Electro 5 "memory protected"

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Electro 5 "memory protected"

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New to Nord. Just purchased the Electro 5d 61. Cannot set up any programs or set lists. Keep getting "memory is protected". HELP!
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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Out of the box, all patches are locked so that you don't accidentally erase everything.

In the System menu (check the manual), switch off "Memory Protect".
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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The manual for the Lead A1 even hints that it's there to prevent your cats from messing up your patches! :-)
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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How do I get to the system menu?
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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juliebalto wrote:How do I get to the system menu?
If like on other Nords, there is a button labelled "System" underneath. This means you press Shift and that particular button. On the Electro 5 (which I don't have personally) I think it's the "A" button a little bit to the left of the Shift button that you need to press while holding Shift (check where it says "System" underneath).

Maybe a cursory read of the manual would give you an overall idea of how to navigate the board; it's usually not so difficult to figure out once you get the hang of the Nord interface :-)
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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Hold Shift and push System. then dial List/Value knob to change.
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Help! Re: Electro 5 How to Naviage once in System Menu

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Help! I just bought a E5. How do I navigate the System menu? I see to get into it, you press System and Shift. But I want to change the setting for the rotor pedal and can't get past the Memory Protection option to navigate to I believe it's Option 9 for the rotor pedal. Any help would be most appreciate. Nord really need to do a better job with their product documentation.

Update: just figured it out. Remove Memory Protection! Duh!
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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They actually have user manuals for their machines that are rather useful.

This option is set specifically to keep people who don’t read them from doing something stupid.
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Re: Electro 5 "memory protected"

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analogika wrote:They actually have user manuals for their machines that are rather useful.

This option is set specifically to keep people who don’t read them from doing something stupid.
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