BOSS GT-6B not working

[Seer73]

Have just got hold of one of these off eBay. Have plugged it in to amp, turned everything on and not playing any sounds on most of the effects. Even read the manual to make sure I'm not being a complete idiot and by the "sounds" of it, I should be fine.

There's one or two effects that do work (although I don't believe the expression pedal is doing anything for them). Also it works when bypassed. The tuner is working so obviously input is working, and you can hear the switching of effects happening. So don't understand why 90% of them are not?

Haven't heard of anyone else having the same problems with looking, so am stuck. Any help appreciated!!

Cheers!

[bertbass]

Have you tried resetting to the factory presets?

[Monckyman]

As Bert sez, there's a manual in PDF online, try resetting to factory, sounds like some levels and routing has either been edited badly, or become corrupted in the internal memory.

[Seer73]

Did all the resets and took another look inside. On a second look, noticed that the pedal had became disconnected from the pot it's connected to. The pot had gone down to it's zero position - and of course most of the time it's on volume, hence lack of sound.
Anyways connected it back on and now flying away with the thing and trying to learn all it's little tricks!
Thanks for your time folks! Much appreciated!
Time to go make some noise...

[bertbass]

Enjoy!

[Norberto Cancel]

after few minutes of operation the dispaly start flashing and it won't keep the programmed sound and settings. Any idea? thks.

[BigRedX]

Could well be that the backup battery has failed. The battery is a standard CR2032 and can be accessed by removing the base of the unit.