Forsaking the td-10

[jgerm]

I am having problems with my TD 10 unit (again). The LCD display is starting to intermittently lose some horizontal lines and it is making it more and more difficult to read. I was thinking of getting a new one, but am considering going for a DMPro instead. Is there anyone out there who has significant experience with each that can give me some pros/cons.

I poked around the hart dynamics site, and they favor the DMPro. I haven't looked at it yet, but I do know that I used to get a little tired of futzing with the interface of my TD-7 (remember those? - seems like forever and a day since I had that kit). I see that they now have a computer interface for it, so I was wondering how this worked and if it helped out with the UI. I wouldn't be lugging my laptop to the gigs, but it would be nice to do the primary setup on it and then just have to tweak things a bit for the specific gig room.

Anyway I will be sticking with my pad setup of the original V-Pro kit with Yamaha cymbal pads (or possibly picking up a couple new CY-6 pads) going through 2 macke 600 watters (I forget the specifc model number), so if anyone has any specific experience with this setup via the DMPro, I'd also appreciate the insight.

[Boingo]

If your heart is set on getting something else, do it, but these displays can be fixed/replaced. My TD-10 is 3 yrs old and it occasionally loses a line. There seems to be a connection with my tapping or pressing on the area just by the increment/decrement buttons. It comes and goes. Sure sounds repairable.

[jgerm]

Unfortunately, decent service quality and turn around is hard to come by. In addition, I also have the expansion board and have yet to install it because I can't get the unit to recognize a memory card. I am thinking it could cost me as much as the DMPro to have it serviced.

[Boingo]

Originally posted by jgerm:
Unfortunately, decent service quality and turn around is hard to come by. In addition, I also have the expansion board and have yet to install it because I can't get the unit to recognize a memory card. I am thinking it could cost me as much as the DMPro to have it serviced.

Is the memory card new, never used?

[jgerm]

Yes the memory card was new and I took it to the store and worked in their demo unit without a problem. I posted on this at the time I was having a problem and no one had seen it before.

[Boingo]

Originally posted by jgerm:
Yes the memory card was new and I took it to the store and worked in their demo unit without a problem. I posted on this at the time I was having a problem and no one had seen it before.

Sorry for the back and forth, but... does the store have the twd-1 installed? and... what message are you getting in your display?

The TD-10 and TDW-1 are not interchangeable. You need to initialize the card to go from one to the other. The error message would give a clue to what's going on there.

I switch my mem card and the Church's card back and forth between the two TD-10 exp's and occasionally get an error. Usually it's because the card is not seated properly. It could be your TD10 has a problem making the connection. Getting hold of another card would also help deduce what the problem is.