...Service Mode Code not working...

[a Blind Hippo]

heyo,

ive searched every thread on service mode for my SP-300 and cannot get access to service mode... just keeps saying "Service Mode Protected"

ive tried:

down, right, left, up, right, down, left, then hold left, down left, on

it wont work...

i tried to make sure i looked at every thread before posting... but i cant seem to figure it out..

Justin

 

[a Blind Hippo]

ye sorry typo... been trying all day haha

 

[J Hill Designs]

I always thought it was up up down down left right left right A B A B select start

oh wait thats contra

 

[a Blind Hippo]

anyone else know any common errors? ive tried this code over and over and have had no luck....
cant seem to find anything in the search...

 

[adrock]

Mine is down, right, left, up, right, down, left and then hold left, down, right and power.

That's how it works on my XC540 anyways, should be the same for an SP?

 

[a Blind Hippo]

still nothing... "service mode is protected".... i am hitting power at the end

 

[jhanson]

The combination spells the letters SV (presumably for "SerVice"), but backwards.

So the first sequence is pressing in series DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT, UP, followed immediately by holding RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT in that order. Then press power.

The timing is tricky; sometimes it takes me two to three times to get it right if I delay too long in any one place.

 

[J Hill Designs]

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62487

maybe some tips in this thread will help

 

[jhanson]

I'm a little confused why everyone in the other thread said to first spell out the "V" from left to right, then hold the buttons from right to left. Every Roland I've tried the combination on works if you just press and hold the buttons for the V from right to left, without pressing them once first.

Remember: the letters are drawn BACKWARDS.

S (sequential): down, right, left, up
V (hold): right, down, left

 

[adrock]

^ I've never done it that way. But that works for me too. I've always done the 7 button presses then held the 4.
I've got no more ideas for the OP, sounds like it should be working...

 

[a Blind Hippo]

just tried those... still nothing... frustrating...

tried the codes in the link jhill aswell... nothing

 

[J Hill Designs]

the main thing I think is speed...are you pausing at all? (I dont have a roland, but that seemed to be the consensus in the other thread)

 

[jhanson]

Each button press should only take 1 second at most, with minimal delay between keypresses. I always have to run through the whole sequence quickly, then hit power while holding the last 3.

Like I said before, the timing is critical -- if I don't get it right, the machines here will beep at me and tell me that service mode is protected.

 

[splizaat]

 

[Jack Knight1979]

Your timing is off. If you get the protected error, your doing it right, but at the wrong speed. The key sequence should be a fluid motion. The process should take about three to four seconds.

 

[Jack Knight1979]

Down, right, left, up

Right, down, left

Hold down in sequence, left, down, right + power.

 

[insigniagraphics]

I have an sc545ex, and to access service mode is: d,r,l,u, - r,d,l,u - then hold d,l,r + sub power- works every time for me