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Can't seem to get my MF 101 working, was wondering if someone could help me out?

I bought a MF101 from America, brought it home to New Zealand and using using an international adapter for the provided power supply I plugged it in and it turned fine. I turned the resonance up, got a tone out of it and messed with the filter cut off for a few seconds to change the frequency and was happy it was working. I then plugged the output of an aguilar octamizer (which had my bass plugged into it) into the MF-101s input and now my MF 101 wont turn on. I heard no sound and it wasn't hot or anything out of the ordinary. My worry is that because the power supply of the aguilar pedal was not the American type I have fried it. If so, would the warranty cover it? It seems weird that the signal going through the lead would be large enough to damage it. Maybe just my lack of electrical knowledge.

thanks

Try to plug your instrument directly to the MF 101, and then directly from the 101 to your amp.

follow the manual for the first time use of the MF-101 ensuring all of the knobs are set correctly. There are settings where it is possible to get no sound, or barely audible sound. If you follow the manual you should find that it works.

The Octomizer does not send power through the output cable so there should be no damage done that way. Unless of course your Octomizer is faulty... The only other thing that I can think of that might have happened is static electricity might have zapped an IC in the Filter. Like Alien8 said, try the MF-101 alone with settings described in the manual.

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Hey,

Thanks for the responses, my problem is that I can't actually power the pedal, no lights are turning on or anything. If it was static would the warranty cover that? Just to confirm, my moog was plugged into the wall through a travel adapter. I guess this means that I've fried it because those aren't actually transformers the just change the plug configuration...?

If you're talking about the wall wart that says "Input 120V AC" then yes, you have at least fried the PS. Try obtaining a new PS and plug it into the MF-101 after confirming that you are plugged into a 120V source. Or get a step down transformer. The difference between 50Hz and 60Hz (European vs. American) makes no difference to audio gear, only electric motors. Some wall warts can handle either 120V or 240V, the Moog supply is not that type.

Who knows, your MF-101 may still be in fine shape.

As far as warrantee coverage is concerned, you're best off asking the fine folks at Moog for clarification.

Stephen




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Oh, and you're posting in the Minifooger subforum, where you should be asking this question in the MoogerFooger subforum.

Stephen




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