Calling Any Kurzweil Users, BLANK BLUE SCREEN Options

[Jaysee]

Normally when I switch the k2661 on there is a brief reassuring blink from all the various lights across the front panel, followed a few seconds later by the usual 'no sample RAM installed' message on the main blue screen, I press ' OK' and a few seconds later the list of voices appears, starting with the grand piano.

A few days ago I pressed the 'ok' button as usual, then instead of the list of the onboard sounds appearing I just got a plain blue featureless screen. I wondered if a 'hard reset' was possible (as described in the manual on the Mast2 page), but as there was nothing at all on the placid blue screen to let me know which buttons to press I decided against it! I then tried inserting the SM card in the blue slot, as I gather there would be some sort of backup of the factory preset sounds, but again no response....just the same featureless blue screen staring at me. It was as if it had total amnesia. Any idea what might have gone wrong? Is there any simple procedure I can carry out, like 'starting up while pressing secret combinations of buttons? Or is it a major fault.? :-(

The only recent change in my midi setup I can think of which might have caused problems is that I recently bought an MAudio Keystation 88pro controller, as I hoped its fully weighted keyboard would feel great with the unweighted K2661's piano. However, like the Kurzweil, the 88pro has rather overwhelming midi specs for a novice like me to understand... (eg the fact it sends midi via USB and the normal midi out socket) Perhaps in my trial and error exploratory knob twiddling I've sent the K2661 some obscure midi/sysex/nrpn message to clear its entire OS and voices?? The last thing I remember noticing just prior to the 'blue screen' problem was that the blue screen contrast and brightness has abruptly changed to full on, making it unreadable until I re adjusted it using the rear panel little knobs. Soon afterwards, feeling that I wasn't getting anywhere in my attempts at making the two machines talk to each other, I switched everything off and went to bed. I'm afraid I cant remember whether I first noticed the plain blank blue screen at the time I adjusted the sudden contrast change or during next startup the follwing day.

What do you think has gone wrong with my poor ol' K2661?