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Have a read of this manual! https://www.korguser.net/electribe_wave/manual/KORG_ELECTRIBE_Wave_OM_E.pdf

It is inside the unit. You will need to open it up. The battery is flat like a quarter. Sometimes it is inserted under a cover. Look carefully, you will find it.

if it's the old analog version, there should be a tuning knob in the group of controls on the left hand side by the drawbars.

normally good policy is to replace any faulty plug in socket and the jack lead on sound equipment gaffer tapping the power input plug wont help much anything pushed... is no good note that severe feed back has a good chance of blowing the device

You need to make sure the device memory is not full, that is the most likely problem here.

Yes, just the same cmos battery the desktop computer use. easy to replace, located on the main control board.

THAT COULD MEAN FIRMWARE IS CORRUPTED. TRY RESETING IT.

try resetting it to its factory setting,

If you have electronic expeerience, take it to a repair shop. You can cause more damage okiong around if you don't know what you're doing. Past that, contact Korg customer service for the schematic and parts list. The part should be available from Korg directly of from Mouser http://www.korg.com/us/support/contact Korg Parts Parts Is Parts Guitar Parts Amplifier Parts Korg Keyboard Parts Mouser Electronics Electronic Components Distributor Korg Full Compass

hot connections indicate a short or bad connection ( like an arc welder ) loose wires or solder dry joint or broken wires creating a high resistance and heat in this area

Your best answer would come from Korg. Itself. Here's the link- http://www.korg.com/us/support/contact

It sounds like your ROM battery, which the ROM contains and stores the patches for the keyboard, has gone completely dead and your keyboard is dead in the water. However, if you can get a MIDI to USB converter and get the battery changed, then you can reload the patches back onto the keyboard. I have worked on a Korg M1 Workstation and have had to replace the battery(CR2032) and then had to run a program called "MIDI-OX" which also gave me access to the patches needed in order to restore the keyboard to factory patch settings. http://www.midiox.com/ Take a look at this AFTER you have gotten the battery replaced. I will tell you that replacing most batteries is a very intricate job as, the bottom of the keyboard has to be removed, as well as a lot of the internal boards. I had to draw a diagram and mark certain pieces so I would know where they went and in what order they have to be re-attached. My advice is take it to someone who works on electronics unless you want to DIY (not recommended) to get the battery replaced. Hope this helps.

It's on this link- How to Initialize reset and preload on the Korg X5 X5D DR SweetCare

My experience with these is fairly limited. I find they have to be happy in all respects before they will work at all. When we had our digital switchover the signal strength quadrupled and many top boxes just stopped working while others kept freezing or pixelating. It wasn't until suitable attenuators had been fitted they settled down and began to work. Lots of people who bought hdd recorders found them unsatisfactory and I know one guy who tried four before he found one that worked for him. My first hdd recorder had a very short life so I upgraded and got an even worse one so I complained to the manufacturer. After several emails it seemed my new purchase had the oldest software version available. Since the software has been updated it has been quite acceptable. You didn't say whether the trouble was with playback or tv viewing but I speculate there isn't much wrong if the device boots ok. The software will be stored behind a partition on the hdd. I suggest you check your signal strength and then try updating the software before resorting to sending the unit back for service.

How to Initialize (reset), and preload on the Korg X5/X5D/DR Initialization: Hold Page + and Page - while turning it on. Preload: Global Screen 5A, then select "OK". ROM Check: Hold Edit and Global/Multi while turning it on.

if your pretty sure its a crack in the circuit board from dropping or rough treatment then yes it can be repaired in less than an hour-contact a guitar repair center to see who does there electronics repairs they might take that on if asked , but if it just started to do this with out a known cause its most likely a component failure and that will take some time and knowledge to find cause and repair , on this unit that might not be feasible to do

You have bad contacts on some of your keys. The keyboard has to be taken apart, and electronic contact cleaner has to be sprayed into the contacts to clean them. Press the keys repeatedly to spread the cleaner into the contacts. If the contacts are too badly pitted/rusted from water or other liquid damage, cleaning will not help.

If the answers I have provided you with already don 't work for you, or don't apply to your specific problem, you need to contact Korg customer service for an answer. Here is their link- http://www.korg.com/us/support/contact

It sounds like the drive isn't working correctly. i suggest taking it to a Korg authourized repair shop to get it looked after as they will have better access to the needed parts. You can find one in your area through this link- http://www.korgusa.com/KorgDealers

For the best info contact Korg customer support. Here is the link- http://www.korg.com/us/support/contact