Voyager Board Battery?

[Mr P]

Hello All

I am new to the forum and do not yet own a Moog although I used to own a 'Source' back in the day!

I have a question. I recently saw someone on YouTube doing a show and tell tear-down of a Voyager and he pointed out a battery (3032) on one of the circuit boards within. This makes me ask, if I bought a Voyager, would I at some point in its life be forced to ship it back to Moog at great expense (I live in the UK) to have a £5.00 battery replaced, to keep it working properly?

I cannot find mention of said battery in any Moog literature or manuals so is it something no longer used? I only ask because I want to buy a Voyager but the battery thing is a worry.

Hope someone can shed some light.

Thanks
Dave

[RL]

Hello Mr P,
don't worry - it's a rechargeable lithium battery.
The lithium batteries of a Memorymoog are not rechargeable but they still have 3.0 Volts after 32 years.
Have fun,
Rudi

[MC]

I replaced the battery in my Memorymoog a couple of years ago. It's a 1982 build that was upgraded to MM+ and I bought it from the factory "fire sale" in 1985.

That would be 30 years on a BR3 battery - LONG time for one of those. The BR3 in the Source went about the same time too. Both were replaced with battery holder and tabbed BR3s, no more soldering batteries!!!

[Mr P]

Hello Mr P,
don't worry - it's a rechargeable lithium battery.
The lithium batteries of a Memorymoog are not rechargeable but they still have 3.0 Volts after 32 years.
Have fun,
Rudi

Many thanks for that Rudi. I am reassured

Regards
Dave

[bichuelo]

I have a question. I recently saw someone on YouTube doing a show and tell tear-down of a Voyager

Could you please post the link? Thanks!

[thealien666]

There's not much to see, really. 4 circuits boards. 1 PSU unit (left), 1 CPU board (middle), and the big one the analog board (right) where all the sound is generated.
The panel is a lot of potentiometers and switches. Oh, and the analog touch pad board, and display, in the middle of the panel.

[thealien666]

For bichuelo:

Here's a link to a Moog Voyager teardown. Don't know if it's the one you're looking for, but anyway...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku0BdjNasko

[bichuelo]

For bichuelo:

Here's a link to a Moog Voyager teardown. Don't know if it's the one you're looking for, but anyway...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku0BdjNasko

Great, thank you!!

[Tom Liberatore]

After wanting a Voyager for years, I finally made the necessary sacrifices to actually get my hands on one and midi it into my Hammond XK-5. I love it and have been enjoying probing it’s depths to the best of my limited abilities. After about a week of this fun, the Voyager has started dropping patches, is acting a little funny, and the volumes seem to be mismatched. It has been suggested that this could be a battery problem so I was just checking in to see what you all think. I could solder a new battery in, are there any precautions for working on the Voyager?