio outs and jacks are. Be very careful if you open this of ribbon cables from the halves of the shell.

Did you POSSIBLY try to do a firmware update and crash during the process? If so, then the OS is probably fatally clobered and you will have to send unit to a place to do a factory RESTORE. You should try a factory RESET first however. Do these:

http://www.themusichelpers.com/z/374154100001886

Read page 135 regarding the note range settings. Look also for keyboard split information. You may have the keyboard set to NOT play notes in the top octaves for the particular voice you are using.

It sounds like the knob on the pitch bend control MAY be loose on the shaft or on the mechanism. Since this is a higher value unit, if you are NOT electronically adept, best to take this in for repair... It is probably a simple problem, but opening one of these can damage cables if you are not familiar with the unit.

You will have to order the LCD through a Roland service center. Find one of those using Google.

Call somne of these to find suitable place for repair or parts ordering:

http://qc.allpages.com/montreal/shopping-shopping-services/product-repair-services/musical-equipment-repair-sales-service/

Roland uses normally closed contacts... so if your cable or plug breaks contact, then will sustain. Check your cable for intermittent connection.

This probably is not a DIY repair... The audio comes out of the CODEC and is buffered by Op Amp used as filters and then goes through the volume controls, After that it goes to the jack board with buffer OP amps. First thoughts might be a damaged volume control, however, the "B" outputs don't go through volume controls...

About the only thing I would think you could do is to CAREFULLY open the unit and look for a loose cable involved with sending the audio to the volume control panel and then the cable that takes the audio to the jack board...

More than that you would probably need to take it to a shop equiped to troubleshoot.

I don't know what you are using to record with but if you are recording audio try sending half of the split right and the other half left or use two separate channels to record each half. Mix as needed. If you are recording midi using a DAW assign each half of the split to a separate midi channel and assign the receives to separate channels in your DAW. If you are recording onboard your manual should have the solution and you might just have missed it so far.

Hello. Hello. Generally the upper LCD display of bars is an indication that the internal battery is on it's way out and needs to be replaced.
In case you do not have the owner manuals, they can be downloaded from this address - enjoy: http://soundprogramming.net/manuals/Roland_D-20_Manual.pdf

I wonder why the ribbon cables have been replaced as they do not fail. Check the keys actuate the contacts properly.

I can't! In my opinion, no. Start drift boss customize your car by choosing different colors and patterns.