Roland JD-800 Button Replacement

After cleaning the page up/down and arrow buttons on my board, they were still harder to press than I liked. I discuss replacing the buttons. Best $1.50 I have spent in a long time. Part numbers at the end.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Roland
• JD-800
• synth
• buttons

[bontonai]

my jd800 is making an irritating buzzing noise after every note is played...what do you suggest I do?

[moretacos1]

Is it from the keybed? If so, I would order the replacement from Roland. If it's from the output I'm not sure as I haven't run into that issue.

[kolakube123]

Hi there.

Great informative vid. I have no working cursor buttons on my JD800 and that's to this vid now have a solution.

Only thing is, you seem to skip the part where you replace the microswitches. How do you replace them? Do they just clip into the circuit board?

[moretacos1]

They are soldered onto the circuit board so you have to desolder them and then solder the new ones in. I used a desoldering bulb and iron to remove the old ones. I should have included a pic of those.

[kolakube123]

Hey dont worry, im not complaining. Im very thankful for you taking your time to make a vid and post it up here to help others. My mate is a soldering whizz. Ill take board round to his.

Thanks again. Since I mailed you I now have all the bits. Microswitches and new battery that I would never have thought of if you hadnt mentioned in your vid.

Bought 8 cans of switch cleaner to make sure I have enough along with 12 cans of compressed air. Only want to do this once in a decade thanks :]

[hedegaard8]

Great informative video! Thanks!

My buttons also are a little non-responsive after 15 years. (Bought it new in '94)

Great machine! Good video!